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  • Posted: June 18, 2024
    Kingston, NY—On Thursday June 13, 2024, Tyrone Taylor, age 47, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to one to three years in State Prison on his previously entered plea of guilty to the Class D felony of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated before the Honorable James Farrell.
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  • Posted: June 18, 2024
    KINGSTON, NY—Joseph Karolys, age 39, of Saugerties, was convicted of Manslaughter in the First Degree, Assault in the First Degree, and Tampering with Physical Evidence following a two-week jury trial before the Honorable Bryan Rounds. The manslaughter and assault convictions carry a sentence of up to twenty-five years in State Prison. The jury began their deliberations at 11 a.m. and reached their verdict at 1:00 p.m.; the verdict was announced in court at 1:40 p.m. 
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  • Posted: June 14, 2024
    Kingston, NY—Robert Cromie, age 56, of Wallkill, was sentenced in Ulster County Court to 1⅔ to 5 years in State Prison by the Honorable James Farrell. Cromie was convicted of Arson in the Third Degree, a Class C Felony, on March 7, 2024. Cromie was a member of the Wallkill Fire Department at the time he committed the crime
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  • Posted: May 24, 2024
    Kingston, NY—William Mayo, age 42, of Kingston, was convicted following a jury trial for 11 counts including serious charges of sale and possession of narcotic drugs, and Criminal Possession of a Loaded Firearm. The Honorable James Farrell presided over the three-day trial.
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  • Posted: May 20, 2024
    Kingston, NY—On Monday, May 20, 2024, Angela Fischl, age 25, was arraigned before the Honorable Bryan Rounds and remanded to the Ulster County Jail with bail set at $50,000 cash, $100,000 property bond, or $150,000 partially secured bond with 10% cash down, in connection to the March 1, 2024, hit-and-run resulting in the deaths of Donna Cristallo and Stephen Celuch, both of Kingston.
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  • Posted: May 17, 2024
    Kingston, NY—On May 7, 2024, Adam P. Kopoulos, age 34, of the Town of Rosendale, pleaded guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class C violent felony, before the Honorable Bryan Rounds in Ulster County Court.
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  • Posted: May 17, 2024
    Kingston, NY—On May 16, 2024, Patricia Matthews, age 54, of Accord, was sentenced to 5 years’ felony probation and ordered to pay $207,533.74 to Otto-Tech Manufacturing, by the Honorable Bryan Rounds. Violations of felony-level probation can result in a resentencing to State Prison.  Matthews previously pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, on December 15, 2023.
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  • Posted: May 14, 2024
    It is in the spirit of our shared interests and community that I write to appeal to everyone and those who desire to protest the actions of our government and institutions. We must have recourse to object to governmental and institutional actions. Such recourse is enshrined in the right to peaceably assemble and air our grievances, and garner public support to effect the change we seek.
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  • Posted: May 2, 2024
    I completely support the free exercise of free speech and association. I wholeheartedly encourage the use of these rights to oppose human indignities and atrocities anywhere they occur. I encourage our young and old, students and all, to abide the law and the rights and interests of others, whether or not they are sympathetic to your cause, as you push for a better today and tomorrow for everyone.
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  • Posted: April 29, 2024
    Kingston, NY—On April 29, 2024, Junando Dawkins, age 30, of Newburgh, and his brother, Juwaugh Dawkins, age 34, of Jacksonville, Florida, were convicted in Ulster County Court of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the second degree.
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