Kondon
GOSHEN – A Poughkeepsie man, who posted $10,000 bail after being arrested, and then fled, was tried, convicted and sentenced in Orange County Court.
Judge Craig Stephen Brown sentenced Kodjo Kondon, 30, to 4 2/3 to 14 years in state prison on Thursday.
Kondon was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 2 1/3 to seven years in prison on each of two counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument after he was convicted at jury trial. He was also sentenced to one year in the Orange County Jail on a charge of resisting arrest.
Kondon was not in court when sentenced.
He is also wanted in connection with an arrest warrant charging him with felony bail jumping.
The allegations maintain that on July 28, 3026, Kondon attempted to secure a loan at the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union in the Town of New Windsor with a forged South Carolina driver’s license.
When town police were called to the scene, Kondon struck a sergeant and fled. He was apprehended nearby and found also to be in possession of a forged Illinois driver’s license in yet another false name. He was convicted after a jury trial that began on February 14, 2017.
“This defendant should have complied with the lawful orders of the Town of New Windsor Police, rather than resisting arrest,” District Attorney David Hoovler. “After his futile attempt to fraudulently obtain a loan until forged documents was thwarted, the defendant’s attempt to flee the police and evade justice by absconding during the trial only resulted in him receiving an enhanced sentence. If convicted, he now faces additional punishment in connection with his failure to return to court.”
Hoovler is seeking the public’s help in locating Kondon. If his whereabouts are known, you are asked to call 845-291-2050.
