Charges filed for Obstructing Governmental Administration, Bribery, Attempted Escape and Resisting Arrest
Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard reports that on October 13, 2026, Deputies and Investigators of the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office arrested James A. Racalto, age 61, of Moore Road, Bath, New York following a report of an attempted escape from the Steuben County Jail.
It is alleged that Mr. Racalto, a current inmate in the Steuben County Jail, attempted to bribe a Corrections Officer to secure his release, then created a distraction in the housing unit and attempted to escape from that unit as Officers arrived in response to the report of an emergency. Mr. Racalto attempted to elude Officers but was quickly taken back into custody, without ever leaving the secure area of the jail.
Mr. Racalto is charged with Attempted Escape in the First Degree, a class C Felony, Bribery in the Third Degree, a class D Felony, Resisting Arrest and Obstructing Governmental Administration.
Mr. Racalto was arraigned in the Centralized Arraignment Court and remanded to the Steuben County
