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. McLoughlin sentenced Whitman to 7 to 14 years in state prison on the grand larceny charge and a consecutive sentence of 2 to 4 years in state prison on the attempted grand larceny charge, for a total sentence of 9 to 18 years in state prison.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. On Wednesday, Dutchess County Court Judge Edward T. Youth center: It will cost Dutchess County about $70M to build construction to start next year Homicide probe: City of Poughkeepsie police seek information on 19-year-old man's murder Pursuant to a plea agreement, she also pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted second-degree grand larceny, in connection with the second indictment.Īsylum seekers: Dutchess County prohibits use of hotels as long-term emergency shelters On March 27, Whitman pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny in relation to the alleged theft from Fishkill Auto Body. ![]() The district attorney's office filed a second indictment in February, charging Whitman with one count of second-degree mortgage fraud and one count of second-degree grand larceny, both felonies. Weishaupt said as a result of Whitman's actions, she and Essigman allegedly received $450,120 from the bank to which they were not entitled. Weishaupt said while his office was investigating that alleged theft, it discovered that Whitman had allegedly falsified income and employment documents to help her husband, Robert Essigman, obtain a mortgage from Ulster Savings Bank. A Poughkeepsie woman will spend up to 18 years in state prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny, the Dutchess County District Attorney's office said Friday.ĭutchess County Chief Assistant District Attorney Matthew Weishaupt said the defendant, Suzanne Whitman, 56, of Poughkeepsie, was accused of stealing $714,160 from the Fishkill Auto Body shop, where she was employed as a bookkeeper, and later accused of mortgage fraud and the theft of more than $450,000 from Ulster Savings Bank.Īccording to Weishaupt, Whitman was charged in December on an indictment with one count of second-degree grand larceny, 627 counts of first-degree falsifying business records and 702 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in connection with the theft from Fishkill Auto Body.
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