Lanza then began yelling above the noise of the crowd. “Go home to your trailers,” he taunted. “Go home and collect your welfare checks.”
Palermo Town Justice Robert Wood sentenced the Maxwells to a year in jail for each of the four counts of child endangerment for which they were convicted. The law allows a maximum sentence of two years for the crime. If they behave in jail, they could be out in about 16 months.
Erin died in the family’s Palermo home, a home filled with animals and the smell of feces. She died in her bedroom, a room that had two doors with locks on each one.
Her stepbrother, Alan Jones, was convicted of killing her. He’s awaiting sentencing. Erin’s father and stepmother were convicted after a two week town court trial of putting Erin in harm’s way by keeping an untidy home and by locking her in her room — charges the defense vigorously denied.
After court, a shouting match erupted when one of Lynn’s former coworkers shouted, “Bye, Lynn” at her. Defense lawyer Sal Lanza, who had just asked the judge to ask everyone to stay silent, shouted back.
The shouting resumed in the parking lot, with Lanza telling people to “go back to their trailers” and “collect their welfare checks”.
The Maxwells will serve their time in the Oswego County Correctional Facility.
Lanza is appealing the conviction and plans to ask the judge to release the Maxwells on bail while the appeal is decided.
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There were cupcakes and a receiving line at Granby Town Hall Saturday, to thank State Senator Darrel Aubertine for quickly getting the town a grant to fix up three dangerously deteriorated bridges. The town leaders then took Aubertine on a quickie field trip to show him what the money has bought.
There’s still more to say about this weekend’s clash between state ranked football teams Fulton and New Hartford, and the student journalists at RaidetNet Daily are saying it today. Also, a look at the effort that goes into making high school Open House look good, the weekend’s NFL picks and more.
That’s a big jump in an $18 million budget.
Today inside G. Ray Bodley High School, student journalists show us the young men (above) who will compete for the title of Mr. Legs during Homecoming Week next week. We’ve also got a farewell to a retiring school nurse, a look ahead at Quirk’s Players’ new production, all the varsity sports action and more.
At its worst, winds hit 47 miles an hour at the Oswego County Airport near Fulton, where the National Weather Service has a weather station, and 61 miles an hour in Oswego, as recorded by the weather monitor at the US Coast Guard station there.
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