WHITE PLAINS – A superseding indictment unsealed in federal court has charged five men with the October 12, 2015 robbery and murder of Michael Northcote, 34, in Swan Lake.
Charged in the home invasion were Jeffrey Herring, Travis Davis, Jesse Hummel, Mark Mack and Andrew Reynolds. If convicted, all five men could face life in prison or the death penalty.
The men allegedly carried out a home invasion robbery of Northcote, a marijuana dealer, at 177 Cohan and Cohan Road in Swan Lake and in the course of the robbery Jeffrey Herring shot and killed Northcote.
The case was initially investigated by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, State Police, Monticello, Liberty and Fallsburg police departments, the FBI, US Marshals Service, New York City Police, and the Casa Grande, Arizona Police Department. The Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office also assisted in the case.
Davis and Reynolds were taken into federal custody on Thursday morning. Herring and Mack were already in state custody. Hummel was taken into federal custody Thursday night in the District of Arizona.
Sullivan DA James Farrell said the arrests and indictments are the “product of unparalleled cooperation among local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies.”
