2 sentenced to state prison for crimes in Orleans County

MEDINA – Two men from Medina were sentenced to state prison today by Orleans County Court Judge Sanford Church.

Nasir Shine, 23, of Medina was sentenced to five years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision for possessing a weapon while on federal probation.

Shine allegedly had a Glock-style pistol with 21 bullets on Aug. 25, 2025. Medina police were dispatched to 751 Church St. that day after a caller reported a man had pulled a gun and threatened multiple individuals. Medina police detained Shine, who had the Glock-style pistol with an extended magazine in a backpack.

Shine was probation after being convicted in 2022 for being part of a fentanyl distribution network with his mother Ebony Shine and his brother Emmanual Taylor.

Another Medina man was sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years in prison for assault after allegedly stabbing another person on Nov. 7, 2024.

Deante Johnson, 22, was allegedly in a fight in the parking lots outside Cusimano’s Pizzeria and the Medina Inn on Maple Ridge Road. Johnson allegedly stabbed another person in the side who was transported by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. That victim was treated and released.

Johnson’s case has been slowed in the court system after he spent 261 days in the Rochester Psychiatric Center after a psychiatric evaluation in January 2025 said he was incompetent to stand trial. He also has spent more than 200 days in the Orleans County Jail.

His attorney, Public Defender Joanne Best, asked Judge Church to give Johnson time served in the case and not have him go into the state prison system.

She said Johnson’s mental health is much improved, and he would stay on his medication and get counseling if he allowed to be in the community and not face additional incarceration

Judge Church said the state prison sentence of 1 ½ to 3 years was the minimum he could do given Johnson’s prior felony history for attempted assault in 2022.

The judge also revoked Johnson’s probation and sentenced him to 364 days in the county jail for violating probation. That sentence can be served concurrently with the state prison sentence. The judge said the time at the county jail and psychiatric center can count towards the sentence if that is deemed appropriate by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.