Utica cop killer gets life without parole

UTICA - A 24-year-old man who killed a Utica police officer was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole after being condemned by the judge and the slain officer's family members.

“You have earned a greater punishment than I can give you today, but that punishment will come on your judgment day,” Oneida County Judge Barry Donalty told Wesley Molina-Cirino as he pronounced sentence.

“And I hope each day you spend behind bars is a miserable one, and the one that follows is even more miserable than the one that preceded it. You deserve nothing less,” the judge said.