Medina
GOSHEN – A Monroe woman pled guilty before Orange County Court
Judge Craig Stephen Brown on Monday to armed robbery for forcibly stealing
car keys from a woman by threatening the woman’s four-year-old daughter
with a knife.
The incident occurred in the Town of Monroe on December 11, 2017.
When sentenced in May, Eileen Medina, 17, of Monroe, is expected to receive nine years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision, as recommended by the district attorney’s office.
Medina admitted that while she was at her foster mother’s home in Monroe, she forcibly stole car keys belonging to her foster mother by holding onto the foster mother’s four-year-old daughter while threatening her with a knife. She admitted the way she used the knife could have caused death or serious injury to the child.
“Children are of course the most innocent of victims,” said DA David Hoovler. “Any defendant who would threaten a four-year-old girl with a knife in front of her mother is danger to the community, regardless of that defendant’s age.”
