DeJesus
GOSHEN – A Wappingers Falls man was sentenced in Orange County Court on Tuesday to 16 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision in connection with the August 2015 armed robbery of the Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union in the City of Newburgh.
Joshua DeJesus, 27, pled guilty to armed robbery before Judge Robert Freehill, who also ordered him to pay approximately $225,000 in restitution.
On the morning of August 24, 2015, DeJesus, along with another unidentified man, waited outside the bank until the first two employees showed up to open the building. The two robbers pulled a knife and gun and ordered the employees to let them in. DeJesus made his way to the vault where he took some $225,000 in cash. The two bandits fled, hopping into a waiting car driven by a third person, and then drove off.
DeJesus was apprehended by City of Newburgh and Town of Fishkill Police on December 17, 2015. Fishkill Police were investigating other bank robberies that occurred in Dutchess County.
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said under the terms of the plea agreement in court, DeJesus’ sentenced in Orange County will run concurrently to any sentence he receives in connection with any Dutchess County robbery convictions.
“The community will be safer during the 16 years that this defendant is in prison,” said Hoovler.
