Kingston, NY—Antoine Scott, age 47, of Saugerties, pleaded guilty to Burglary in the Third Degree and was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 3 ½ to 7 years in State Prison before the Honorable Bryan E. Rounds on January 16, 2025. On July 1, 2024, around 1 a.m., the defendant entered a barbershop located at […]
KINGSTON, NY – On January 23, 2025, an Ulster County jury comprised of six men and six women of diverse ages and ethnic backgrounds, rendered a unanimous guilty verdict convicting Nyqwuan Monroe, age 25, of Schenectady, of two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, three counts of Burglary in the First Degree, Criminal Possession […]
KINGSTON, NY – On January 30, 2025, Joseph O’Bryan, age 31, of Shawangunk, was sentenced to up to ten years in prison stemming from his convictions of Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child before the Honorable Bryan Rounds. Defendant’s second guilty plea came after he was already pending sentence for a separate conviction […]
Kingston, NY—Dion Johnson, age 35, of Newburgh, pleaded guilty before Judge Bryan E. Rounds of Ulster County Court to the crimes of Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree and Official Misconduct, as well as two violations of Harassment in the Second Degree, on February 3, 2025. Sentencing is scheduled for April 11, 2025. Johnson was arraigned […]
Kingston, NY— Jorge Torres, 28, of Bronx, NY was arrested on a sealed indictment charging him with two counts of Promoting Prison Contraband in the First Degree; he was arraigned in Ulster County Court on February 7, 2025 before the Honorable Bryan E. Rounds. Defendant is a former Correctional Officer at Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch. […]
KINGSTON, NY—On Friday, December 13, 2024, Kevin Drake, age 34, of Kingston, was sentenced to a total of sixteen years in State Prison with five years post release supervision before the Honorable Bryan E. Rounds. Drake’s sentence follows convictions on multiple indictments charging him with serious narcotics trafficking in Ulster County and surrounding areas between […]
KINGSTON, NY – On December 18, 2024, Mark Brown, age 56, of Poughkeepsie, was convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the First Degree, a Felony, as well as Circumvention of an Interlock Device, following a three-day jury trial before the Honorable James Farrell, visiting judge from Sullivan County. Sentencing is scheduled […]
KINGSTON, NY – On December 6, 2024, Carlos Fernando Pinola Pop, age 41, of Kingston, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in State Prison for his August 15, 2024 conviction of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a Class D violent felony, before the Honorable James Farrell. The conviction requires mandatory registration with the New York […]
KINGSTON, NY – On October 31, 2024, Carlos Ayala, age 39, a parolee from the State of Connecticut, was sentenced in Ulster County Court by the Honorable Bryan E. Rounds to five years in State Prison following a guilty plea to Strangulation in the Second Degree, a class D felony. In April 2024, Ayala engaged […]
KINGSTON, NY—On Thursday, October 31, 2024, the Appellate Division, Third Department, unanimously affirmed the February 9, 2022, conviction of Robert “Nikki” James following his plea of guilty to two separate indictments. On December 17, 2020, James aided codefendant Gilbert Thomas, who used an AK-47 to shoot into a residence on Van Buren Street in the […]