KINGSTON, N.Y. The only man convicted for the killing of Myron Moye declared his innocence Tuesday as he was sentenced in Ulster County Court to 25 years in state prison. Jacob Jackson, 24, of Rosendale, told Visiting Judge James Farrell he had his “reasons” for pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with Moye’s Nov […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A 32-year-old Highland man described in Ulster County Court Friday as a “monster” and a “true predator” will spend decades behind bars for raping and committing criminal sexual acts on a 14-year-old girl. Charles M. Burgher, 32, was convicted following a jury trial of five counts of rape and three counts of […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A Kingston man was sentenced Friday to 14 years in state prison after Visiting Sullivan County Judge James Farrell found that while in Ulster County Jail, he had again assaulted a corrections officer. William Knox III, 30, had been promised a seven-year prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to strangulation in […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A Kingston man awaiting sentencing on charges of strangulation and assault on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a new assault charge for an alleged Nov. 8 attack on a corrections officer at the Ulster County Jail. William Knox III, 29, appeared before Visiting Judge James Farrell wearing a spit mask – a […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A Kingston High School honor student who authorities say is also known gang member, on Tuesday admitted his role in the brutal May 3 attack on another student in the school’s cafeteria. Ty’Juan Gray, 17, of New Paltz, wiped tears from his eyes as he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in Ulster […]