Medina man pleads guilty to intent to sell cocaine, could face 6 years in prison

ALBION – A Medina man admitted in Orleans County Court this morning that he had cocaine with the intent to sell it.

Demarques “Dutch” Underwood, 34, was charged last month along with Erica Davis, 35, after police seized over 40 baggies of crack cocaine, $3,400 in cash, scales, numerous packaging material and other drug paraphernalia.

Underwood pleaded guilty in court today to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

He will be sentenced on March 6.

In other cases in court this morning:

• Cassandra McGuire, 33, of Albion was sentenced to four months of weekends in the Orleans County Jail plus five years of probation.

She pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree on Sept. 13. She admitted she had cocaine on June 18, 2020 with the intent to sell it.

She is a first-time felony drug offender. She could have faced up to 1 to 2 ½ years in state prison.

Her attorney, Scott Stopa, said McGuire has made many positive changes in her life. He asked for no jail time.

Judge Sanford Church said he will give someone incarceration if they have been selling drugs, which he said McGuire did multiple times.

She also has to pay $550 in restitution to the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force, and $425 for court, DNA and crime victims’ fees.

• Alonzo Jorge of Holley pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief in the second degree. He used an ax to break windows and cause damage to a Silverado truck on Aug. 24. Jorge admitted to causing the damage on Aug. 24, which is estimated at $1,531.

He faces a maximum of 1 to 3 years in state prison when he is sentenced on Jan. 17.