Medina man sentenced to 5 years in prison for weapons possession
ALBION – A Medina man was sentenced to five years in state prison today for having a gun. He also will have five years of post-release supervision.
Reginald Kendrick, 50, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He was charged after law enforcement on Nov. 12 seized a loaded unbranded polymer “ghost” semi-automatic 9 mm pistol with an extended 30-round magazine. District Attorney Susan Howard said the gun was tested by a Niagara County lab and determined to be operable.
Kendrick is a prior felon after being convicted of selling cocaine in October 2016.
His attorney, Christian Catalano from the Public Defender’s Office, asked Judge Saford Church not to give Kendrick the five-year maximum in prison. Catalano said Kendrick has three young children and is recovering from back surgeries.
Kendrick said he has changed from his criminal past, which also includes charges in Georgia.
“As a person I have changed,” he said. “I just want to spend time with my kids. I’ll never do this again.”
Judge Church cited Kendrick’s “extensive criminal history” in giving him the maximum as part of a plea agreement.
In other cases in County Court today:
• Richard Neal, 36, of Medina was sentenced to six months in the county jail plus five years of probation for felony driving while intoxicated.
He was charged by State Police on Aug. 25 after allegedly driving a motorcycle on Route 31 in Ridgeway while intoxicated and without a license. He registered a BAC of 0.10 percent, just above the legal limit of 0.08 percent. He has a previous DWI conviction on May 29, 2025 in the City of Batavia.
Neal’s attorney, Public Defender Joanne Best, asked that Neal be sentenced to weekends in jail so he can continue working full-time.
But Judge Church said Neal didn’t do a substance abuse evaluation and was driving with a revoked license as well as being intoxicated.
Neal also needs to pay $570 in court fees and surcharges.
• Mitchell Gardner, a former inmate at Orleans Correctional Facility in Albion, pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate, a misdemeanor.
Gardner, 24, allegedly threw a cup of urine at a corrections officer and hit the officer in the face with the urine while in the Albion prison on Dec. 20, 2023. Gardner said he intended to hit another inmate with the urine, not a corrections officer.
Gardner was originally charged with aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate.
Judge Church allowed him to plead to the misdemeanor and time served after being in the county jail for a few days. Gardner is now an inmate at Midstate Correctional Facility in Marcy, Oneida County. He is facing a felony charge there after allegedly biting a corrections officer.
He is currently serving an 8-year sentence for second-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
• Glenn Quintern, 67, of Rochester was arraigned for second-degree grand larceny. The former Batavia resident allegedly stole a struck from Orleans Ford.
