A 61-year-old Rochester man has pleaded guilty to an assault charge for hitting a man over the head with a hammer. He’ll serve 15 years in state prison.
Prosecutors say Thomas Burnett took a hammer that belonged to a construction crew working on a roofing job in the city. The foreman got into an argument with Burnett, who hit the man with the hammer. The victim required neurosurgery at Strong Memorial Hospital.