The former owner of the Showboat Motel and Restaurant in Himrod has been indicted by a Yates County Grand Jury for his role in a July 4th two-car accident that injured five people just outside of the village of Penn Yan. After turning down a plea deal, Mark Cronin was indicted last week on two counts each of vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated along with a single count of failure to stop at a stop sign.
It is alleged Cronin failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Second Milo and Old Bath roads in the town of Milo and crashed into a van driven by Zachary Bailey of Dundee. The impact caused the van to roll over. Bailey and his seven passengers, including six kids who were between the ages of nine months and 16 years, were taken to several hospitals by ambulance and helicopters for their injuries.
The 53-year-old reportedly turned down a plea deal that would have seen him receive one to three years in prison.
Cronin was recently re-elected as a trustee in the village of Horseheads.
