Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. v. Ferretti

In October 2008 the plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant to recover the value of unmetered electricity which the defendant obtained for premises he owned in the Town of Greenville (hereinafter the subject property). On June 3, 2009, the defendant pleaded guilty in the County Court, Orange County (Freehill, J.), to the class D felony of grand larceny in the third degree (see Penal Law § 155.35). During the plea allocution, the defendant admitted to the elements of that crime, stealing property from the plaintiff valued in excess of $3,000 by diverting the electric meter for…