A Montclair Avenue resident who was caught in the act of burglarizing a business on State Street Road, Batavia, in April, entered a guilty plea in County Court on Wednesday to a Class E felony of attempted burglary.
The plea deal gives Ann Capuano, 32, a chance to complete a substance abuse program and have her conviction reduced.
In April, Capuano entered the business on State Street Road and when confronted by the owner and an employee, brandished a knife. She then fled on a bicycle and was apprehended by a police a short time later.
Enter terms of the plea, Capuano was released under supervision so she could be transferred from jail to a residential rehabilitation program in Buffalo.
She will also be evaluated for a program called a judicial diversion, which could have her case transferred to Drug Court.
She is scheduled to appear in County Court again July 24 for a hearing on her potential eligibility for judicial diversion.
