LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said Wednesday he wasn’t impressed with the performance of career criminal Robert B. Patrick.
“I could say you’re a professional thief, but professional denotes some level of proficiency. You keep getting caught. This is 10 convictions,” Kloch told Patrick before sending him to state prison for two to six years for a pair of burglaries.
Patrick, 30, of Vandervoort Street, North Tonawanda, had pleaded guilty in June to third-degree burglary for a Feb. 21, 2013, break-in at a garage on Maple Terrace in North Tonawanda. He was placed in the judicial diversion program, but was kicked out after an Oct. 23 home burglary on Ninth Avenue in North Tonawanda. He pleaded guilty to attempted third-degree burglary for that.
His co-defendant in the Ninth Avenue case, James K. Bender, 42, of Longs Avenue, City of Tonawanda, has been found eligible for diversion, but he failed to show up for court Wednesday, so Kloch issued an arrest warrant.
“I could say you’re a professional thief, but professional denotes some level of proficiency. You keep getting caught. This is 10 convictions,” Kloch told Patrick before sending him to state prison for two to six years for a pair of burglaries.
Patrick, 30, of Vandervoort Street, North Tonawanda, had pleaded guilty in June to third-degree burglary for a Feb. 21, 2013, break-in at a garage on Maple Terrace in North Tonawanda. He was placed in the judicial diversion program, but was kicked out after an Oct. 23 home burglary on Ninth Avenue in North Tonawanda. He pleaded guilty to attempted third-degree burglary for that.
His co-defendant in the Ninth Avenue case, James K. Bender, 42, of Longs Avenue, City of Tonawanda, has been found eligible for diversion, but he failed to show up for court Wednesday, so Kloch issued an arrest warrant.