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JONAS FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that 38 year-old Zachary Jonas, of Brooklyn, was found guilty after a jury trial of one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 2nd Degree, a ...

GIRALDO SENTENCED FOR GUILTY PLEA OF RAPE

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Johan Felipe Giraldo was sentenced to 9 years in state prison and 15 years post release supervision for his guilty plea in Rensselaer County court.

Giraldo pled guilty to...

WIDO INDICTED FOR RAPE & ANIMAL ABUSE

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that Preston Wido, 36, of Latham was indicted today in Rensselaer County Court on the following counts:

1 count of Rape in the First Degree, a class B Violent Felony;

3 counts of Str...

“GIVE” CASES PLED GUILTY TO GUN CRIMES

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced three convictions under the GIVE (Gun Involved Violence Elimination Initiative) program. 

Deion Austin, 31, of Troy, pled guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the S...

ZEOLI FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND CRIMINAL POSESSION OF A WEAPON

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that after a jury trial, Zach Zeoli, 23, of Troy was found guilty of Attempted Murder in the 2nd Degree, a class B violent Felony, in violation of Sections 110 and 125.25(1) ...

INDICTMENT FOR MURDER

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that a Rensselaer County Grand Jury indicted Carlos Corrales-Ramirez, 20, homeless, of the crime of Murder in the 2nd Degree, a class A-I Felony, in violation of Section 125...

HUTCHINSON FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER, BURGLARY

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that after a jury trial, Kyle Hutchinson, 23, of Schenectady was found guilty of Murder in the 2nd degree PL 125.25 (3) and Burglary in the 1st degree PL 140.30(1).

Hutchinson...

PINN & STROUD SENTENCED TO 25 TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF ZEONDRE DOMINGO

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Nahsone Pinn, 23, of Troy, and Eric Stroud, Jr., 20, of Troy were sentenced today on their April 12 jury conviction of the Murder of Zeondre Domingo, 23, of Troy.&n...

WILLIAMS FOUND GUILTY OF BEYONCE WINT MURDER

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that Isaiah Williams, 25, of Brooklyn, was found guilty by a jury today of one count of Murder in the 2nd Degree, a class A Violent Felony in violation of section 125.25 subdivisi...

RODRIGUEZ SENTENCED

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Hector Rodriquez, 35, of Troy was sentenced for his role in a shooting in Corliss Park in April.

Rodriquez was charged with Criminal Possession Weapon in the Second Degre...

EVANS CONVICTED BY JURY OF MURDERING WIFE

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Taquan Evans, 37, of Troy, was convicted in the late afternoon on May 24th of Murder in the 2nd Degree, (PL 125.25) in the killing of his wife, Georlasia Evans, in Troy ...

WRIGHT SENTENCED FOR GUILTY VERDICT

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Bryan Wright, 33, of Troy was sentenced as a second felony offender to 13 years in prison, and 3 years post release supervision after being found guilty after a jury tri...

RIVERA INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that her office has indicted Miquel Rivera, 38 of Troy on the following charges:

One Count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, a class A-I Fe...

PINN and STROUD FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that two convictions were secured today in an eight-day jury trial and both are Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) cases.

Tried together, Nahsone Pinn, 23, and Eric Stroud, Jr...

HARRISON SENTENCED FOR 2020 SEXUAL ASSAULT

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Heath Harrison, 48, of Valatie, was sentenced after his guilty plea to one count of Rape in the 1st Degree, a Class B violent felony, in violations of Section 130.35 (4)...

GOURRIER-LEWIS SENTENCED IN PLEA FOR DEATH OF BROTHER

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that Jatae Gourrier-Lewis (aka “Tay Gunz”), 22, of Troy, was sentenced today after pleading guilty in September to Manslaughter in the 1st, a Class B Violent F...

WRIGHT FOUND GUILTY – GIVE CASE

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that after a four-day trial, Bryan Wright, 33, of Troy was found guilty of one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third degree, a class B felony, i...

TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD COLD CASE MURDER SOLVED

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly and East Greenbush Chief Elaine Rudzinski announced today that the twenty-eight year old murder of Wilomena “Violet” Filkins has been solved.

Filkins was found deceased in...

NAJII SNIPES SENTENCED IN ASSAULTS

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Najji Snipes, 23, of Troy was sentenced today to a total 8 years determinate in prison and 5 years post release supervision for the following charges: Attempted Assault ...

O’NEILL SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR RAPE

Troy, NY -- Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that Tyrell O’Neill, 25, of Troy was sentenced today to 25 years in prison and 10 years post-release supervision.

O’Neill was found guilty after a jury trial on...

WALTON INDICTED IN ATTACK ON HVCC STUDENT

Troy, NY –Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced that Zymeir Walton, age 20, of Albany, was arraigned today on a six count indictment in Rensselaer County court. Walton is charged with:

One count of Attempted Murder in th...

DUNCAN MACLEAN SENTENCED FOR 2017 ASSAULT

Troy, NY --Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly announced today that Duncan Maclean, age 39, previously of Pittstown, was sentenced after his guilty plea to one count of Attempted Assault – 1st Degree, a Class C violent felony, in violati...