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'Reckless' Evening Gunfire Exchange Leads To Hard Time For Orange County Duo
Two men are heading to prison after admitting to illegally carrying and firing guns during a street shooting in Orange County.
Zephaniah Mason, 21, of New Windsor, was sentenced on Monday, April 27, to six years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, while his co-defendant, Naviean Wheeler, 20, of Newburgh, had previously been sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years of post-release supervision, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Tuesday, April 28.
Both men had pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapo…
Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Orange County: Here's His Sentence
A 56-year-old man who admitted shooting another man twice during a violent confrontation in Orange County nearly half a decade ago will serve a lengthy state prison term, prosecutors announced.
Pine Bush resident Wilfredo Crespo, 56, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 9, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said on Monday, Jan. 12.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, the charges stem from a Christmas Eve shooting on Dec. 24, 20…
Corrections Employee Caught With 2 Loaded Guns On I-87 In NY: Police
A Virginia Department of Corrections employee is facing charges after police said they found two loaded firearms in his vehicle during a welfare check on Interstate 87 in Rockland County, NY.
The incident happened just after midnight on Saturday, Sept. 6, when troopers spotted a 1996 GMC pickup truck parked on the shoulder of I-87 southbound near Exit 13N in Clarkstown, New York State Police said on Monday, Sept. 8.
Troopers approached the driver, identified as Montana Madison, 34, of Virginia, to conduct a welfare check. While speaking with him, they noticed a loaded Kel-Tec .22-caliber se…
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away
The fourth and final detainee who escaped from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last month was captured Thursday, July 17, in Los Angeles, more than 2,700 miles away, the FBI said.
Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, a Colombian national, escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark following a riot on June 12, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
The FBI did not release further details about Pineda-Mogollon's escape.
The three other detainees were identified as:
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2021, was arreste…
Neighbor Guilty Of Brutal Execution-Style Shooting Of Long Island Dad
A Long Island man has been convicted of gunning down his former neighbor in a ruthless, broad daylight attack that left a father dead outside a North Bellport home, authorities announced on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Shati Smith, 31, of Bellport, was found guilty of Felony Murder in the Second Degree for killing 28-year-old Lee Houpe, a father who is survived by his children, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
According to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney, Houpe was standing in a friend’s driveway at 615 Post Avenue around 1:45 p.m. when Smith pulled up in a car, got out, and opened …
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Learns His Fate, DA Says
An Orange County man who executed a family inside their home, including a nine-year-old child, has earned quite a lengthy sentence, authorities announced.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Kaliek Goode-Ford, 35, was sentenced to life without parole in Orange County Court by Judge Craig Stephen Brown, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
Goode-Ford was convicted in January of all charges against him, including three counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and weapons possession, for the 2020 massacre in Newburgh.
During the trial, prosecutors detaile…
Teen, 18, Accused Of Shooting Victim Several Times, Running From Cops In Orange County: Police
A teenager has been apprehended in connection to a daytime shooting in Orange County that left a victim seriously wounded with several gunshot wounds, police said.
The events leading up to the arrest began on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when officers responded to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh just before noon after receiving a report of a shooting victim, the City of Newburgh Police Department announced on Friday, Feb. 28.
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hospital staff treated the victim, and he was later listed …
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed With Defaced Semi-Auto Pistol, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon found during a traffic stop.
Dutchess County resident Davis A. Weir. age 33, of Hyde Park, was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 13 around 6:30 p.m., in the area of Violet Avenue and Yates Avenue in Hyde Park.
According to Hyde Park Police Robert Benson, when officers stopped Weir for speeding they could see a handgun on the driver's side floorboard.
Weir, who was the only person in the vehicle, denied ownership of the loaded .380 semi-automatic pistol which was defaced, and did not have a legal state pistol permit, Benson …
Ex-Deputy Mayor In Hudson Valley Headed For Jail On Gun Charges
A former Hudson Valley deputy mayor has pleaded guilty to six felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Ramapo resident Brian Downey, age 49, of Airmont, plead guilty on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in connection with the discovery of a cache of weapons during a search of his Airmont home on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh.
He faces two years in the Rockland County Jail for his convictions, Walsh said.
The sentence will run concurrently to a plea of guilty entered in federal court on Friday, Feb. 10, on weapons charges and possession of federal badg…
Man Sentenced For Shooting At Cops Leading To School Lockdown In Area
A man who fired multiple shots at police officers near an area school has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Keith M. Potik, age 28, of Wappingers Falls, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 20 for the incident which took place on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, just blocks away from a primary school, leading to a school lockdown in Red Hook.
Potik, who pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies.
He was sentenced for attempting to shoot and kill Red Hook Police officers Travis Sterritt and Natalia Telles after they respo…
Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says
An Orange County man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually allegedly assaulting, restraining, and threatening a victim at a Mahwah, New Jersey hotel, authorities said.
Gustavo R. Gonzalez, age 24, of Middletown, committed an assault in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, May 25, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said.
Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal …
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said.
Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…
Neighbors' Reports Of Syringes In Street Lead To Seizure Of Drugs, Gun, Cash In Suffern Raid
Complaints of constant coming and goings and syringes in the street led to the bust of a Suffern man for allegedly dealing drugs.
Aided with a no-knock warrant, Suffern Police, along with members of the Rockland Drug Task Force and Rockland SWAT team, raided the Prairie Avenue home of Gustavo Roche, around 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, said Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn.
The warrant was issued following a months-long investigation into narcotics activity at the home, Osborn said.
During a search of the premises, officers uncovered more than 60 grams of heroin and cocaine, numerous unident…
