James Worhach, an assistant to former Broome County District Attorney Stephen Cornwell, pleaded guilty to felony charges of grand larceny this week.
According to a statement from special prosecutors, Worhach pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony. Worhach stole over $1,000 from the county through a scheme where he and Cornwell expensed unauthorized private parking in downtown Binghamton, while they were employed in the district attorney’s office from 2016 to 2019.
Worhach will be sentenced in March. He could face up to four years in prison.
Investigators working under current District Attorney Michael Korchak and auditors from Broome County presented evidence to a grand jury in 2021. A judge later ordered special prosecutors from Schuyler County to try the case, given the number of potential witnesses within the Broome County District Attorney’s Office.
Cornwell and Worhach both pleaded guilty to separate charges of grand larceny in December. Those charges were related to both men stealing documents related to their own DWI arrests years prior.
