◊ Bishop’s Ring Stolen; Suspect Apprehended
The Sacred Heart Rectory at the corner of Ann Street and Robinson Avenue was the target of a burglar on Wednesday, August 3, whom police say they found an hour later walking on Broadway with items taken from the rectory, including a Bishop’s ring and jewelry.
City of Newburgh police report that they received a call of a possible burglary in progress at 5:45 am from a resident who heard noises inside of the building. A check of the interior revealed that two rooms had been ransacked and that several items were missing or knocked over. Police also found a window whose screen had been cut, removed and thrown in the bushes. They also found identification belonging to Phillip Ramos as well as a pill bottle that Ramos was in possession of when stopped by officers earlier in the evening.
After locating him, police charged Ramos, age 30, with burglary in the second degree, a Class C felony, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a Class E felony, and criminal possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine) in the 7th degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
◊ Man Charged With Endangering Welfare of a Child
A city of Newburgh man was arrested on August 4th after a nine-year-old girl identified him as the stranger who had asked to touch her in a sexual manner. That incident happened on May 24, 2011, police say, and she told her mother about it. After the girl again saw the man, later identified as Juan Gabriel Mendoza, 26, of Liberty Street, police charged him with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A misdemeanor. Police also report that Mendoza is a suspect in similar incidents and ask anyone with information to contact the Detective Division at 569-7509.
◊ Two Arrests Made in Separate Assault Cases
Police in the city of Newburgh report that investigations into two incidents, one involving a knife and one a gun, wrapped up this past week with the arrests of two men.
The stabbing of a 29-year-old man on July 25th following an altercation at 9 Liberty Street about who should clean up after cooking fish led to the arrest on August 3rd of Heron O. Henry, a 32-year-old from Newburgh. Police charged him with assault in the second degree, a Class D felony, and an unrelated charge of harassment in the second degree from a previous incident. The victim, who had non-life threatening injuries, was treated at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, then Westchester Medical Center.
On August 4th, detective Bobbi Goodman and police officer Joseph Palermo located a suspect wanted for questioning about the firing of a gun on Farrington Street two weeks earlier. Police say that a man came to police headquarters after that July 18th shooting and said that a man on the sidewalk tried to shoot him as he drove down Farrington Street. An investigation by police led them to charge 33-year-old Eric Robinon, of Newburgh, with attempted assault in the first degree, a Class C felony, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a Class C felony, and reckless endangerment in the first degree, a Class D felony.
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