Newburgh man gets 12 years in state prison for slashing acquaintance
GOSHEN - A Newburgh man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in state prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a man described by prosecutors as a li...
GOSHEN - A Newburgh man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in state prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a man described by prosecutors as a lifelong acquaintance. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said the defendant, Melfred Williams, 53, of Newburgh, also was sentenced to five years of post-release supervision. Hoovler said Williams pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, a felony, for slashing a man on Lander Street in the city of Newburgh on May 21, 2022. Hoovler said several people who witnessed the slashing immediately gave first aid to the man who was attacked and brought him to nearby Montefiore St.