WHITE PLAINS – A former Yonkers resident who now lives in Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced before Westchester County Court Judge Anne Minihan on Tuesday for the fatal shooting of a Yonkers man three years ago.
Anthony Burton, now 28, was tried for the murder of Orlando Johnson, 37, in April 2016. For a time he was a fugitive from justice and was subsequently returned to New York to face the charges.
He was found guilty on September 30, 2019, on all counts following a bench trial before Judge Minihan.
Burton was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on the murder conviction. On two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision on each count.
All terms will run concurrently.
Just after midnight April 30, 3016, outside 111 Waverly Street in Yonkers, Burton pulled out a gun and fired three shots at Johnson, hitting him in the abdomen, back and hip. He was found semiconscious in the street by Yonkers Police and was rushed to the hospital where he died on June 2, 2016.
