AUBURN - A local man was sentenced in Cayuga County Court Thursday to 36 years in prison with 10 years post-release supervision for molesting four boys between the ages of 7 and 10.
A jury found Emmett Baker, 60, of 526 Cemetery Road, Locke, guilty June 27, of seven separate sex charges.
During the trial, the victims and their families testified that Baker abused the boys when they visited his home in 2006. Baker had befriended the boys and became the families' summer baby sitter.
Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said he wanted Baker to receive the maximum prison sentence of 67 years to ensure that he never got out of prison.
“We asked for (the maximum sentence) to make sure he would never get out and commit these kinds of crimes again,” Budelmann said.
“With this sentence he could be back out when he is in his 90s.”
Baker was previously convicted more than 20 years ago for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in Florida.
Also in court:
€ An Auburn man was sentenced to 10 years probation with the first six months to be spent in the Cayuga County Jail for possessing child pornography on his computer and for sexual abusing a 7-year-old boy.
Robert Smith, 33, of 141 Van Anden St., Auburn, was also told his Internet access would be restricted and he would be banned from visiting places where children go.
Budelmann said he wanted to see Smith sent to prison, but believed he would not fare well in that type of environment.
Smith's attorney, David Elkovitch, said his client would be singled out due to his learning disability and could possibly be seriously injured while serving his sentence.
Smith was previously convicted in the early 1990s for exposing himself in a public parking lot.
€ A local man pleaded guilty to stealing several packs of cigarettes and $650 in cash from a safe in Fleming's Pit Stop at 11:50 p.m., Jan. 8.
A security camera showed Eugene Muntz, 31, of 27 Orchard St., Auburn, who was wearing a mask, entering the store and attempting to break into a hidden safe.
Budelmann said it appeared Muntz had obtained inside information on how to find and break into the safe.
Muntz will be sentenced on Sept. 4.
€ An Auburn man received a three-year prison sentence for selling cocaine to an undercover officer on two separate occasions.
Robert Doyle, 24, of 101 Quill Avenue, will also serve two years of post-release supervision in addition to paying $200 in restitution.
€ A Fulton man received three consecutive five-year probation sentences for using a prescription pad to illegally obtain oxycodone pills.
Chris Rowland, 30, of 427 Silk Road, said he had learned his lesson and that this would be his first and only felony crime.
€ A Port Byron man faces a shock probation sentence with the first couple of months spent in the Cayuga County Jail after he pleaded guilty to breaking a neighbor's door and stealing a porch light.
Clarence Moore, 26, of 12 Blauvelt Drive, will also have to pay $250 in restitution to repair the damaged door when he is sentenced on Sept. 4.
Staff writer Nate Robson can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or nathan.robson@lee.net
During the trial, the victims and their families testified that Baker abused the boys when they visited his home in 2006. Baker had befriended the boys and became the families' summer baby sitter.
Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said he wanted Baker to receive the maximum prison sentence of 67 years to ensure that he never got out of prison.
“We asked for (the maximum sentence) to make sure he would never get out and commit these kinds of crimes again,” Budelmann said.
“With this sentence he could be back out when he is in his 90s.”
Baker was previously convicted more than 20 years ago for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in Florida.
Also in court:
€ An Auburn man was sentenced to 10 years probation with the first six months to be spent in the Cayuga County Jail for possessing child pornography on his computer and for sexual abusing a 7-year-old boy.
Robert Smith, 33, of 141 Van Anden St., Auburn, was also told his Internet access would be restricted and he would be banned from visiting places where children go.
Budelmann said he wanted to see Smith sent to prison, but believed he would not fare well in that type of environment.
Smith's attorney, David Elkovitch, said his client would be singled out due to his learning disability and could possibly be seriously injured while serving his sentence.
Smith was previously convicted in the early 1990s for exposing himself in a public parking lot.
€ A local man pleaded guilty to stealing several packs of cigarettes and $650 in cash from a safe in Fleming's Pit Stop at 11:50 p.m., Jan. 8.
A security camera showed Eugene Muntz, 31, of 27 Orchard St., Auburn, who was wearing a mask, entering the store and attempting to break into a hidden safe.
Budelmann said it appeared Muntz had obtained inside information on how to find and break into the safe.
Muntz will be sentenced on Sept. 4.
€ An Auburn man received a three-year prison sentence for selling cocaine to an undercover officer on two separate occasions.
Robert Doyle, 24, of 101 Quill Avenue, will also serve two years of post-release supervision in addition to paying $200 in restitution.
€ A Fulton man received three consecutive five-year probation sentences for using a prescription pad to illegally obtain oxycodone pills.
Chris Rowland, 30, of 427 Silk Road, said he had learned his lesson and that this would be his first and only felony crime.
€ A Port Byron man faces a shock probation sentence with the first couple of months spent in the Cayuga County Jail after he pleaded guilty to breaking a neighbor's door and stealing a porch light.
Clarence Moore, 26, of 12 Blauvelt Drive, will also have to pay $250 in restitution to repair the damaged door when he is sentenced on Sept. 4.
Staff writer Nate Robson can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or nathan.robson@lee.net
The Citizens' Say
There are 5 comment(s)
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:26 PM:
teacher1 wrote on Jul 18, 2008 2:38 PM:
2bad4u wrote on Jul 18, 2008 1:31 PM:
If he was sent to prison he would be raped
beaten etc. Nobody deserves to be sexually abused, but there is definitely something wrong with your way of thinking if you WANT that to happen to someone, or you don't care if it happens, EVEN IF they have committed these crimes. What if you were driving home tonight and somehow hit someone on the side of the road, should we run over you too because you did it? "
gh0st wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:43 AM:
gh0st wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:41 AM:
I wonder who Mr Smith knows over there at the courthouse that got him this special treatment. "