Friday, December 16, 2016, with Judge Daniel R. King presiding: Sentencing: Amir Budnjo, 35, of Utica, was sentenced to a term of 1 1/3 to 4 years in State prison, to be served concurrently with a sentence from Oneida County, on an Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated charge, a class "D" felony. He was additionally sentenced to five-years of post-release parole, ordered to pay $570 in court fees and a $1,500 fine, and received an eighteen-month revocation of his drivers license. Mr. Budnjo was arrested August 1st on the Blanchard Truck Trail in the Town of Croghan with a reported blood alcohol content of .20%. Lucas W. Dafoe, 26, Port Leyden, received sentencing on a charge of felony Driving While Intoxicated, after unsuccessful completion of the county's Drug Court program. Mr. Dafoe entered a guilty plea to the charge on March 18th, at which time he entered the Drug Court program. On Friday, Judge King sentenced Mr. Dafoe to serve one-year in the Lewis County Jail and a three- year conditional discharge on a probation violation. He was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and $570 in court fees, as well as having his license revoked for a one-year period. Mr. Dafoe was arrested on November 3, 2015, on Boonville Road in the town of Lyonsdale. Richard M. Nellenbach, 28, Lowville, received an indeterminate sentence of 3 1/2 - 7 years in State prison, to run concurrent to sentencing received in Oneida County, on a charge of third-degree Burglary, a class "D" felony, as a second-felony offender. He entered a guilty plea to the charge on October 28th. He was ordered to pay $375 in court fees and $165 in restitution. The charge stemmed from an incident on April 3rd in the Town of Harrisburg. Kaitlin N. Potter, 25, Lowviile, was sentenced to a three-year probation term and 50-hours of community service, on a charge of Petit Larceny, a class "A" misdemeanor. She was ordered to pay $2,150 in restitution, $250 in court fees and must stay out of all Walmart stores for three years. Ms. Potter Ms. Potter was accused of taking $2,150 between February 3rd and 18th,while employed as a cashier at the Lowville Walmart.
offender on a charge of third-degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, a class "B" felony, to which she entered a guilty plea on November 4th, satisfying all four counts she was originally charged with. She was ordered to serve three-years in State prison followed by three-years of post-release parole. She was mandated for the state prison system’s 90-day Willard Drug Rehabilitation Program, which allows inmates who successfully complete the program to serve the remainder of their prison sentences under parole supervision, was ordered to pay $80 in restitution and $50 in court fees and will receive a six-month drivers license suspension. Ms. Simmons was accused of selling a controlled substance on May 26th in the Town of New Bremen and was arrested on September 28th as part of the "Operation Northern Watch" drug roundup. PLEAS: Cody W. Compeau, 29, of Phoenix, NY, entered a GUILTY plea to a charge of felony Driving While Intoxicated, a class "E" felony due to a previous conviction in Oswego County in 2012. Sentencing was scheduled for February 17th. Mr. Compeau was arrested on October 9th after a traffic stop on Dayan Street in the Village of Lowville. |
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