A 29-year-old Genesee County resident with multiple arrests over the past couple of years could get up to five years in prison as part of a plea deal.
In county court on Thursday, Robert J. Eppolito, most recently of Church Street in Le Roy, entered a guilty plea to criminal contempt, 1st, with a negotiated prison term of one to three years.
Eppolito is also charged with assault, 2nd, for allegedly punching and kicking a person during a confrontation in September in Le Roy.
Public Defender Gary Horton, representing Eppolito on the assault charge, said a plea agreement is in place, including a plea on the criminal contempt charge, that could lock Eppolito up for a maximum of five years.
The two sentences -- for criminal contempt and for the alleged assault -- would be served concurrently.
Eppolito is expected in court next week to answer to the second-degree assault charge.
The cases are separated because they are unrelated.
In court Thursday, Eppolito admitted that he violated a court order by being with a protected person and by drinking alcohol.
Sentencing will take place at 9 a.m., April 23.
Eppolito is being held in the Genesee County Jail.
