Defendant Sentenced to a Total of 13 Years in Prison After Multiple Burglary Pleas

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that, Emmanuel Gates, age 25, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to an aggregate term of thirteen (13) years in prison to be followed by five (5) years of post-release supervision in connection with his previous guilty pleas in Orange County Court to Burglary in the First Degree and Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree.

As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, on August 4, 2023 at approximately 11:00 p.m., Gates was observed on surveillance video entering into the attached garage of a home in the Town of New Windsor.  Inside, Gates proceeded to steal the victim’s motor vehicle, which was found days later in the City of Newburgh.  When Gates was taken into police custody on a later date, he was found to have the keys to the car on his person.

As further alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, on August 13, 2023 at approximately 10:15 p.m., one of Gates’s co-defendants knocked at the door of a residence in the City of Newburgh.  Once the victim opened the door, the co-defendant signaled to Gates and two other co-defendants to enter.  Inside, the four defendants took property from the victim and two, including Gates, were armed with knives.  During the altercation inside the residence, Gates slashed the face of the victim with a knife.  During the plea proceedings, Gates admitted to entering or remaining in the residence with the intent to commit a crime and during the crime he, or another participant in the crime, used or threatened the use of a sharp instrument.

District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of New Windsor Police Department and City of Newburgh Police Department for their investigations which led to the arrests of Gates.

“This defendant felt entitled to others’ property with impunity and sought to take it by any violent means necessary,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “However, the dedication of the law enforcement agencies and officers involved in these cases saw to it that the defendant’s reign of criminality was brought to an end.  The lengthy sentences imposed are well warranted by way of the defendant’s violent crimes.  I commend the hard work by the police and prosecutors assigned to these cases that ensured justice was delivered on behalf of the victims.”

The cases are being prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Christopher Kelly and Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Mangold.

This criminal charge is merely an allegation 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.