Gary E. Sullo, the stepfather of Christopher J. Belter Jr., was sentenced in Lewiston Town Court to probation without any restrictions, said attorney Steven M. Cohen, who represents the teen
a year ago about all the violations that mr. belter is committing in his probation. you need to consider that. the judge read it. he read my email in the courtroom. he said i want to have a hearing on whether he violated probation. then to everyone s, i don t know, i don t know if the word delight could apply to this situation, the prohibition officer said, yes, he did violate the terms of probation. yes, he installed something to allow him to circumvent the pornography restrictions, yes, he violated judge sheldon s terms. and the judge said, well, i am not going to sentence him as a youthful offender, i will sentence him as an adult. that was the clear signal that chris belter was going to get prison time, which he so researchly deserves. and then when the judge said, i prayed over this and prison,
Matthew J. Murphy III, a judge working in the Niagara County Court system in New York said he “prayed” Wednesday before deciding jail wasn’t an “appropriate” place for a now 20-year-old man who raped and sexually assaulted four teenage girls when he was 16 and 17.