ALBION – A Lockport man, formerly of Rochester, was sentenced to two years in state prison today after he was found to have cocaine and crack cocaine during a traffic stop in Barre.

Corey Weathers pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree on Oct. 18.

He was given the maximum sentence as part of a plea agreement.

Weathers was stopped on Route 31A (West Lee Road) in Barre on Nov. 22, 2022. Law enforcement found two bags with a white powder that was confirmed to be cocaine, District Attorney Joe Cardone said in a previous court appearance.

Weathers is a second-felony offender. He was sentenced by County Court Judge Sanford Church.

In another case, a Medina man, 21, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree.

When the man was 15 or 16 an 8-year-old girl performed oral sex on him. The incident wasn’t disclosed by the victim until several years later, said John Sansone, assistant DA.

The man could face state prison or he could be sentenced as a youthful offender and get probation. If he is a youthful offender, his name shouldn’t be disclosed publicly.

ALBION – Two people were sentenced to state prison today in Orleans County Court by Judge Sanford Church.

Barron Williams, a former inmate at the Orleans Correctional Facility, received a 3- to 6-year sentence in state prison for promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Williams, 26, is now incarcerated at the Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica, serving a five-year sentence for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in the Bronx.

Williams rejected a plea offer in the case and went to trial and was convicted. He had a toothpick container that was sharpened to be a weapon.

Susan Howard, assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case in a three-day trial in December.

In the other sentencing today, Andrew Coley, 25, of Albion was sentenced to three years in prison for second-degree assault for allegedly choking and hitting an 85-year-old man in Carlton that Coley was living with.

Joe Cardone, the district attorney, said Coley already has a long criminal history and deserves time in prison after choking the elderly man, who then suffered a slight stroke.

Coley apologized in court to his family.

In other cases, a former Albion resident who now lives in Middleport was arraigned for third-degree burglary, petty larceny and criminal mischief in the fourth degree.

Michael R. Bauer, 38, allegedly broke into the Plaza Liquor Store in Albion on Aug. 20, damaging the building and some of the merchandise.

Bauer is accused of smashing the front window and damaging the door frame. An investigation by the Albion Police Department determined there was approximately $2,000 damage to the building, and $336 in damage to alcohol bottles. About $90 worth of alcohol and cash also were stolen, police said.

• A man with the formal name of Raine, who is also known as Izzie Barnes, pleaded guilty to possessing a sexual performance of a child.

Barnes of Medina faces up to six months in the county jail and 10 years of post-release supervision when he is sentenced on May 8. He has no prior criminal history and may have be register as a sex offender.

The Center for Missing & Exploited Children detected Barnes accessed a video of a girl younger than 16 in a sexual act, Cardone said in court. Law enforcement seized Barnes laptop and discovered he possessed the video.

ALBION – A former corrections officer was sentenced to six months in the county jail and 10 years of post-release supervision.

Jonathan Dejesus, 42, of Dunkirk apologized in Orleans County Court today before Judge Sanford Church.

Dejesus was sentenced for third-degree rape and official misconduct. He admitted to sexual intercourse with a female inmate at the prison in August 2022.

District Attorney Joe Cardone said the state Corrections Department strongly states to COs in their training that they are not to have relations with inmates.

“He compromised the other people he works with and his family by having this relationship,” Cardone said in court today.

Joanne Best, the public defender, said Dejesus is “extremely remorseful.” She asked that he not be incarcerated and only have the post-release supervision so he could continue working full-time in a new job he started last June. If the judge wanted Dejesus to be in jail, Best asked for weekends only.

“He is extremely regretful for what happened,” Best told Judge Church. “His behavior was inappropriate and he knows that.”

Church gave Dejesus six months in jail and 10 years of post-release supervision where he has to monitored. Church said Dejesus’s action were a clear violation of the policy of being a corrections officer.

Dejesus will have a hearing on April 17 to determine if he will be on the sex offender registry and at what level. He also has to pay a $1,000 sex offender fine, $300 court surcharge and $25 crime victim’s fee.

In other cases today in County Court:

• Kevin McEwen, 41, of Kendall pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

McEwen was charged after firing two rounds from a Glock near people on Sept. 18 in Kendall in a dispute over car repairs.

McEwen didn’t try to hit anybody, he was just trying to scare them, Cardone said.

“He did not point at them,” Cardone said. “His intent was to intimidate.”

McEwen admitted in court to having a loaded firearm, and shooting it at a zucchini to scare people.

He faces up to two years in state prison when he is sentenced on May 1.

• Vincent McLeod, 26, a former inmate at Orleans Correctional Facility in Albion pleaded guilty to attempted promoting prison contraband for having a black ceramic razor blade on Nov. 29, 2022. He faces 1 ½ to 3 years more in state prison when he is sentenced on May 29.

He is now an inmate at Wallkill Correctional Facility serving an 8-year sentence for first-degree robbery and attempt assault in the first degree.

• Richard Cuello, 45, a former inmate at Orleans Correctional pleaded guilty to attempted assault in the second degree after an altercation with a corrections officer on March 23, 2023.

Assistant DA Susan Howard said Cuello jumped a CO when the officer went into the bathroom and caused the officer to hit his head, causing a concussion, dizziness and other issues that continue to keep him out of work.

Cuello said he was brushing his teeth when the officer sprayer him in the eyes, causing him to react. When the two tumbled to the ground the officer hit his head on a chair, Cuello said.

Judge Church told Cuello he could go to trial and say he was using self-defense, but Cuello would risk a more serious charge. He opted to pleaded guilty to attempted assault, with a maximum of another 1 ½ to 3 years in prison. He will be sentenced on May 29.

He is now an inmate at the Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone. He is serving a 25-year sentence for first-degree murder.

ROCHESTER – A Holley man pleaded guilty in Monroe County Court on Wednesday to third-degree burglary as a sexually-motivated felony.

Daniel Seeler, 66, admitted in court that he broke into a daycare center in Brockport three times in an attempt to be a baby girl, WHAM Channel 13 reported.

Seeler is currently completing treatment and will spend a year being supervised by the court. He will be sentenced after his treatment is complete, WHAM reported.

Seeler was indicted in August in Monroe County Court  following an investigation of break-ins at the Inspire! Learning and Child Care Center in Clarkson in January and February 2023.

He  allegedly left money and a note requesting adult-size diapers at the daycare center on Jan. 30, 2023. The center’s director contacted police and a security camera was installed, according to WHAM.

Seeler then allegedly left a similar note and $200 a few days later. The new security system alerted the director on Feb. 11 to the break-in. The director received another security alert and saw surveillance video of a man playing with diapers, WHAM reported.

Seeler has been a real estate developer in Holley area, including making major renovations to the former Tagg’s Tavern, turning that site into the Holley Falls Bar & Grill. He is no longer involved in managing that site which is currently closed.

Press Release, U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross, Western District of New York

ROCHESTER – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Stephen Nicot, 61, of Rochester, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to receipt of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Stephen Nicot

Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan K. McGuire, who is handling the case, stated that between 2012 and 2014, Nicot hid a camera in the bathroom of a church located in the Western District of New York. (Editor’s Note: Previous news reports and a press release from the U.S. Attorney stated the church was in Orleans County.)

Nicot positioned the camera so that it would capture video and images of naked individuals using the shower in the church bathroom. He did this knowing some of the individuals would be under the age of 18 and he planned to display the video of the minors.

On July 21, 2022, law enforcement executed a warrant at the Nicot’s residence and recovered a memory card and USB drive, which contained videos and images of at least five minor victims using the church bathroom and shower. Two cell phones were also seized, which contained naked images of a minor victim that were recorded by a camera hidden in a bathroom of Nicot’s residence.

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 6 before Judge Geraci.