Syracuse, NY - A Tompkins County woman was sentenced today to three years in state prison for assaulting a state trooper at the New York State Fair last summer. Tamara Avery, 26, of McLean, pleaded guilty to a felony count of second-degree assault in the Sept. 3 incident. Authorities said Avery punched the female trooper in the face, breaking her...
Syracuse, NY - A Tompkins County woman was sentenced today to three years in state prison for assaulting a state trooper at the New York State Fair last summer.
Tamara Avery, 26, of McLean, pleaded guilty to a felony count of second-degree assault in the Sept. 3 incident. Authorities said Avery punched the female trooper in the face, breaking her nose, while she was being processed after being charged with knocking a security guard to the ground as she was being removed from a concert for being disorderly.
Defense lawyer Peter Hakes told Onondaga County Judge William Walsh that Avery was addressing alcohol, substance abuse and mental health issues.