TROY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York City police have accused a
veteran upstate police officer of having sexual conversations via computer with
a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Troy Police Chief
John Tedesco tells local media Friday that Sgt. Pat Rosney of East Greenbush
was arrested earlier in the day by a Queens-based NYPD vice squad and charged
with endangering the welfare of a child and disseminating indecent material to
a minor.
Rosney was being
brought to Queens for arraignment. It couldn't initially be determined if he
has a lawyer. Tedesco says Rosney has been suspended without pay. His age and
years with the Troy force weren't immediately available from police officials.