DA ‘strenuously objects’ to plea terms for child rapist who fled crash that killed friend, attacked jail deputy
Updated 2:42 PM;
Syracuse, NY A convicted child rapist will spend 5 to 10 years in prison after admitting that he recklessly killed his friend in a car crash, fled the scene and later attacked a jail deputy after his arrest.
Shayne Copes, 21, took a plea Monday offered by state Supreme Court Justice Gordon Cuffy, who noted that Copes never meant to kill his friend and had unspecified “issues” that the judge said needed to be addressed.
Still, Cuffy knew he was going to hear a protest from prosecutors Chris Bednarski and John Centra. So the judge cut to the chase himself: the district attorney’s office “strenuously objected” to his offer, he noted.