A man who said he would never have accosted the sheriff's deputy he was convicted of pushing and grabbing in the groin area because he was a "nice man" was sentenced to one year in county jail in Cayuga County Court Thursday.
William Hornburg, 48, of 12036 Old State Road, Cato, was sentenced on a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of governmental administration for resisting a sheriff's deputy transporting him to court proceedings July 28. Hornburg has a history of mental illness.
Judge Peter Corning said he would consider resentencing Hornburg to time served if he began taking his medication and a doctor could confirm improvement in his mental-health status.
Hornburg spoke at length with Corning during his sentencing, including saying that his assigned counsel, Joe Sapio, was deserving of a "tip," that in 1979 a doctor had told him he was "perfect" and in no need of medication, and that cognitive therapy was a better treatment than the medication supplied to half of the population in schools, Cayuga County and in the county jail.
Hornburg was convicted in a March 6 bench trial.
The sheriff's deputy was escorting Hornburg to and from Victory Town Court for arraignment after Hornburg was arrested on a charge of second-degree unlawful imprisonment.
Hornburg was arrested after a complaint was filed by his female neighbor the same day as the arraignment.
The neighbor said Hornburg acted erratically and prevented her from returning home for an hour and 40 minutes after she gave him a ride to his home because it was raining.
A grand jury indicted Hornburg on the obstruction charge but did not indict him on the accusations he imprisoned his neighbor.
Hornburg had a conviction in 2002 of criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. During that 2002 incident, Hornburg behaved erratically, waving a chainsaw, then a hammer, at his parents' residence in the town of Victory. Hornburg was sentenced to three years of probation for that charge.
Also in court Thursday:
- Carmine Pennella, 67, of 3396 Rockefeller Road, Moravia, was conditionally discharged for a felony charge of third-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Pennella, a retired teacher, was in possession of 35 four-foot marijuana plants, as well as a quantity of processed pot.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 x282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
Judge Peter Corning said he would consider resentencing Hornburg to time served if he began taking his medication and a doctor could confirm improvement in his mental-health status.
Hornburg spoke at length with Corning during his sentencing, including saying that his assigned counsel, Joe Sapio, was deserving of a "tip," that in 1979 a doctor had told him he was "perfect" and in no need of medication, and that cognitive therapy was a better treatment than the medication supplied to half of the population in schools, Cayuga County and in the county jail.
Hornburg was convicted in a March 6 bench trial.
The sheriff's deputy was escorting Hornburg to and from Victory Town Court for arraignment after Hornburg was arrested on a charge of second-degree unlawful imprisonment.
Hornburg was arrested after a complaint was filed by his female neighbor the same day as the arraignment.
The neighbor said Hornburg acted erratically and prevented her from returning home for an hour and 40 minutes after she gave him a ride to his home because it was raining.
A grand jury indicted Hornburg on the obstruction charge but did not indict him on the accusations he imprisoned his neighbor.
Hornburg had a conviction in 2002 of criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. During that 2002 incident, Hornburg behaved erratically, waving a chainsaw, then a hammer, at his parents' residence in the town of Victory. Hornburg was sentenced to three years of probation for that charge.
Also in court Thursday:
- Carmine Pennella, 67, of 3396 Rockefeller Road, Moravia, was conditionally discharged for a felony charge of third-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Pennella, a retired teacher, was in possession of 35 four-foot marijuana plants, as well as a quantity of processed pot.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 x282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
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