Brendan J. Lyons reports in the Times Union that Albany County District Attorney David Soares says that his office was still "in the middle" of investigating allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo when Sheriff Craig Apple announced a criminal complaint. Soares office now says that criminal complaint is "potentially defective" and that he has turned over potentially "exculpatory" evidence to Cuomo's defense counsel. Judge Holly A. Trexler on Nov. 5 granted a request from Soares for a 60-day extension for Cuomo to make his first court appearance on the misdemeanor forcible touching charge. Soares wrote to the judge that Apple "unilaterally and inexplicably filed a complaint in this court. Unfortunately the filings in this matter are potentially defective in that the police-officer-complainant failed to include a sworn statement by the victim such that the people could proceed with a prosecution on these papers." Apple on Nov. 5 said his office followed proper procedures, and had included the alleged victim's oath in the court filing. Read more about this story in the Times Union.