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John Giocondo, 50, of Liverpool, was charged with official misconduct, two counts of petit larceny and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Authorities today released a mugshot of an Onondaga County Sheriff's deputy who works in the county jail and is accused of stealing drugs on two occasions.

John Giocondo, 50, of Liverpool, was charged with official misconduct, two counts of petit larceny and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

The sheriff's office said Giocondo was charged Tuesday afternoon after the completion of an "internally initiated administrative investigation into the theft of narcotics."

Giocondo is accused of stealing narcotics while he was working and while off-duty. The sheriff's office did not provide details, but said the thefts consisted of two separate incidents that occurred in the Onondaga County jail and in Clay.