HERKIMER
(AP) -- Prosecutors want to view the personnel records of a former Rochester
police officer charged in the fatal shooting of his 38-year-old son in an
Adirondack motel last summer.
The
Observer-Dispatch of Utica reports that Herkimer County prosecutors have asked
a judge for permission to view 59-year-old Michael Leach's files from his
26-year career with the Rochester Police Department.
Leach was
a rookie officer when he fatally shot a teenage girl who reportedly was
carrying a knife while fleeing her abusive boyfriend. He was cleared of any
wrongdoing and retired as a captain in 2001.
He was a
part-time officer with the Perry Police Department in Wyoming County when
authorities say he shot his son Matthew inside their Old Forge motel room after
mistaking him for an intruder.Leach was charged with second-degree murder.