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.
The department has been stockpiling ice control sand and salt for many weeks. They are also preparing their winter equipment. This year, they will add two snowplows to their arsenal.
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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Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday arrested Walter C. Belden, 28, of 3839 Port St., Pulaski. He is charged with first degree rape, first degree criminal sexual act, sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. All but the endangering charge are felonies.
Police say that at about 7:00 p.m. Saturday night, Katie D. Herchberger, 25, of 362 County Route 30, Williamstown was driving a horse and buggy along County Route 30 when the buggy’s left wheel was hit by a vehicle. The buggy ran off the road and hit a tree. The car drove off.
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