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GOSHEN – A Poughkeepsie man pled guilty in Orange County Court on Thursday to attempted murder in connection with the August 31, 2016 robbery of several people and the shooting of one of them. The incident took place in the Town of Wallkill.
When sentenced in July, Judge Nicolas DeRosa is expected to give Jaylin Smith, 19, 18 years in state prison.
At about 9:30 at night on August 31, Smith and an accomplice approached several people on a residential street and at gunpoint the two men ordered the victims to stand against a car while they stole property from them. After the robbery, one of the perps shot one of the victims twice. Bullets were removed from the victim’s back near his spine and from his chest near his heart. He is currently paralyzed.
Smith’s robbery of the victims at gunpoint “was bad enough,” said District Attorney David Hoovler, “but he elevated the crime to an entirely new and dangerous level when he shot one of his victims after the robbery was complete.”
