Former Barker mayor sentenced to jail, probation after second felony DWI

File photo by Tom Rivers: Seanna Corwin-Bradley speaks during a July 28, 2024 celebration for a new Barker village hall and public library. Corwin-Bradley was the village mayor at the time. She also served as president of the Barker public library. Barker celebrated the new building which opened 5 ½ years after the village hall and public library burned down on Jan. 20, 2019.

ALBION – A former mayor of Barker in Niagara County was sentenced today in Orleans County Court to six months in the county jail and then five years of probation for felony driving while intoxicated.

Seanna Corwin-Bradley, 42, of Barker was charged on July 22, 2025 with a BAC at .193, more than twice the legal limit. She was in a car accident on Ridge Road in Ridgeway, where she allegedly crossed the center line and sideswiped a camper that was being pulled by a truck. She has a previous DWI conviction in Erie County in September 2024.

Corwin-Bradley was driving with a conditional license and was returning from a trip to the Thousand Islands. That conditional license didn’t allow her to drive that distance, County Court Judge Sandford Church said in court today.

Corwin-Bradley was very apologetic and tearful during the sentencing.

“As a former public official, I understand how important public safety is,” she said during sentencing. “I think about the people I could have hurt every day. I think God no one was hurt.”

Corwin-Bradley said she has learned to accept help and do the hard work of dealing with her alcohol addiction.

“I feel guilt every day,” she said. “I feel guilt every day. I don’t know if those feelings will ever go away.”

Corwin-Bradley said she is humbled by the support of her family and friends, her counselor and the community.

“No matter how far someone falls there is still hope,” she said. “It is possible to rebuild your life.”

Timothy Brooks, the attorney for Corwin-Bradley, said addiction is an “insidious, vicious disease.” He said Corwin-Bradley has been a very productive member of society. He asked that she just be sentenced to probation with no incarceration.

Judge Church said Corwin-Bradley has put others in danger with her drunken driving.

“You are a dangerous driver while drinking,” he said. “I need to do my best to protect society.”

In addition to six months in jail and five years of probation, Corwin-Bradley had her license revoked for a year, must use a inter-lock ignition device which measures her BAC and needs to pay $570 in court surcharges and fees.