FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: MARCH 2, 2017
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE – JASON R. SCOFIELD
On March 2, 2017, JASON R. SCOFIELD, age 33, a resident of 40 Bonnie Brae Lane in Shokan, New York, entered a plea to Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree before the Honorable Donald A. Williams.
Sometime between January and March of 2016, Scofield, an admitted heroin addict, unlawfully entered the residence of a relative in Shandaken and stole a rifle. The rifle was recovered at an area antique store.
The investigation was handled by members of the Town of Shandaken Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Kathleen Klein.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 28, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at which time the District Attorney’s Office will recommend a sentence of 3 ½ years in state prison.