LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Sheriff's Office lieutenant and a captain face what Undersheriff Michael J. Filicetti called an "administrative action" over a case in which a patrol deputy was advised not to charge the daughter of a prominent local attorney with drunken driving.

Lt. Steve Broderick, who is also the Town of Lewiston supervisor, and Capt. Jill Herrington are the officers involved in the case, Filicetti confirmed Wednesday. He declined to characterize the steps taken against them as a disciplinary action, and he declined to reveal what the action was.

Broderick declined to comment Wednesday. Herrington could not be reached immediately to comment.

Rachel J. Winter, 21, was charged with reckless driving and failure to keep right – but not drunken driving – after a deputy pulled over her car in the City of Lockport at about 3 a.m. Nov. 24.

She is the daughter of Ronald J. Winter, a former Niagara County assistant district attorney who now serves as confidential law clerk to State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.

According to an incident report, Deputy Timothy Caughel reported that he saw a blue Jeep without headlights on heading west on Lincoln Avenue.