Mahoney
GOSHEN – A Walden man pled guilty in Orange County Court to grand larceny for having defrauded an elderly disabled veteran out of $5,800 and a New Windsor hotel out of $2,375. A grand jury indicted Dennis Mahoney, 68, for stealing from both the disabled vet and the hotel.
Mahoney had worked for a veteran’s service organization when he first met the victim, but he later left the agency. In 2015, Mahoney pretended he was still working there and promised the man that the organization would secure an apartment in the State of Florida that would accommodate his special needs as a disabled vet, and convinced the man to give him $5,800 to pay for furniture for the apartment. He took no action to secure the veteran any living arrangements in Florida. Mahoney had the man move to a New Windsor hotel, promising that the service agency would pay for his room.
Mahoney faces 2 1/3 to seven years in state prison when sentenced next month.
