Crime & Safety
Former Group House Manager Faces Another Larceny Charge
Police said the woman pocketed a disabled victim's paycheck
About two weeks after her , Nicole Leggon faces another charge related to her work as manager of a group home in Riverhead, according to Southampton Town Police.
Police said Leggon, 28, of Riverhead cashed and pocketed a $170 payroll check at the on West Second Street in Riverhead on June 30. The check belonged to a disabled resident at the in Riverhead, according to a police report. At the time of the incident Leggon was employed as the house manager and caregiver, according to police. She is currently unemployed.
Officers charged her with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, on Oct. 27 at police headquarters, according to a police report.
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Leggon had been previously arrested on Oct. 14 and charged with petit larceny for allegedly stealing about $350 in cash from the residents of the Aid to the Developmentally Disabled home between June 1 and Sept. 1.
A state audit originally showed that $350 cash was missing, according to an earlier police report about the missing money filed in early September by the program director for the home. In an initial police report, the director said Leggon quit the home on the day of the audit that found the money missing, police said.
