CORTLAND, N.Y. – Three people were sentenced Thursday in Cortland County Court in connection with a meth lab that was discovered inside the garage of a Cortlandville home.
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Robert Alberts, Terry Maricle and Kristina Yerian were previously convicted on one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, a felony.
Alberts and Maricle were also convicted on one count of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree, also a felony.
The three were arrested on June 13, 2014, after a Cortland County sheriff's deputy received an anonymous tip of an active meth lab at a home on North Road in the town of Cortlandville.
Deputies later searched the garage of the home and found multiple materials and substances used to make meth.
From left, Robert J. Alberts, Terry L. Maricle and Kristina L. Yerian (Cortland County Sheriff's Office)
Some of the materials found in the garage include: starter fluid, lithium strips from batteries, Coleman fuel, drain cleaner, a gas generator and pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient used in making meth.
Maricle was sentenced to 9 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision; Alberts was sentenced to 6 years in prison followed by 3 years of post-release supervision; Yerian was sentenced to 3 years in prison followed by 2 years of post-release supervision.
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