ALBION — A former Medina man in custody at the Clinton County Correction Facility pleaded guilty to felony second-degree attempted burglary in Orleans County Court on Monday.
Ronald G. Taylor, 28, formerly of Fletcher Chapel Road, Medina, was originally charged with burglarizing four county homes July 3, 5 and 27, 2006. According to the district attorney’s office, he stole jewelry, money, a digital camera and documents.
During his plea, he admitted to breaking the front door of a Oak Orchard Road home July 3, 2006. He entered the home with the intent to steal items that did not belong to him, he said.
“(I) went in and took property,” he said.
Taylor faces up to seven years in state prison, said Orleans County Judge James Punch. As part of the plea bargain, any jail time as part of the sentence will run concurrently with his other felony charges.
Taylor may also be forced to pay restitution to the victims in the case for the stolen items.
Sentencing is scheduled to take place at 1:30 p.m. July 21.
In other county court news:
• Anthony M. Neal, 37, South Lyndonville Road, Lyndonville, was arraigned on the charges of second-degree criminal possession of marijuana as a felony and fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana as a misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty to both charges, admitting that he harvested marijuana at his brother-in-law’s Shelby Basin Road home. Prosecutors said 1.95 pounds of marijuana was found in his possession at the time of his Oct. 11 arrest.
The co-defendants in the case, Richard L. James, 34, and Lisa K. James, 31, pleaded guilty in April and are awaiting sentencing.
• Jonah S. Rehak, 20, Washington Street, Albion, was sentenced to nine months in the Orleans County Jail for violating probation. He was sentenced to 30 days local incarceration and three years probation Oct. 23 after pleading guilty to criminal mischief. While awaiting sentencing, he was charged Oct. 3 and Oct. 17 with possession of marijuana and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license.
• Timothy Emerson, 44, Rochester, was conditionally discharge after successfully completing drug court. He was indicted on the charges of third-degree burglary and petit larceny in 2005.
• Howard G. Platt IV, 23, failed to appear in court as scheduled. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Contact reporter Nicole Colemanat 798-1400, ext. 2227.
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