AUBURN - A Port Byron teenager will spend a year in jail for burglarizing an Auburn business last spring.
Eric Jones, 19, of 21 Jetty Dr., Port Byron, and charged with one count of third-degree burglary, was sentenced by Judge Thomas Leone in Cayuga County Court Thursday to one year at Cayuga County Jail and $711.60 restitution for stealing a petty cash bag from a State Street business on March 22.
Chief Executive Assistant Christopher Valdina recommended a sentence that includes jail time, stating that Jones had a past criminal history and that probation hasn't seemed to have worked. Jones still has two years left out of a three-year sentence of probation stemming from a conviction as a youthful offender.
But defense attorney E. Kenton Foulke said prison is not an appropriate sentence for Jones, who is taking classes and pursuing a GED. He works as a laborer full-time on his grandfather's farm, Foulke said, and this would be his first felony conviction, and that fact alone would be enough punishment.
Leone said he initially didn't know how he was going to sentence Jones, but decided on jail time to try to put him on the right path.
“It's taking a while for you to learn your lesson,” he said to Jones, “and I'm not sure you've learned it yet.”
Leone said this would likely be the last break for Jones.
Charges are pending against co-defendant Joshua White, of 7537 Swanson Dr., Port Byron, Valdina said.
Also in court:
• An Auburn teenager pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary, third-degree attempted burglary and third-degree grand larceny.
Anthony Centolella, 17, of 23 Wright Ave., will receive one to three years in prison with a recommendation of shock camp.
• Todd Clark, 19, of 9 Genesee Pl., Apt. 2, Auburn, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted rape with a person under the age of 17. Leone promised Clark a sentence no worse than shock probation and 10 years of probation.
• Manorris Booker was resentenced for a 10-year-old assault charge - for which he is currently serving time in prison - to make the sentence legal.
Valdina said a change in a state law a decade ago eliminated parole for violent felonies and established determinant sentences with post-release supervision.
At the time, Booker was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting a corrections officer while already serving time on a different charge, but was not sentenced to post-release supervision.
Leone added the supervision when he resentenced him Thursday.
• A 29-year-old Auburn man was listed as a level 1 sex offender for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Donald Campbell, of 99 Washington St., Apt. 2, received 30 days in jail with 10 years of probation after he pleaded guilty to third-degree statutory rape.
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
Chief Executive Assistant Christopher Valdina recommended a sentence that includes jail time, stating that Jones had a past criminal history and that probation hasn't seemed to have worked. Jones still has two years left out of a three-year sentence of probation stemming from a conviction as a youthful offender.
But defense attorney E. Kenton Foulke said prison is not an appropriate sentence for Jones, who is taking classes and pursuing a GED. He works as a laborer full-time on his grandfather's farm, Foulke said, and this would be his first felony conviction, and that fact alone would be enough punishment.
Leone said he initially didn't know how he was going to sentence Jones, but decided on jail time to try to put him on the right path.
“It's taking a while for you to learn your lesson,” he said to Jones, “and I'm not sure you've learned it yet.”
Leone said this would likely be the last break for Jones.
Charges are pending against co-defendant Joshua White, of 7537 Swanson Dr., Port Byron, Valdina said.
Also in court:
• An Auburn teenager pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary, third-degree attempted burglary and third-degree grand larceny.
Anthony Centolella, 17, of 23 Wright Ave., will receive one to three years in prison with a recommendation of shock camp.
• Todd Clark, 19, of 9 Genesee Pl., Apt. 2, Auburn, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted rape with a person under the age of 17. Leone promised Clark a sentence no worse than shock probation and 10 years of probation.
• Manorris Booker was resentenced for a 10-year-old assault charge - for which he is currently serving time in prison - to make the sentence legal.
Valdina said a change in a state law a decade ago eliminated parole for violent felonies and established determinant sentences with post-release supervision.
At the time, Booker was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting a corrections officer while already serving time on a different charge, but was not sentenced to post-release supervision.
Leone added the supervision when he resentenced him Thursday.
• A 29-year-old Auburn man was listed as a level 1 sex offender for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Donald Campbell, of 99 Washington St., Apt. 2, received 30 days in jail with 10 years of probation after he pleaded guilty to third-degree statutory rape.
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
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FS II wrote on Jul 3, 2009 2:32 PM:
and was treated as a youthful offender. The asst.DA, said probation didn't work, so let him serve the rest of his probation in jail. "