Alexander McDougall, 55, pleaded guilty in August of 2024 to felony counts of grand larceny and offering a false instrument for the theft.

Alexander McDougall, a former deputy clerk in Erie County, was sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison and ordered to repay over $320,000 he stole from county funds. McDougall diverted cash collected for court fees and taxes into his personal account between 2019 and 2023, using his position to falsify records and conceal the theft.

A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a doctor who is accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients over a period of more than a decade. The patients sued Dr. Derrick Todd, who has been accused of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy,

Former Erie County Deputy Clerk Alexander McDougall will spend the next 1 1/3 to 4 years behind bars after admitting to stealing more than $300,000 from Erie County taxpayers over a four year period.