Medina man pleads guilty to assault on jail COs, gets more time in prison

ALBION – A Medina man currently in state prison pleaded guilty in Orleans County Court on Wednesday to attempted assault, an E felony, to two jail corrections officers.

Patrick Casanova, 32, is currently serving a 2- to 4-year sentence in state prison at Five Points Correctional facility in Romulus, Seneca County. His earliest release date is listed as May 27, 2027.

His plea on Wednesday could add another 1 ½ to 3 years in state prison. Casanova was in the county jail on June 13, 2025 when he allegedly refused to move and stiffed up. That required two corrections officers to try to move him. A scuffle then ensued.

Casanova is currently in prison after pleaded guilty in 2023 to second-degree assault. He admitted to punching a woman in the face, which fractured her orbital bone and damaged her sinus.

In other cases in County Court on Wednesday:

• A Medina man was arraigned on second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon after being charged for having a loaded “ghost” gun.

Reginald Kendrick, 50, was charged after law enforcement on Nov. 12 seized a loaded unbranded polymer “ghost” semi-automatic 9 mm pistol with an extended 30-round magazine.

Kendrick is a prior felon after being convicted of selling cocaine in October 2016.

He pleaded not guilty to the new charges in court on Wednesday. He has posted $1,000 bail.

• Daniel Fritz III, 37, of Clarendon was assessed as a level 3 sex offender by Orleans County Judge Sanford Church.

Fritz is currently at the Mohawk Correctional Facility  in Rome, Oneida County, serving a 2- to 4-year sentence for grand larceny. He and a co-defendant were convicted of taking a safe from a Clarendon home that had cash and jewelry inside.

Fritz also pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct. The judge assessed Fritz as level 3, the highest level, and he will need to be monitored when he is released from prison.