Clarendon man with stolen property sentenced to state prison
ALBION – A Clarendon man, age 50, acknowledged in Orleans County Court today he has struggled to stay out of trouble since he was 16.
Wade Murphy
Wade Murphy said he hopes he can make better decisions. He was sentenced to 3 ½ to 7 years in state prison today by County Court Judge Sanford Church.
Murphy was sentenced for third-degree criminal possession of stolen and also criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. That time will be served concurrently with a strangulation charge in Genesee County. Murphy was sentenced to six years in prison on that charge.
“I’m too old for this,” Murphy told Judge Church today. “I have some serious crazy issues.”
Murphy said he will go stretches where he makes good decisions, then slips up. He said he would benefit from mental health counseling and drug treatment.
“I don’t know exactly what’s wrong with me but something is wrong,” Murphy said. “I want to do something to change the future and not just repeat the past.”
Murphy was charged after allegedly having a stolen UTV, zero-turn lawn mower, utility trailer, jet ski, and a large tow behind camper. The items have been returned but District Attorney Joe Cardone said a jet ski sustained $5,000 in damages. Murphy agreed to pay restitution when he is released from prison.
In other sentencings today:
Chasity Zinnate, 42, of Medina was stenced to 1 to 3 years in prison for burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. She allegedly stole $8,200 worth of items from a business on Main Street in Medina and attempted to break into another location. As part of her sentencing today, she needs to pay $3,999 in restutition.
Steven Johnson, 22, was sentenced to 1 /2 to 3 years of additional time in state prison for promoting prison contraband at the Orleans Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated in April 2022 and possessed a sharpened plastic handle with a metal wire. Johnson has been in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in Queens in 2020.
Cesar Morales, 36, is a former Orleans Correctional inmate who also was sentenced to another 1 ½ to 3 years in state prison for promoting prison contraband. He is in prison for attempted robbery in Suffolk County.
