AUBURN - A Kentucky man who turned himself in to face 4.5-year-old domestic violence charges was sentenced to six months in Cayuga County Jail and five years probation in Cayuga County Court Tuesday for violating an order of protection in a Sept. 23, 2002, domestic incident.
Jody Thurston, 41, with a last known address of 40 Queens Ave., Lexington, Ky., also was ordered to stay away from the victim.
Thurston “disappeared from the radar for four years,” had threatened to physically harm the victim and had a criminal history starting from a juvenile age, Chief Assistant District Attorney Jon Budelmann said.
An arrest warrant was issued March 4, 2003, for Thurston's arrest when he failed to appear on the charges related to the domestic.
Thurston said when he turned himself in earlier this year that an ice storm - that put his home state of Kentucky into a state of emergency in 2003 - initially kept him away from answering the charges, and he contacted his attorney, Norm Chirco, and returned to New York this year to take responsibility for the outstanding charges.
Thurston did not give a statement to court Tuesday and Chirco limited his comments to request Cayuga County Judge Mark Fandrich sentence Thurston to the promised sentence.
Thurston, who said he lost his job in Kentucky and will need time to get another job when he gets out of jail, was given four months after his release from Cayuga County Jail to pay a $270 state felony surcharge and a $50 DNA fee.
Also in court:
€ Bonnie Clancy, 43, of Upper Apt., 109 Washington St., Auburn, entered a not guilty plea to two felony charges of driving while intoxicated and the vehicle and traffic infraction of failure to use a turn signal.
Clancy is accused of driving with a .20 blood alcohol count and failing to use a turn signal when turning from Seymour Street onto Washington Street in Auburn Nov. 5.
Motions in the case are scheduled to be argued June 26.
Fandrich set Clancy's bail at $1,000 cash or bond, but said sobriety is a condition of her release.
€ The sentencing of Scott Farrelly, 21, of 198 State St., Auburn, was adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, because the mother of his 9-month-old daughter has died.
Farrelly is slated to be sentenced for the felonies of third-degree burglary, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol count of .22 and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
“I am sorry for your loss and your daughter's loss,” Fandrich said.
€ Jamel McIntosh, 22, of Apt. 2, 3 Lawton Ave., Auburn, entered a not guilty plea to the felony charge of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. McIntosh is accused of possessing a switchblade knife Sept. 22, 2006.
McIntosh also was arrested last week on charges he threatened another man with a screwdriver during a dispute at the Mobil Express Mart on State Street.
Fandrich set his bail at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond. Motions in the case are scheduled to be argued June 26.
€ A 16-year-old Auburn girl pleaded guilty to the felony of third-degree robbery. The teenager admitted to stealing a pack of cigarettes and a change purse from another 16-year-old girl March 12. Two juveniles were petitioned into Cayuga County Family Court for charges related to the same robbery.
Fandrich promised to sentence the teenager to either straight probation with the requirement she return to a juvenile detention facility in Albany or to probation with a term of imprisonment in Cayuga County Jail.
The teenager's attorney, David Elkovitch, said he will apply for the girl to be considered as a youthful offender.
Her sentencing is scheduled for June 5.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
Thurston “disappeared from the radar for four years,” had threatened to physically harm the victim and had a criminal history starting from a juvenile age, Chief Assistant District Attorney Jon Budelmann said.
An arrest warrant was issued March 4, 2003, for Thurston's arrest when he failed to appear on the charges related to the domestic.
Thurston said when he turned himself in earlier this year that an ice storm - that put his home state of Kentucky into a state of emergency in 2003 - initially kept him away from answering the charges, and he contacted his attorney, Norm Chirco, and returned to New York this year to take responsibility for the outstanding charges.
Thurston did not give a statement to court Tuesday and Chirco limited his comments to request Cayuga County Judge Mark Fandrich sentence Thurston to the promised sentence.
Thurston, who said he lost his job in Kentucky and will need time to get another job when he gets out of jail, was given four months after his release from Cayuga County Jail to pay a $270 state felony surcharge and a $50 DNA fee.
Also in court:
€ Bonnie Clancy, 43, of Upper Apt., 109 Washington St., Auburn, entered a not guilty plea to two felony charges of driving while intoxicated and the vehicle and traffic infraction of failure to use a turn signal.
Clancy is accused of driving with a .20 blood alcohol count and failing to use a turn signal when turning from Seymour Street onto Washington Street in Auburn Nov. 5.
Motions in the case are scheduled to be argued June 26.
Fandrich set Clancy's bail at $1,000 cash or bond, but said sobriety is a condition of her release.
€ The sentencing of Scott Farrelly, 21, of 198 State St., Auburn, was adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, because the mother of his 9-month-old daughter has died.
Farrelly is slated to be sentenced for the felonies of third-degree burglary, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol count of .22 and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
“I am sorry for your loss and your daughter's loss,” Fandrich said.
€ Jamel McIntosh, 22, of Apt. 2, 3 Lawton Ave., Auburn, entered a not guilty plea to the felony charge of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. McIntosh is accused of possessing a switchblade knife Sept. 22, 2006.
McIntosh also was arrested last week on charges he threatened another man with a screwdriver during a dispute at the Mobil Express Mart on State Street.
Fandrich set his bail at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond. Motions in the case are scheduled to be argued June 26.
€ A 16-year-old Auburn girl pleaded guilty to the felony of third-degree robbery. The teenager admitted to stealing a pack of cigarettes and a change purse from another 16-year-old girl March 12. Two juveniles were petitioned into Cayuga County Family Court for charges related to the same robbery.
Fandrich promised to sentence the teenager to either straight probation with the requirement she return to a juvenile detention facility in Albany or to probation with a term of imprisonment in Cayuga County Jail.
The teenager's attorney, David Elkovitch, said he will apply for the girl to be considered as a youthful offender.
Her sentencing is scheduled for June 5.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
