Robert Doherty, chair of the Sullivan County Legislature and a Republican, said in the statement issued Thursday morning that New York City told the county 80 social service clients would be sent Thursday from the city to the Knights Inn in Liberty.ĭoherty said the city gave the county less than 24 hours' notice to prepare for their arrival. ![]() Meanwhile, New York City is reportedly negotiating with a hotel in Dutchess County to bring some migrants there this weekend. The county, through the chair of its legislature, immediately issued a news release opposing the arrival of asylum seekers.Īnd shortly after noon, Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek declared a state of emergency because of the impending arrival of those migrants. Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record, Poughkeepsie Journal and The Journal News/lohud.MONTICELLO - Sullivan County is the latest location New York City has chosen to send some of its migrants. Weishaupt said Johnson still faces a trial for murder and robbery charges in connection with the Aug. Johnson already was facing a separate murder charge at the time of the Courtyard shooting. Johnson's attorney, Joseph Gulina, said he plans to appeal the verdict. He is being held without bail in Dutchess County Jail pending the sentencing. Johnson faces 40 years in state prison when he is sentenced June 26. He was not charged with murder but was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly possessing several weapons in a room at the Courtyard. Youth center: Dutchess County to spend about $70M to build construction to start next yearĪ co-defendant who was with Johnson that day, Devin Taylor, 26, also was arrested. WQoman killed" Newly released body cam footage shows police fatally shooting Hyde Park woman Two proposals: A look at the 2 plans the city of Poughkeepsie got for Southern waterfront property He then went back inside the hotel, where he was taken into custody by police. He removed the magazine from the Glock and placed both on an SUV in the parking lot. ![]() Johnson allegedly continued firing multiple rounds inside the lobby, then went outside, where he fired about 22 rounds in the parking lot and entrance way of the hotel on Route 9.Īccording to an indictment, Johnson took off the jacket and balaclava and left them and an electronic detector device in the parking lot. Authorities said at the time he and Johnson did not know each other. Johnson then moved toward the table seating area and began firing the pistol, striking Kutz in the right side of the chest. He then approached the front desk and tried to go behind it, but the clerk put his arm out to stop him. Johnson was allegedly cursing and yelling while pacing near the barista bar in the lobby. He was dressed in an Army green-colored jacket, green boxer-type shorts and a black balaclava ski mask over his head and face. 2, 2022, armed with a loaded 9-millimeter Glock semi-automatic pistol outfitted with a fixed pin that rendered it fully automatic. Johnson also was found guilty of three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count each of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree reckless endangerment, all felonies.Īccording to police accounts and court documents, Johnson entered the lobby of the hotel just before 7:30 a.m.
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