A Batavia teenager caught on New Year's Day burglarizing a Washington Avenue residence is facing up to 14 years in prison after entering guilty pleas today to two second-degree attempted burglary charges.
Shortly after his arrest by Batavia PD on Jan. 1, Francis S. Smith, 19, formerly of 20 S. Main St., Batavia, became a suspect in a string of robberies in the South Pearl Street area.
He was charged in two separate indictments for the Washington Avenue burglary and the burglaries prior to his arrest.
His guilty pleas are to one charge on each of the indictments.
Each Class D felony carries a maximum possible sentence of seven years each, though Judge Robert C. Noonan has the option of confining him for fewer years or having the sentences on each count run concurrently rather than consecutively.
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