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Updated: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 5:29 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 3:36 PM EST

HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) - A western New York police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in his son's shooting at an Adirondack motel.

Local media outlets report that 59-year-old Michael Leach pleaded not guilty Wednesday during his arraignment in Herkimer County Court after a grand jury indictment was unsealed.

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Leach told investigators he shot his 37-year-old son Matthew after mistaking him for an intruder while they were staying at Clark's Beach Motel in the village of Old Forge on July 21.

Herkimer County District Attorney Jeff Carpenter declined to comment on a motive or the evidence that led the indictment.

Leach is being held on $200,000 bail.

The retired Rochester police captain is a part-time officer with the Perry police department in Wyoming County. His lawyer didn't initially return a phone call Wednesday.

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