Dec. 3—LOCKPORT — A Lockport man, whose probation sentence in a series of sexual assault cases led to widespread criticism, was given the highest possible sex offender registry rating on Thursday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Belter, 20, admitted to sexual abuse, including rape, of teenagers in 2019. A judge gave him eight years' probation ...

A judge spared a New York man who pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting four teenagers from prison, calling a custodial sentence “inappropriate.” Christopher Belter, 20, was instead handed ...

One of the victims of a New York man who pleaded guilty to raping and sexually abusing four teenage girls and was sentenced to just eight years of probation has a warning: “He will offend again.” ...

A 20-year-old New York man was facing eight years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting four teenage girls during parties in his parents’ home, but this week a judge sentenced him to ...

Christopher Belter, 20, faced eight years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2018 assaults of girls as young as 15 when he went before Niagara County Judge Matthew Murphy Tuesday — but only got a ...