More than a year after he pleaded guilty to illegally removing asbestos from a Cayuga County building, John Chick is scheduled to be sentenced for his crime.

U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. has set sentencing for 11 a.m. Feb. 20 in Syracuse. The judge set the date following hearing dates in the fall in which attorneys made their cases for what the sentence should be. Those hearings included the testimony of then-Cayuga County Legislature Chairman George Fearon, who said he did not know about the illegal activity until months after it took place.

Chick, a county carpenter who has been on paid suspension for most of the past year, pleaded guilty in January 2007 to illegally removing asbestos from the county Board of Elections building in February 2006. Chick has insisted he was simply following orders, and should be given a light sentence.

But federal prosecutors said Chick has been deceptive throughout their investigation and they likely will not be charging anyone else in connection with the case.