GOSHEN – A Port Jervis man is going to be spending the next 1 ½
to four years in state prison on his guilty plea to felony criminal injection
of a narcotic drug.
Kevin Pelton, 58, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Edward McLoughlin
in connection with his having injected a man with heroin while he was
at Pelton’s Port Jervis residence on November 3, 2015.
Port Jervis officers and first responders were called to Pelton’s
residence in response to a 911 call from a woman there who said that an
unconscious man needed medical assistance.
Police and medical personnel attempted to render aid to the man, who later
died.
An investigation by city police revealed that Pelton had injected him
with heroin prior to the man becoming unconscious.
