SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A defendant who is accused of hiding the body of a 5-year-old girl pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in a separate case on Thursday.

The Onondaga County District Attorney's Office said Corrice Parks pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. The court promised Parks a prison sentence in the range of 10 to 14 years.

On Oct. 11, 2024, Parks was arrested and charged with weapon and drug crimes after police found him with a handgun. A search of his vehicle turned up cocaine and fentanyl.

Parks is still set to go on trial regarding the death of Nefertiti Harris, who is the daughter of his ex-girlfriend Latasha Mott.

Nefertiti died in early January 2024. An investigation determined that she was beaten to death, by Mott, with a belt in the showe

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