Magin’s Criminal Past
13WHAM News explored Eric Magin’s criminal past and found a long list of crimes that are not too dissimilar from the ones he’s now accused of committing. From 1994 to 2010 Magin served all or parts of three separate prison sentences and state officials say that each time he was paroled he was quickly returned to prison.
In one example Magin was paroled on December 26th, the day after Christmas, and re-arrested on January 1st, New Years Day. His parole came after serving two years for stealing cigarettes. His subsequent arrest was for…stealing more cigarettes.
In another example Magin was paroled in April 2000 and re-arrested in June.
Most recently, Magin was paroled in August 2010 but re-arrested in October after Greece Police said he broke into a car in the parking lot of the Greece Ridge Mall and stole a GPS unit. Security cameras reportedly captured the crime on tape and court documents state that Magin is accused of having in his position a stolen personal check.
In April 2011 Magin was again arrested and this time in Rochester. Court and police documents state that he was driving with another man in the Plymouth Avenue area and the two were attempting to buy crack cocaine. At some point the victim reports they were both outside the vehicle and Magin jumped into the man’s car and sped off.
Rochester Police later arrested him and during that encounter Magin reportedly started swinging and punching the police officer. The officer broke a bone in his wrist and Magin was charged with 2nd Degree Assault as well as Grand Larceny for the car theft.
The October 2010 and April 2011 charges appear to be pending against Magin while he now faces these new charges.
