PENFIELD, N.Y. – Chris Cole, who the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office calls a career criminal with a rap sheet longer than 40 pages, was a no-show in Penfield court today despite being in jail.
“So here we are again. We’re speaking about repeat offenders,” said Chief Deputy Michael Fowler of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Cole was brought up at the sheriff’s office press conference last week about the serial shoplifter who crashed a U-Haul into the canal.
“Ryan (Armstrong’s) criminal history, 40 pages long. Christopher Cole’s, even longer,” Fowler said.
The sheriff’s office says Cole has more than a dozen misdemeanor convictions and two open felonies. In 2022, he used to give an alias to police throughout upstate New York when they stopped him for alleged shoplifting. The name Cole gave was that of a middle school teacher in Pittsford.
“Christopher Martin Moore,” Cole said in body camera video from a deputy in Orleans County.
He did it so often, Christopher Moore, the teacher, got wrongly arrested by Webster Police three years ago.
News10NBC talked to Chris Cole after he left court in Brockport last month.
“I’ve made a lot of mistake. I mean drugs (expletive) your life up,” Cole said.
The sheriff’s office says Cole skipped his next court dates in Brockport and Penfield and stole from more stores in Henrietta, putting the community in danger.
“It eventually reaches you – the taxpayers. You see it in the stores with the higher prices and the everyday items locked up,” Fowler said.
Andy Williams, Cole’s cousin, reconnected with him recently.
Berkeley Brean, News10NBC: “Tell me about the Chris Cole you know.”Andy Williams, Chris Cole’s cousin: “Oh man. He could sell water to a drowning person you know? But whether he was telling the truth or not, that’s a different story.”
Williams said Cole told him he had lived in Japan for 15 years and was a world champion MMA fighter.
“So while I was on the phone with him I actually googled Christopher Cole MMA Japan, and there was a real guy named Christopher Cole,” Williams said.
Berkeley Brean: “So he would tell you tall tales.”Andy Williams: “Oh, tall tales. If he read something about a Chris Cole, he became that person. I actually emailed the judge and said, hey – don’t let this guy fool you.”
Cole is in jail on $7,500 bail. His charges in Penfield are petit larcenies from the Tops grocery store. His charges in Henrietta tomorrow include trespassing and resisting arrest.
This is going to be a busy month in court for Mr. Cole. He is supposed to be in Henrietta court tomorrow, Brockport next week and back in Penfield the week after that.
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