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Court, with the Honorable Daniel R. King presiding: Robert G. Campany, 44, of Carthage, was arraigned and pleaded GUILTY to a charge of second-degree Criminal Possession of Methamphetamine Making Materials, a class "A" misdemeanor. He was then sentenced to serve a 3 year probation term and ordered to pay $250 in court fees. Mr. Campany was accused of possessing components used to make methamphetamine in Lowville on May 10, 2017. Tyler D. Delles, 27, of Lowville, was sentenced to two consecutive 1 year terms in Lewis County Jail followed by a 10 year probation term on three counts of Possessing Sexual Performance by a Child, class "D" felonies, to which he entered GUILTY pleas on April 13. He was additionally ordered to pay $1,425 in court fees. Mr. Delles was accused of possessing, with the intent to view, electronic images of sexual intercourse involving a child on December 14, 2016 in the Village of Lowville. Kaige C Gagnon, 20, of Great Bend, NY, successfully completed interim conditions of probation. He was allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to third- degree Unlawful Manufacture of Methamphetamine, a class "D" felony and instead entered a GUILTY plea to second-degree Criminal Possession of Methamphetamine Making Materials, a class "A" misdemeanor. He was then sentenced to serve a 3 year probation term and ordered to pay $250 in court fees. He must also perform 100 hours of community service and will have his driver's license suspended for six months. Mr. Gagnon was arrested on August 2, 2016, following a traffic stop in the Village of Lowville, when meth-making materials were located in his vehicle. Jacob D. Gearhart, 25, of Lowville, was arraigned on a sealed indictment and entered NOT GUILTY pleas to charges of second-degree Assault, a class "D" felony and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class "A" misdemeanor. He is accused of breaking the leg of a child on June 8, 2017 in the Town of Denmark. Dennis Hill, 32, had a trial date set for October 15th on a charge of fifth-degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, a class "D" felony. Michael Hoffert, 30, of Boonville, has successfully completed interim conditions of probation. He was allowed to withdraw a guilty plea to a charge of third- degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana, a class "E" felony and instead pleaded guilty to fourth-degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana, a class "A" misdemeanor. He was then sentenced to a 3 year probation term and ordered to pay $50 in court fees. Restitution of $660 was paid and his driver's license was ordered suspended for six months. Mr. Hoffert was accused of selling 37.8 grams of marijuana to a subject at the Lock 96 store in Port Leyden on July 5, 2016. He was arrested on January 10 along with four others, after sealed indictments were handed down by a Lewis County Grand Jury as part of the Operation Northern Watch investigation into possession and sale of controlled substances. Luis J. Raspaldo, 20, Port Leyden, was sentenced to serve a 6 year probation term on a charges of Sexual Misconduct, a class "A" misdemeanor and fifth- degree Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, a class "A" misdemeanor. He was additionally ordered to pay $1,550 in court fees. Mr. Raspaldo was accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor without their consent on June 24, 2017 in the Town of Martinsburg. He was additionally accused of possessing a chainsaw belonging to another person on September 17, 2017 in the Town of Leyden. Oscar Romero-Morales, 26, currently an inmate at Lewis County Jail, was sentenced to serve 4 years in State prison followed by 10 years of post release parole on charges of first-degree Attempted Rape, a class "C" felony and first- degree Sex Abuse, a class "D" felony, to which he entered GUILTY pleas on February 18. He was additionally ordered to pay $1,425 in court fees. An order of protection was issued on behalf of the victim for a period of 8 years from the maximum release date. Mr. Romero-Morales was accused of having forcible sexual intercourse with a female victim on January 29, 2017 in the Town of Martinsburg. David C. Trendell, 26, of Lewiston, NY, was sentenced to serve 12 weekends in Lewis County Jail and a 5 year probation term on a charge of fifth-degree Attempted Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, a class "E" felony, to which he pleaded GUILTY on July 14, 2017. He was additionally ordered to pay $375 in court fees and serve 50 hours of community service. Mr. Trendell was accused of attempting to sell ketamine on June 30th at the moe.down Music Festival in the Town of Turin. Patricia A. Turck, 37, of Lowville, admitted to a violation of her terms of probation, which she was placed on November 3, 2017, after a positive test for opiates. She was then reinstated to her original terms of probation. |
| Lewis County Court Report for May 18, 2018 05/18/18 04:00pm By: Nick Altmire |