LIVINGSTON COUNTY – One of the founders of the Livingston County Tea Party and member of the Livingston County Republican Committee was sentenced to 45 days in jail following a guilty plea to two felonies related to an extreme coverup of an alleged dog shooting. Andrew Keiffer, 44, will serve 45 days in jail and 5 years' probation for Tampering with Physical Evidence and Attempted Bribing a Witness, both E felonies, for filming home video of a … [Read more...]
Livingston County Tea Party Founder Arraigned for Bribery of Family Witness
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A founding member of the Livingston County Tea Party was re-arrested Thursday evening on a felony Bribing a Witness charge, and arraigned on a sealed indictment by a Grand Jury before NYS Supreme Court Justice Thomas Moran. Andrew Keiffer, 44, was previously indicted in September 2014 for felony Aggravated Animal Cruelty and felony Tampering with Physical Evidence for allegedly shooting and killing a neighbor's dog in … [Read more...]
Keiffer’s Lawyer in Dog Killing Case: ‘There are No Admissions or Confessions’
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Andrew Keiffer appeared in court in a brown 'Mossy Oak' t-shirt and blue jeans on Thursday afternoon as his lawyer, Mark Foti with John Parrinello's office and Livingston County Assistant District Attorney Joshua Tonra presented several statements by Keiffer to police investigating the deaths of a dog and goats in West Sparta, for review by … [Read more...]
Clock Ticks Towards Trial in Keiffer Dog Killing Case
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A trial date has been set for Andrew Keiffer, who was first charged in June with felony Aggravated Animal Cruelty for allegedly shooting and killing a rottweiler in West Sparta, and injuring another, smaller dog, and of Tampering with Physical Evidence in another incident where he allegedly planted bullets in the dead bodies of his fiancee's goats, and claimed that they were shot to death by someone else. Keiffer's recently … [Read more...]
Tea Party Leader Indicted for Dog Killing
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A West Sparta man, who is the Livingston County Tea Party Leader, has been indicted by the Livingston County District Attorney in his alleged involvement in the shooting death of a neighbors dog. Andrew Keiffer, 43, is accused of felony aggravated cruelty to animals after an intense eight-month investigation by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office and the Livingston County District Attorney's Office after he allegedly … [Read more...]