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Ex-Medical Practice Office Manager Admits To Operating As Major Oxycodone Trafficker Ex-Medical Practice Office Manager Admits To Operating As Major Oxycodone Trafficker
Ex-Medical Practice Office Manager Admits To Operating As Major Oxycodone Trafficker An ex-medical practice officer manager pleaded guilty to operating as a major oxycodone trafficker, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Jodee O’Dell, 38, of Goshen, pleaded guilty before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to attempted operating as a major trafficker on Tuesday, June 18, said the DA's Office. O’Dell’s plea involved a scheme to obtain oxycodone pills to sell by creating false prescriptions from the BAJA Medical Offices in the Village of Goshen where she was the office manager and have other people fill the prescriptions an…

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Woman Admits To Beating, Threatening Teens To Force Them To Engage In Prostitution Woman Admits To Beating, Threatening Teens To Force Them To Engage In Prostitution
Woman Admits To Beating, Threatening Teens To Force Them To Engage In Prostitution A 25-year-old woman pleaded guilty to two counts of sex trafficking for forcing two teenagers to engage in prostitution. Franiqua Patterson of Newburgh also pleaded guilty Friday before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to attempted assault for injuring a woman with a knife in January, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. At the time that she pleaded guilty, Patterson admitted forcing two 15 and 19-year-old girls to engage in prostitution activity by threats of physical violence, the DA's Office said.  Patterson admitted that she forced the girls to act as a prost…

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Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area
Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area A 52-year-old man pleaded guilty to the murder of a man who worked at an emergency housing facility. Wilfredo Mercado of Newburgh pleaded guilty Friday before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to murder in connection with the May 2017, stabbing death of the man inside a temporary emergency housing facility in the City of Newburgh, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.  At the time that he pleaded guilty, Mercado admitted that on May 23, 2017, he killed an employee inside the temporary emergency housing facility located at 44 Grand St., where Mercado resided,…

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Man Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Area Drug Conspiracy Case Man Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Area Drug Conspiracy Case
Man Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Area Drug Conspiracy Case A 38-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years probation for possessing more than eight ounces of cocaine. Terrance Burton, 38, of New Windsor, was sentenced Monday by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a control substance in April. On Feb. 22 and 23, 2017, Village of Walden Police intercepted two packages containing narcotics intended for Burton as part of an ongoing investigation, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office The narcotics recovered totaled four kilograms, the largest amount ev…

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Area Man Sentenced For Beating Victim With Chain, Padlock Area Man Sentenced For Beating Victim With Chain, Padlock
Area 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…

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Orange County Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case Orange County Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case
Orange County Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case A former Walden volunteer firefighter who admitted to having a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit on the night he crashed into another car in Montgomery, has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. Dennis Wilson, Jr., 32, of Walden, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown in connection with the March 4, 2017, death of Jason G. Exley, 28, of Walden, said the DA's Office. Wilson, who pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in November, admitted that he drove his Jeep across the…

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