Hasenflue
KINGSTON – A Kingston man, Christopher Hasenflue, 38, was sentenced in Ulster County Court on Tuesday to 20 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision on his guilty plea to armed robbery.
The plea stemmed from an incident in Kingston on the evening of August 9, 2016 where he stole two purses from an outdoor table where women were dining at a Wall Street restaurant.
After grabbing the pocketbooks, he ran up Wall Street where he was tackled by a Good Samaritan. Hasenflue dropped the purses, pulled a knife and briefly chased one of the victims. Minutes later, Hasenflue confronted a third victim on John Street and robbed her of her purse at knifepoint. He fled up Fair Street where he was chased by other witnesses and with the assistance of those citizens, Kingston officers were able to apprehend him on Saint James Street only 15 minutes after the initial crime.
Hasenflue has an extensive criminal history dating back to 1997, which includes a prior conviction for attempted robbery in 2007.
