A Rochester man found guilty of kidnapping a 74-year-old Gates woman and throwing her into the Genesee River has been sentenced to 40 years-to-life in prison.
Franklin Leonard was found guilty last month of attempted murder and kidnapping, robbery and menacing by a jury. He forced the woman into her car after trying and failing to hold up a real estate office nearby, drove her into the city and then threw her into the river.
She hung onto a tree branch until she was rescued.