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District Attorney Hoovler: Cornelius Stubbs Guilty of All Counts After Month-Long Jury Trial

Orange County News

For Immediate Release                                 Contact: Christopher Borek 
 May 24, 2022                                              845.291.3276, 845.238.4245c

 

District Attorney Hoovler: Cornelius Stubbs Guilty of All Counts After Month-Long Jury Trial 

Newburgh Man Guilty of Murder in the First Degree for Killing of a Woman in New Windsor

Co-Defendant Previously Pled Guilty to All Charges Against Him

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Cornelius Stubbs, age 50, of Newburgh, was convicted following a jury trial in the Orange County Court of all charges against him including Murder in the First Degree.  Stubbs faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without parole when he is sentenced on September 20, 2022.  Stubbs’s co-defendant in the case, Carlos Rivera, age 49, also of Newburgh, pled guilty to all counts he was facing, including Murder in the First Degree, during the jury selection phase of the trial on May 2, 2022.  Rivera is expected to be sentenced to thirty years to life in state prison when he is sentenced on August 22, 2022.

The charges in the case stem from the September 2019 shooting death of a twenty-one-year-old female college student inside a New Windsor residence.  The deceased woman was in the apartment visiting her boyfriend, who is the brother of the mother of one of Stubbs’ children.  The indictment also charged Stubbs with a pattern of harassment of that same mother, as well as her family.

At trial, Stubbs was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, two counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Burglary in the First Degree, Assault in the First Degree, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, for having broken into the brother’s New Windsor apartment, shooting the brother, and fatally shooting his girlfriend.  The brother was seriously injured in the attack.  

Stubbs was also convicted of ten counts of Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, Coercion in the First Degree, eight counts of Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree, three counts of Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, and two counts of Harassment in the Second Degree, for having repeatedly threatened and harassed the mother of his child, as well as her brother.

District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of New Windsor Police Department and New York State Police for their investigation and the arrest of the defendants, as well the City of Newburgh Police Department who aided in the investigation.

“The horrific tragedy perpetrated by these defendants stands as a stark reminder of the dangers that escalating domestic and intimate partner violence can pose not only to those who had been directly involved in a relationship with an offender, but to others as well,” said District Attorney David Hoovler. “This case has not only affected the victims and their families but has cast a long shadow over the community. I hope that this verdict will bring some measure of closure to the family and loved ones of the victims who have suffered such unimaginable grief. I highly commend Senior Assistant District Attorney David Byrne, who has been a prosecutor for over twenty years, for working tirelessly to see that these violent felons were brought to justice.”

District Attorney Hoovler highly commended Senior Assistant District Attorney David Byrne and Assistant District Attorney Michael Roche who prosecuted the case.

A criminal charge is merely an allegation by the police that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law, and it is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the State of New York’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.



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