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Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing $17K In Heroin Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing $17K In Heroin
Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing $17K In Heroin A 23-year-old man faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of $17,000 worth of heroin, according to  Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Tysha Stevens of Newburgh pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal possession of a controlled substance in connection with his arrest on Feb. 11 for over seven ounces of heroin, the DA's office said. Stevens was nabbed by Town of Highlands police officers when they pulled over a speeding car in which he was a passenger. The officers smelled marijuana coming from the passenger side of the car.  When searching the car, officers fo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Newburgh, NY
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Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea
Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea A Newburgh man pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal sale of fentanyl in exchange for a nine years sentence in state prison when he is sentenced in July, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Damion Jackson, a/k/a “Toto”, 36, had been charged by an Orange County grand jury with 13 counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, 14 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance as the result of an investigation by the Orange County Drug Task Force, said the DA's Office. Jackson has also been charged by the New Y…

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by Kathy Reakes
Newburgh, NY
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21-Year-Old Newburgh Man Sentenced For Having Loaded Semiautomatic Pistol 21-Year-Old Newburgh Man Sentenced For Having Loaded Semiautomatic Pistol
21-Year-Old Newburgh Man Sentenced For Having Loaded Semiautomatic Pistol A 21-year-old Newburgh man was sentenced to nine years in prison for having a loaded .380 semi-automatic pistol, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. Frederick L. Blue, 21, was also sentenced to five years post-release supervision. Blue pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in November. At the time he pleaded guilty, Blue admitted that he possessed the loaded pistol on May 22, while he was in the vicinity of Carpenter Street and First Street in the City of Newburgh.  Orange County prosecutors argued that Blue had been carrying the weapon in connection …

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by Kathy Reakes
Armonk, NY
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10 Hudson Valley Gang Members Face New Charges 10 Hudson Valley Gang Members Face New Charges
10 Hudson Valley Gang Members Face New Charges Nearly a dozen members of a Newburgh street gang face additional racketeering and firearms charges, according to the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David M. Hoovler, the Orange County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, Ashan M. Benedict, the New York Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and Aaron Weaver, the Acting Chief of the City of Newburgh Police Department, announced add…

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by Jon Craig