Moore
KINGSTON – A member of the Poughkeepsie bloods gang was sentenced
in Ulster County Court to 15 years in state prison for illegally possessing
a loaded .38 caliber gun. The weapon was used by Raymond Moore, 32, to
injure a woman at 200 Fair Street in Kingston on June 18, 2016.
Moore, also known as “Nice” and “Face,” has at
least 20 arrests and 13 or more criminal convictions in Dutchess County
in the last 12 years, including four felonies, one of which involved his
possession of a loaded .38 caliber handgun during a change with a Poughkeepsie
city police officer.
The present case, Moore’s fifth conviction, is the result of an Ulster County Court jury verdict in October 2017. At trial the jury was not informed about his arrests and prior convictions.
Moore sent letters to witnesses and friends trying to threaten, tamper, and intimidate witnesses he referred to as “rats,” and also offered to pay $1,000 each to two witnesses for them to change their testimony.
He also tried to get a friend to call his previous lawyer with a false story, so that he would have the lawyer call this false witness in his behalf at trial; that false witness pled guilty last summer in Kingston City Court for tampering with a witness on behalf of Moore.
In another friend in Poughkeepsie, he said he did not regret what he had done but wished he got away.
Judge Donald Williams noted that Moore has not shown any remorse for his actions and is a clear danger to the community. The judge also granted an order of protection for the woman who was injured with the gun.
