Norwalk man violates plea deal in arson case, gets three years in prison
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Exterior of the Stamford Courthouse, Sept. 20, 2019.File / Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD A 20-year-old Norwalk man accepted a deal in 2018 to avoid prison time for purposely setting a fire inside a Norwalk CVS. But prosecutors now say he violated that agreement.
Yahya Sonko, 20, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless burning and agreed to attend counseling sessions and stay out of trouble, prosecutors said.
But in a hearing Thursday in state Superior Court, Paul Ferencek, state’s attorney for the Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District, says Sonko violated the terms of that deal. He was arrested two more times and failed to show up to court multiple times between the time he accepted the deal and the date of his sentencing, Ferencek said.
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