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Here are some stories making headlines across the Hudson Valley. The defendant in a commercial bus stabbing in Newburgh will now spend 10 years beh...

March 2, 2023
8:28 PM

Here are some stories making headlines across the Hudson Valley. The defendant in a commercial bus stabbing in Newburgh will now spend 10 years behind bars. Maleek Philips, 38, faces 10 years in prison and five years post-release supervision after he pled guilty in January to attempted assault in the first degree. The knife attack happened on Aug. 26, 2022, while Philips was a passenger traveling from Albany to New York City. Police say when the bus traveled through the Town of Newburgh on Interstate 87, Phillips began threatening passengers on the bus.

News 12 Staff