NORWICH – Five individuals charged with a variety of misdemeanor and felony crimes appeared in county court Monday, three sentenced and two pleading not guilty to the charges brought against them.

• Talon N. Taltavall, 22, New Berlin, was sentenced to one year at the Chenango County Correctional Facility after pleading guilty to one count of third degree burglary, a class D felony, and must pay approximately $700 in restitution.

Indicted by a Chenango County grand jury in May of 2012, it was alleged that Taltavall, on or about April 23 in the Town of New Berlin, did knowingly and unlawfully remain – with the intent to commit a crime – in a pair of local businesses: the New Berlin Diner, 5709 State Highway 8, and the New Berlin Big M, also known at that time as Marquit’s Supermarket, 1 South Main St. According to his indictment, Taltavall stole property consisting of two cash registers, $85 cash, tobacco products, miscellaneous groceries, two 30-packs of beer and a butcher knife.

District Attorney Joseph McBride noted Taltavall’s extensive criminal history, given his age, and said he hoped he will change his ways. Said Taltavall, “I’m very sorry for what I did; it should have never happened and it will never happen again.”

Judge W. Howard Sullivan warned Taltavall that, should he again be charged with another felony, he’d most likely be looking at a state prison sentence.