Medina man sentenced to 8 years in prison for burglary

ALBION – A Medina man was sentenced to eight years in state prison by Orleans County Court Judge Sanford Church.

Jakob Bishop, 25, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted burglary. He entered a home without permission and cut two people with a knife in a scuffle inside the house.

Bishop has a previous violent felony conviction. He was sentenced by the judge during court last week.

In other cases:

• Mark Bennett, 35, of Albion was sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years in state prison after pleading guilty to possessing a sexual performance by a child. Bennett was charged by state police on March 5 after police determined he had possessed child pornography.

• Trey Hart, 25, of Albion was sentenced to five years of probation and no jail time for aggravated criminal contempt in the first degree. Hart during a May 10 court appearance admitted to violating an order of protection and having physical contact with a woman he was supposed to stay away from. Hart allegedly struck a woman, causing severe bruising on her eye and putting her in pain for weeks, said Susan Howard, the county’s first assistant district attorney.

• Brandon Baker, 32, of Kendall pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in the third degree and intimidating a witness in the third degree. He faces up to 1 to 3 years in state prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 13.