Important update to Carlos Liriano case.
The Croton burglar will attend Mental Health Court as part of a plea deal. If he fails to complete treatment, he will be sentenced to a total of two years in county jail.
Based on new information we have received from the Westchester County DA’s office, please see this important update to the report we published earlier this evening.
Update December 12: After we went to press on this story, the Westchester County District Attorney’s office agreed to provide us with the details of Liriano’s plea deal. According to Jin Whang, Director of Public Affairs & Communications for the DA’s office, Liriano will now enter Westchester’s Mental Health Court, “one of the problem-solving diversionary courts in [the] county.”
(A similar arrangement, involving Drug Court, was earlier given to a Peekskill man accused of stealing from Croton’s ShopRite.)
If Liriano completes the prescribed course of treatment successfully, he will be sentenced to three years probation on one felony count. If he is not successful, he will be sentenced to one year in jail for each of two felonies, to be served consecutively.
The December 17 court date will be to monitor compliance with these conditions, and Liriano will not be sentenced at that time.
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Thank you for this update. Please continue to keep us posted on this situation. I know of a couple who had a home invasion and it was very scary for them.
That’s good to hear.
In this case, hopefully a more positive outcome will result.