KINGSTON, N.Y. An empty hard plastic Glock pistol box was found by investigators who searched the residence of one of the men accused of killing Daniel Spotards in Plattekill last year, investigators said Tuesday. At the trial in Ulster County Court before Judge Stephen Schick, a Florida detective said he’d searched Juwaugh Dawkins’ Jacksonville, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A Saugerties man pleaded guilty to a felony burglary charge just before his trial was set to begin, according to an announcement from the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. Kirk Shultis Jr., 34, of Saugerties, pleaded guilty Monday, April 22, before Judge Bryan Rounds in Ulster County Court. According to […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A broken Glock pistol recovered by state police divers in the Hudson River contains DNA evidence linked to one of the two brothers charged with the fatal shooting of Daniel Spotards, a witness said Monday. Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji has said a Glock pistol was used to fatally shoot Spotards […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A small baggie containing an unidentified “white powder” was found only a few feet from where Daniel Spotards’ body was discovered on his Plattekill driveway, the first state trooper on the scene said during the trial of his alleged killers in Ulster County Court on Friday. At about 5:50 p.m. Jan. 1, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Autopsy photos of Daniel Spotards are “evidence of an execution,” and are so “horrifying” and “graphic,” that they were ruled inadmissible and kept from jurors by Judge Stephen Schick. Medical examiner Dr. Kia Newman testified Thursday that Spotards, 42, was shot eight times, including in the forehead, cheek and neck. Spotards was […]