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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Hoovler announces guilty verdict in
Town of Newburgh residential burglary
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler
announced on Thursday, February 11, 2016, that Spencer
Seymour, 33, of Newburgh, was found guilty by an Orange
County jury of Burglary in the
Second Degree and other offenses, in connection with the June
14, 2015, burglary of a Town
of Newburgh home. Seymour
faces up to fifteen years in prison when he is sentenced on
March 24, 2016, before County
Court Judge Nicholas De Rosa.
In the early afternoon of June
14, 2015, Spencer went to a home
on Weaver Road in the Town
of Newburgh, while the owner was not home. Spencer
entered the home and stole tools and a rifle. A nearby
resident saw Seymour enter the home, leave with a bag
full of the homeowner’s belongings, and put the bag into
his pickup truck. The neighbor took Seymour’s picture as
the burglary was occurring. When the homeowner later
saw the picture, he recognized Seymour and the pickup.
Seymour, after he found out that police were looking for
him, turned himself in and surrendered the proceeds of
the burglary.
District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of
Newburgh Police Department for their efforts in the
investigation and prosecution of the case.
“Citizens have a right to feel secure in their own
homes,” said District Attorney Hoovler, “and when our
homes are violated, even when we’re not there, we lose
not only property, but the sense of safety that we all
deserve to have in our homes. The violation of a home
affects not only the homeowner who is victimized, but
every other resident of the community, who have to
wonder whether or not their homes might be next. In my
office, we take residential burglary seriously, and we will
seek strict sanctions for those who commit such violations of private property.”
The District Attorney commended Assistant District
Attorney Christopher Kelly for his work in the prosecution of the case.
City plans demolitions of vacant buildings
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building.
Environmental review must be completed on the properties before the city can authorize funding for the project, Morris said. “The city is proposing $500,000 in the
draft capital plan for building demolition throughout the
city,” Morris said in an email last week.
The city could knock “more buildings down for the
money” if city workers were used for the job, Newburgh
Mayor Judy Kennedy said at the work session. “If we
don’t have to put this to bid, we can get a whole lot more
done,” she said, though workers would need training.
The biggest expense will be hauling and disposal of
demolition debris, city Department of Public Works
Superintendent George Garrison said. Morris reminded
the council that a third party would need to handle any
asbestos that is found.
The ten buildings are considered to be among the
worst-offending structures in the city. Last year, the city
hired a consultant to assess city-owned buildings with
serious structural deficiencies, Morris said. The consul-
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169 Johnston St. is on a city short list for demolition.
tant conducted inspections and created a prioritized list
of properties to be demolished, he said.
The first phase of the demolition project is anticipated to begin in April.
In Brief
Newburgh Library to host
roundtable on race relations
A Roundtable on Race Relations will be held at
the Newburgh Free Library on Thursday, Feb. 25 at
6:30 p.m. in the upstairs auditorium. The program
is designed to encourage a conversation on race
relations, based on clips from the 2004 film “Crash”
by Paul Haggis. Also featured is a panel of selected
individuals who will review and discuss the film.
Dr. A. J. Williams-Myers, former professor of Black
Studies at SUNY New Paltz is expected to be among
the panelists.
Crash centers around several Los Angeles citizens
whose vastly separate lives collide in interweaving
stories of race, loss and redemption. Nominated for
six awards at the 78th Academy Awards, Crash won
three, including the win for Best Picture.
“We hope this forum will produce a rich and
engaging dialogue about race relations,” said
Malinda Ware, a member of the NAACP Newburgh/
Highland Falls Branch that is co-sponsoring this
event. Light refreshment will be served. Registration
is suggested but not required. Register by going to
newburghlibrary.org and clicking on “Calendar of
Events” or by calling 563-3625.
Mount hosts talk on AIDS
John Albarino, RN, of SUNY Ulster Health
Services, will present “HIV/AIDS in America: Why
the Struggle for Victory Continues” on Monday, Feb.
29 at noon at Mount Saint Mary College.
Part of the Mount’s Investigating Research on
Campus (iROC) series, the talk will take place in the
Kaplan Family Library and Learning Center on the
Mount campus, 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Albarino will take a historical look at the
spread of the AIDS epidemic. He will examine the
social, cultural, and political forces that helped
shape American attitudes toward those afflicted
with America’s first epidemic in almost 100 years.
Albarino will address the b