Category: Courts

An Auburn contractor had his felony charges reduced after paying approximately $18,000 in restitution in an insurance fraud case, the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office said this week. Frank L. Gaglianese, owner of Gaglianese Underground LLC, was arrested last April in Cayuga County and originally charged with two counts of third-degree insurance fraud, two counts of third-degree grand larceny and... more

Ira Thresher may have spared his victim from going to trial, but a Cayuga County judge said he continues to downplay the severity of his crime. In February, Thresher, of 8752 Route 90, Genoa, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal sex act, a class B felony. At the time, the 32-year-old admitted to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl... more

A convicted rapist will spend the next seven years in prison for imprisoning a woman and lighting her on fire. In August, Milton K. Richardson Jr. was arrested and charged with several felonies and misdemeanors, including first-degree unlawful imprisonment, second-degree arson, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree menacing, second-degree reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and assault. At the time, New... more

An Auburn man has admitted to having sexual contact with a girl under the age of 11. Richard C. Gould, 55, of 63 Owasco St., pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a class D felony. During his plea, Gould said he sexually abused a young girl in his home last March. Police said the victim knew... more