FELONY WARRANT SUSPECT EXTRADITED BACK TO LIVINGSTON COUNTY FROM KENTUCKY

GENESEO- Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports the arrest of a Kentucky resident on felony charges after multiple warrants were issued for his arrest. 

On November 11^th, 2026, Investigator James Merrick and Investigator Michael Wade of the Sheriff’s Office extradited 58-year-old Charles Piehl from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  Piehl had been previously taken into custody with the assistance of the Kentucky State Police on active felony Bench Warrants out of Livingston County Superior Court.

Piehl was extradited back to Livingston County on charges that included the following: felony Bail Jumping in the Second Degree, two counts of felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, two counts of felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, along with violations of the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law.  The warrants were issued after Piehl failed to appear in Livingston County Court and Mount Morris Town Court in 2024. 

Piehl was transported and turned over to Central Booking Deputies at the Livingston County Jail for arrest processing and pre-arraignment detention. Piehl is currently being held at the Livingston County Jail and will be arraigned in Livingston County Court on the Superior Court Warrants at a later date.

The investigation was handled by members of the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division with the assistance of the Livingston County District Attorney’s Office, Christian County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky and the Kentucky State Police.