WESTMORELAND, NY — A Rome man was arrested following an investigation into an order of protection violation.
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Unit received a report in December regarding order of protection violations that had occurred in the town.
During the investigation, authorities discovered that Joseph M. Mendoza, 49, of Rome, had contacted the protected party on a stay away order of protection just hours after being released from Oneida County Jail for the same crime, according to Sheriff Robert Maciol.
On Feb. 16, members of the Sheriff’s Office Warrants Unit located and arrested Mendoza without incident.
Mendoza was charged with aggravated family offense, a Class E felony, and criminal contempt in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
He was transported to the Law Enforcement Building where he was processed and held pending an arraignment in CAP Court.
