Mastermind gets life sentence in Schenectady murder-for-hire plot

SCHENECTADY — Tarchand Lall faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday for arranging the 2016 contract killing of Charles "Chuck" Dembrosky in a scheme to reap $150,000 in life insurance proceeds.Lall, 54, a native of Guyana once active in the Schenectady Premier Softball Cricket League, was convicted of first-degree murder on Dec. 12. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.Schenectady County Judge Matthew Sypniewski is presiding over the case.