LIVINGSTON COUNTY— The Livingston County Public Defender Office is planning on hiring new attorneys to deal with the new Centralized Arraignment Plan. According to an e-mail sent from Public Defender Lindsay P. Quintilone, to deal with the extra workload, each of the full-time attorneys will be adding on-call staffing of the CAP court to their duties, as well as hiring an additional full-time attorney to assist with CAP court arraignments and … [Read more...]
Family Shows at City Man’s Court Date for Fatal Shooting of Sister in Law in Caledonia
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Family members came to the Tuesday court date for the man accused of fatally shooting his sister in law while hunting in Caledonia. John Lander III, 50, is charged with felony Criminally Negligent Homicide. He appeared with Assistant Public Defender Lindsay Pratt-Quintilone, who clarified for the record that Chief Public Defender Marcea Clark Tetamore is handling the case. Lander stood silently at the defense table as … [Read more...]
Child Porn Suspect Also Charged for 2005 Sex Abuse of Infant
AVON – The Avon man who was arrested by State Police for possessing child pornography is now charged with felony sex abuse for allegedly abusing an infant in 2005. Matthew Bennett, 42, appeared in county court with a long, wild beard and hair for arraignment Tuesday morning on Sex Abuse in the First Degree, a B felony, for the abuse of an infant family member that allegedly occurred on August 1, 2005. Bennett's Attorney, Public Defender … [Read more...]