By Matthew Spina
News Staff Reporter
The state attorney general and the state Commission of Correction sued Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard on Wednesday alleging he has not properly reported or investigated sexual misconduct between inmates and staff at the two jails he oversees.
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