The vice president of the Rochester school board is under criminal investigation for an allegedly threatening the vice president of the Monroe County Legislature.
Beatriz LeBron is accused of calling out to Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons in Spanish during a Legislature meeting on April 9, saying she would “break her face” and repeatedly using an expletive to describe the lawmaker.
A Monroe County Sheriff’s office spokesperson confirmed the agency had received the harassment complaint, and that an investigation is ongoing to determine whether charges should be filed.
LeBron was at the Legislature meeting to advocate for the Neighborhood Collaborative Project (NCP). The beleaguered initiative has been in limbo since February when the county cut ties with its administrator, Community Resource Collaborative. The county revoked its contract with CRC after learning that organizations in the NCP had stopped receiving monthly reimbursements. It also froze funding for the organizations.
LeBron is executive director of the Father Tracy Advocacy Center, one of the NCP organizations.