POLICE REPORTS
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Includes reports received from Yates County Sheriff’s Department, Penn Yan Police Department, and New York State Police. It should be noted that these reports merely indicate that someone has been charged with an offense, and the use of the term “arrest” does not always mean someone was put in jail. These reports do not indicate guilt.
TODD J. BECKER, 34, of Penn Yan, was arrested Jan. 9 by Penn Yan Police responding to a report of a male with an open container of alcohol. Becker was found drinking a can of beer on the sidewalk and in possession of a quantity of marijuana. He was charged with second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana and violating the village ordinance for an open container of alcohol. He was released on an appearance ticket and will answer the charges in Penn Yan Village Court later.
Four sex offenders appear in Yates County Court
Staff reports
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PENN YAN – Four sex offenders in unrelated cases appeared Tuesday, Jan. 12 in Yates County Criminal Court before Judge Jason L. Cook in the only in-person session allowed last week due to COVID-19 restrictions on court procedures. A fifth previously registered sex offender was to have appeared, but failed the Covid screening. His case was adjourned.
PABLO P. BACON, 23, of Canandaigua, convicted of second-degree rape (class D felony), was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 10 years probation, and registration as a sex offender. Bacon was arrested May 14, 2020 by Yates County Sheriff’s Office investigators on a sealed Yates County Superior Court arrest warrant following an investigation of allegations he subjected an underage juvenile to sexual contact in the town of Middlesex. He was originally charged with one count each of first-degree rape, first-degree criminal sexual act, and second-degree cri