Former Case Dogs Putnam Deputy

Highlands Current Audio Stories · Jul 29, 2026 · 3m

Federal lawsuit alleges he planted evidence A Putnam County sheriff's deputy who served as a lieutenant in the New Rochelle police department is accused in a federal lawsuit of framing a man charged in May 2024 with tossing a baggie of drugs while fleeing police. In a civil rights lawsuit filed July 13 in federal court in White Plains, Ivin Harper accuses Sean Kane, who joined the Putnam Sheriff's Office in March, of planting a baggie of cocaine and crack that led to his arrest. Two felony possession charges filed against Harper in July 2024 were dismissed a month later. Harper wants damages…