A man arrested in Genesee County with warrants in San Francisco and Ithaca entered a guilty plea today to criminal possession of stolen property.
Thomas E. Dodson, 24, admitted to possessing a stolen benefits card belonging to another person.
There was some discussion about his admission because at first Dodson would only say that he possessed the card knowing it wasn't his, but in order for him to admit to the charge, he had to admit that he knew the card was stolen, not that it just didn't belong to him.
As part of his plea deal, the other charges against him are dropped and his sentence will be served concurrently with time he is already doing in state prison on a Tompkins County conviction for robbery, 3rd.
Dodson will be sentenced on the Genesee County conviction at 3 p.m., Feb. 23.
