MACHIAS – A 19-year-old Indian Township man entered a guilty plea Wednesday for his part in an assault and robbery at the Calais Cemetery earlier this year.

Troy Socoby, who was charged with robbery, assault and theft, appeared in Washington County Superior Court and was sentenced to five years in prison with all but nine months suspended. He was placed on six years of probation with the condition that he not use or possess intoxicants, not use or possess dangerous weapons and that he undergo substance abuse treatment to the state’s satisfaction.

Socoby is the second person to be sentenced in connection with the assault on Philomene Look, then 21, of Perry.

In September, 17-year-old Tara M. Williams of Grand Lake Stream received a structured sentence that allows her to remain in school, but she must spend Christmas and New Year’s Day in the Maine Youth Center. During her sentencing hearing, Williams admitted that the participants were after the prescription painkiller Dilaudid. Dilaudid is a potent narcotic often prescribed for people with terminal cancer.

A third person, Jayme M. Gibson, 18, of Calais, is awaiting trial.

During the sentencing, Assistant District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh told the court that on May 29, the three went to the cemetery to steal drugs from Look.

While they were talking, Gibson allegedly hit Look on the head with a tire iron. Williams and Gibson then jumped into a car and drove away.

Look asked Socoby to take her to the hospital, but instead he drove her to a home on Pleasant Street and told her not to tell anyone what had happened. Calais police later were called to that address, and they apprehended the three assailants.

Cavanaugh recommended that Socoby be sentenced to five years with all but one year suspended and six years of probation.

“The state was seeking the sentence in the hopes that the message will be clear that the involvement with crimes and drugs leads to serious consequences and perhaps the next young person will not make the same mistakes Mr. Socoby and Ms. Williams made,” Cavanaugh said after the sentencing.

Socoby’s attorney, David Mitchell of Calais, argued that because of Socoby’s age and the fact he had no record, Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead should sentence his client to less than a year in jail.

After the judge sentenced Socoby to nine months in jail, Mitchell asked that the judge stay the sentence until Dec. 27 to allow Socoby to spend time with his family during the holidays. The judge granted the stay.