2 sentenced in County Court, including man for third-degree rape

ALBION – Two people were sentenced in Orleans County Court today, and another person pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1,000 in merchandise from Wal-Mart.

Alexander Senko, 31, of Albion was sentenced to 10 years of probation and will be on the sex offender registry. Senko pleaded guilty on April 1 to third-degree rape. He admitted to having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl in 2023 when he was 29.

The victim of the crime spoke in court and said Senko manipulated her and sexually abused her.

“I lost my friends, my confidence and myself,” she said. “He twisted to my mind to think I was special.”

Senko apologized in court to the victim and her family.

“My lack of good, sound decision-making will forever haunt me,” he told County Court Judge Sanford Church.

The judge issued an order of protection for the victim for the next 10 years. Senko also will need to pay $1,425 in court fees and fines.

In another sentencing, Wilfred Barnes, 66, of Carlton was given five years of probation plus four months of weekends in jail for felony driving while intoxicated. He was stopped on Nov. 26 on Ridge Road in Gaines and registered a BAC of 0.12 percent, which is above the legal limit of 0.08. Barnes has a previous DWI in 2020.

Judge Church also revoked Barnes’s driver’s license for a year and will require an inter-lock ignition device that measures his BAC when he drives in the future.

In another case, Nevada Nichols, 31, of Batavia pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony.

She admitted to stealing $1,413 in merchandise from the Albion Wal-Mart, which is above the $1,000 threshold for fourth-degree grand larceny.

The charge could carry 1 1/3 to 4 years in state prison, but Nichols could receive time in the county jail or probation when she is sentenced on Sept. 23.

In another case, the judge said he is considering revoking the probation for an Albion man and having him spend a year in the county jail.

Allan Bieber, 22, was sentenced in December to 10 years of probation for third-degree rape for having sex with a 15-year-old girl at St. Joseph’s Park on South Clinton Street on April 25. Bieber is a first-time offender.

He has missed many of his appointments for probation, sex offender counseling and mental health counseling. Those appointments are terms of his probation.

Judge Church will have Bieber appear in court on June 24 to decide if the probation will be revoked.