FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2015
RE: PRESS RELEASE – BRIAN FERGUSON
On October 29, 2015 Brian Ferguson, last known address Plattekill, New York, pled guilty to Robbery in the Third Degree.
The case arose from an incident on December 1st, 2013, when defendant, who was accompanied by another suspect who has not been arrested but who is still under investigation, entered the Citgo Gas Station located at 1975 Route 32, T/Plattekill, at about 11:40 p.m. Defendant and the accomplice were wearing masks. Defendant and the accomplice demanded money from the store’s clerk. Defendant and the accomplice stole approximately $300.00 along with cartons of cigarettes and fled the scene. Investigator Joseph Sciutto of the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, together with members of the Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms, worked on the case for months without any substantial leads. A break in the case came when the investigators interviewed a female SUNY New Paltz college student who had been reportedly missing by her parents at about the time of the Robbery.
Defendant, age 23, has no criminal history. He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 14, 2016.