KINGSTON, N.Y. — An Ulster County jury on Friday found Joseph E. Karolys guilty of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and attempting to bribe a witness for the Oct. 29, 2022 death of David “Mickey” Myer, finding that Karolys, “acting in concert” with others and with the intent to cause Myer “serious physical injury,” caused Myer’s […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — At a press conference Friday, county officials touted the opening of a new centralized arraignment parts court (CAP), 22 holding cells, and a brand new after-hours courtroom in the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center as a “historic day in criminal justice.”At the press conference, former county legislator Eve Walter of New Paltz […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Joseph E. Karolys told police he had no idea anything had happened to David “Mickey” Myer until late in the morning of Oct. 29, 2022, when a friend telephoned to tell him that the man Karolys had given a ride hours earlier had been found dead on the side of state Route […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A state police investigator spent much of the day Friday, June 8, on the witness stand in Ulster County Court identifying photographs taken as part of the investigation into the Oct. 29, 2022, death of David “Mickey” Myer.Joseph E. Karolys, 39, is charged with first-degree manslaughter, assault, tampering with physical evidence and […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Michael Cummins repeatedly denied having anything to do with the Oct. 29, 2022, death of David “Mickey” Myer during sometimes combative testimony on Wednesday, June 5, in the Ulster County manslaughter trial of Joseph E. Karolys.“I did not hit Mickey Myer, I did not kill Mickey Myer,” Cummins said under questioning by […]