Times Union
ALBANY, N.Y. — Brian Scavo can’t keep out of trouble, even in jail.
The embattled former Albany County Legislator was been moved to a less-desirable tier in the county jail after asking “too many questions” about the personal information of a female jail officer.
Scavo, 62, is scheduled to be sentenced in Albany on Friday for a check fraud conviction. Scavo was arrested in March 2015 by Bethlehem police and charged with trying to pass $5,450 in bogus checks at a Bethlehem bank. He faces 2 to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a forged instrument.
Sheriff Craig Apple, who runs the jail, said Scavo was “inquiring for personal info on a female (jail officer).”
“It’s an honor to be on that tier and he wasn’t abiding by the standards,” the sheriff said.
Scavo was also arrested Dec. 26 on an unrelated misdemeanor harassment charged which stemms from his alleged stalking of a female employee at Crossgates Mall outside Bally Total Fitness on Dec. 19.
Scavo, a Democrat from Albany, served in the County Legislature representing the Delaware Avenue area from 2008 to 2011. He attempted to run for office again last year, but the Board of Elections ruled the address listed on his petition was not within the election district.
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