LOCKPORT – A man who is in federal custody for violating probation on a weapons possession conviction in North Carolina was sentenced to a concurrent year in jail Wednesday for a sex-related case in Niagara Falls.
Christopher Thurston, 44, of Linwood Avenue, Niagara Falls, originally was charged with first-degree rape for an incident with a woman in the Falls on the night of June 9-10, 2012. However, that charge was dismissed Nov. 8 by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr., and Thurston pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree strangulation and forcible touching.
Thurston already had been in the County Jail for 16 months before entering that plea.
Christopher Thurston, 44, of Linwood Avenue, Niagara Falls, originally was charged with first-degree rape for an incident with a woman in the Falls on the night of June 9-10, 2012. However, that charge was dismissed Nov. 8 by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr., and Thurston pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree strangulation and forcible touching.
Thurston already had been in the County Jail for 16 months before entering that plea.