Plattsburgh man given 18 years for attempted murder

Mar. 21—PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for assault and attempted murder. Clinton County District Attor...

March 22, 2023
3:46 AM

Mar. 21—PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for assault and attempted murder. Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said that Clarence Jackson, 47, of Plattsburgh, was sentenced in Clinton County Court by County Court Judge Keith M. Bruno for his convictions of first-degree assault and second-degree attempted murder. MARCH 2022 INCIDENT The charges stem from an incident in March of 2022. Wylie said that Jackson was originally arrested on March 15, 2022, by the New York State Police and charged with intentionally assaulting Daniel Basso causing serious physical injury to Basso by striking him in the head with the butt of a rifle.

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