{"id":70758,"date":"2025-12-09T10:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=70758"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:57:41","slug":"batavia-turner-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-city-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/batavia-turner-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-city-court\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Turner pleads guilty to lesser charge in City Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Burke Drive woman has accepted a plea deal after appearing in Batavia City Court on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Turner, of Batavia, NY, appeared in court with her attorney Emma Molodetz on Monday afternoon in front of visiting Judge Dean Lilac Jr and accepted a plea deal.  Turner plead guilty to one count of criminal contempt 2nd degree as a class A misdemeanor, after violating her probation by having a conversation with the subject of a stay away order of protection in July 2025. Turner was originally charged with criminal contempt and harassment 2nd in June 2023, she was sentenced to 3 years of probation on December 12, 2023 (<a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/13\/batavia-police-blotter-burke-drive-woman-kicks-officers-during-arrest-after-threatening-to-kill-another-person\/\">BATAVIA POLICE BLOTTER\/Burke Drive woman kicks officers during arrest after threatening to kill another person \u2013 Video News Service<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant District Attorney John Sansone, who is new to the case as of November 2025, agreed to dismiss the criminal contempt 1st degree\/with a weapon charge, an E felony from a July 30, 2025 incident, (<a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/batavia-police-blotter-august-11-2025\/\">Batavia Police Blotter\/August 11, 2025 \u2013 Video News Service<\/a>) where Turner allegedly almost struck another person with her car and yelled at the victim in violation of an order of protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Lilac sentenced Turner to 2 years probation, which will run concurrently with the probation term already being served in the June 2023 incident. Turner could have faced a year in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After sentencing, Turner&#8217;s attorney asked to change the level of the stay away order of protection, she told the court its being used more as a sword rather than a shield. Sansone responded saying that the Stay Away order of protection was part of the plea deal and will remain. Judge Lilac said the same order of protection will remain in place for 5 years and will expire in 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Lilac waived the $200 surcharge fee and advised Turner&#8217;s attorney the DNA fee of $50 must be paid by February 9th, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turner was also facing violations of City Code, BMC-40-5. She pleaded not guilty in an August court appearance to two charges of dog running at large on two different dates, July 25, 2025, and August 2, 2025. During a November 10th court appearance, Turner pleaded guilty to the August 2nd violation, allowing a dog to run at large without a leash, and paid a $25 fine. The July violation was dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/batavia-turner-retains-attorney-and-pleads-not-guilty-to-criminal-charges-and-city-code-violations\/\">BATAVIA\/Turner retains attorney and pleads not guilty to criminal charges and city code violations \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Burke Drive woman has accepted a plea deal after appearing in Batavia City Court on Monday. Jill Turner, of Batavia, NY, appeared in court with her attorney Emma Molodetz on Monday afternoon in front of visiting Judge Dean Lilac Jr and accepted a plea deal. Turner plead guilty to \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/batavia-turner-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-city-court\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705],"tags":[5526],"class_list":["post-70758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-jill-turner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-ipg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67580,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/batavia-turner-retains-attorney-and-pleads-not-guilty-to-criminal-charges-and-city-code-violations\/","url_meta":{"origin":70758,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Turner retains attorney and pleads not guilty to criminal charges and city code violations","author":"aka","date":"August 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"File photo\/2023 A Burke Drive woman has retained an attorney for a list of criminal charges and code violations. Jill Turner appeared with retained attorney Emma Molodetz in City Court on Thursday afternoon in front of visiting Judge Dean Lilac Jr., and pleaded not guilty at arraignment to a violation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;City of Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"City of Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/city-of-batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill_m_turner.webp?fit=768%2C1018&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill_m_turner.webp?fit=768%2C1018&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill_m_turner.webp?fit=768%2C1018&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill_m_turner.webp?fit=768%2C1018&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43391,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/13\/batavia-police-blotter-burke-drive-woman-kicks-officers-during-arrest-after-threatening-to-kill-another-person\/","url_meta":{"origin":70758,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA POLICE BLOTTER\/Burke Drive woman  kicks officers during arrest after threatening to kill another person","author":"aka","date":"June 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jill M. 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