Burdett man sentenced to up to nine years in prison following burglary/arson incident

HECTOR, N.Y. ( WETM ) — A Schuyler County man will see years behind bars after being sentenced in Early July on several felony charges.

According to a release from the Schuyler County District Attorney’s Office, 46-year-old Zane M. Seubert from Burdett, NY, was sentenced on July 11 for the crimes of Arson in the fourth degree, and burglary in the third degree, both class D felonies.

The document said that Seubert was sentenced to two to six years in state prison for the burglary charge and one to three years on the arson charge. Before his sentencing, the documents added that Seubert paid $60,000 in restitution and was ordered to pay an additional $1,000.

The sentencing stems from an incident at a storage facility in Hector where Seubert admitted during a plea deal that he burglarized several campers at the facility before leaving and entering a building inside the Hector Union Cemetery. Inside the building, Seubert said he lit some hay on fire intending to light a cigarette but failed to fully put out the fire.

The documents said that Seubert’s careless acts led to significant damage to the building that needed to be put out by the Burdett Fire Department.

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