FELONY ARREST IN THE VILLAGE OF GENESEO

GENESEO - Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports the arrest of a Livingston County Jail Inmate on felony assault charges after a fight inside the correctional facility.

On August 13^th, 2026, at approximately 6:40 am, Sheriff’s Deputies assigned to the Correctional Service Bureau responded to one of the housing units inside the jail due to an inmate-on-inmate fight. After getting control of the situation, it was found one of the inmates had sustained injuries and would need to be treated at a local hospital.

Following the investigation, 34-year-old Samuel Diaz of Dansville NY, was arrested and charged with felony Assault in the Second Degree.

Diaz was later arraigned at the Livingston County Centralized Arraignment Part (LC-CAP) at the Livingston County Jail in front of Town of Leicester Judge Durbin. The Judge did remand Diaz to the Custody of the Sheriff with no bail due to Diaz having two or more previous felony convictions.

The Livingston County Public Defender’s Office was present and represented Diaz at the arraignment for his defense.  The Livingston County District Attorney’s Office was also present at the arraignment to represent the People. 

Assisting with this investigation was the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, Forensic Identification Unit and the Correctional Services Bureau.