NORWICH – A number of individuals appeared in county court Friday, one sentenced to one to three years in state prison on a charge of fourth degree grand larceny, while a second received ten years probation after pleading guilty to one count of first degree, felony sex abuse.

• Zachariah M. Burns, 28, Greene, charged with fourth degree grand larceny – a class E felony – was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of one to three years in state prison.

“We have never seen a bigger plague of addiction in this area,” said District Attorney Joseph McBride, alluding to allegations that Burns committed the crime for which he was convicted to fuel a heroin addiction. “Even the crack epidemic was not to the scale of the current heroin epidemic. If anything, people will be safe while you are locked away and I hope you will be able to turn your life around.”

Added Chenango County Court Judge Frank B. Revoir Jr., “I wish you the best of luck and success and hopefully when you get out you will become a productive member of society.”