Additional counts alleged against Mary Brainard

A Seneca County Grand Jury has filed a 19-count superseding indictment charging Mary A. Brainard of Route 89, Romulus, NY, with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree (class D felony) and 18 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (class E felony). The indictment replaces a five-count indictment that was filed in April 2012.The superseding indictment alleges that between June 2007 and December 2011, Mary Brainard stole money from the Seneca County Children’s Committee and that on 18 occasions she submitted a false financial report to the Committee in order to conceal her commission of the larceny.The indictment resulted from an investigation conducted by the New York State Police and Seneca County District Attorney’s Office.The indictment is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.