CHILI, N.Y. -- Joseph M. Neerbasch, the last of five teenagers charged with disabling a CSX train in Chili by placing a boulder on tracks in front of it, has been sentenced in Monroe County Court, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.
Neerbasch, 18, who pleaded guilty to a felony of second-degree criminal mischief, received five years' probation and four weekends in County Jail and was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. He also was granted youthful offender status, which will seal his record.
Michael A. Ciarmaglia, 18; Jordan M. Leipold, 17; Joseph D. Relyea, 17; and Aaron M. Spencer, 17, also pleaded guilty and were sentenced previously. All five received the same sentence and were ordered to repay $20,172 to CSX for damage to the train.
They were charged after the CSX freight train hit a 3-foot-wide boulder on tracks near Chili Avenue on March 24, 2008.
(The preceding was published June 5, 2009, by the Democrat and Chronicle.)
