Orange County Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charge
A Highland Mills man was charged Monday with DWI and vehicular manslaughter in the death of a man who was a passenger in his car during a crash last year, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Robert Higgins, 24, was charged in connection with a Dec. 22, 2017, crash on Route 32 in the Town of Woodbury, that ended with the death of Higgins’ passenger, Preston Jones, 23, of Fayetteville, N.C.
According to the indictment, Higgins’ blood-alcohol level was .22 percent following the crash, nearly three times the legal limit.
Higgins was also charged with two counts of vehic…
Orange County Man Sentenced For Beating Victim With Chain, Padlock
A Newburgh man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for seriously injuring a man with a chain and padlock, fracturing the victim’s skull, according to the Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Carlos Melendez, 29, was also sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to five years post-release supervision and one and one-third to four years for attempted to assault a second victim, the DA's office said.
At the trial, where Melendez was found guilty in January, prosecutors argued that on May 20, 2017, Melendez used a padlock and chain as a flail to strike two men in the…
New Windsor Man Found Guilty In Death Of Woman Killed In Crash
A New Windsor man was found guilty of a criminally negligent homicide Wednesday in the death of his girlfriend in a drugged driving accident in 2016, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Gregory Cardona, 28, was convicted in connection with the August 2016 death of a woman who died when he lost control of his car, causing it to leave the roadway, go down an embankment, and collided with a tree, the DA's office said.
At the trial, prosecutors proved that sometime between the late-night hours of August 29, 2016, and the early-morning hours of August 30, 2016, Cardona wa…
