Judge sentences 3 to incarceration in county jail
ALBION – Three people were sentenced to time in the Orleans County today by County Court Judge Sanford Church.
• Richard Kress, 38, of Albion was sentenced to 364 days in jail. He could have been sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny in the fourth degree.
Kress and a co-defendant, Daniel Fritz III of Clarendon, are accused of taking a safe from a Clarendon home that had cash and jewelry inside. They will pay $5,000 in restitution to the victim.
Fritz pleaded guilty to attempted burglary in the third degree and faces up to 2 to 4 years in state prison.
Kress said he made some bad choices and was abusing drugs and alcohol. He said he has turned his life around. He apologized to the victim of the crime. He has already been in jail for 115 days.
• Christopher Doxley, 41, of Medina was sentenced to 364 days in the county jail for criminal mischief. He allegedly was in an argument at someone’s house and hit a car with a baseball bat.
He apologized to the court and his family. He also was fined $500 and needs to pay $250 in court fees.
• Charles Santiago, 37, of Albion was sentenced to weekends in jail over four months and five years of probation for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Santiago had a loaded Taurus handgun on April 13 without a permit.
He could have faced six months in the county jail. Judge Sanford Church said the weekends in jail will allow Santiago to keep working full-time so he can support his family.
• A Medina woman is being held in the county jail while awaiting sentencing for violating her probation.
Erica Davis, 37, also faces new charges of promoting prison contraband in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance for bringing cocaine into the county jail. She snuck the cocaine into the jail through her boot, District Attorney Susan Howard said
• Devon A. Robinson, 32, of Rochester pleaded guilty in court today to criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree. He admitted to having an ATV valued at more than $3,000 that he knew was stolen. The Arctic Cat ATV was taken from Hulberton Road in Holley on July 26, 2024.
Robinson, as a second-felony offender, could have faced up to seven years in prison. As part of a plea deal today he will face up t five years in prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 18.
