Former Horseheads Trustee sentenced six months following July 2023 DWI

PENN YAN, N.Y. ( WETM ) — A former Horseheads Village Trustee was sentenced in a Yates County Court on Tuesday almost a year after a DWI crash sent several people to the hospital.

According to the Yates County District Attorney’s Office, Mark Cronin was sentenced to six months in the Yates County Jail, five years of probation, fines of $1000, and the loss of his license for a year following sentencing on Tuesday morning, June 25.

Cronin pleaded guilty to vehicular assault in the first degree, a class D felony, and DWI on April 9, after rejecting a plea deal in December.

According to the Yates County Sheriff’s Office and Cronin’s indictment, Cronin was driving a pickup truck on Second Milo Road around 9 p.m. on July 4, 2023, while under the influence of alcohol and didn’t stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Second Milo Road and Old Bath Road. Cronin’s truck hit a vehicle with two adults and six children inside. The indictment said that five of the people inside of the vehicle were severely injured.

Following the indictment, Cronin was removed from his position as Horseheads Village Trustee on April 9 by Mayor Kevin Adams and immediately appointed Ron Finefrock to the board at the time the seat was vacated.

Along with Cronin’s sentencing, he was ordered to attend the victim’s impact pane, and the impaired driver program, install an ignition interlock to his vehicle, and pay a DNA fee and sample.

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