FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
RE: PRESS RELEASE – PEOPLE V. JAHSON MARRYSHOW A/K/A
JAHSON SOLOMON
On September 8, 2015, Jahson Marryshow was sentenced in Ulster County Court to 15 years in state prison plus 5 years of post-release supervision after having been found guilty by an Ulster County jury of Robbery in the First Degree. Marryshow was also convicted after trial of Arson in the Third Degree and Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree. He received sentences of 5 to 15 years in prison for his conviction of Arson in the Third Degree and 1 1/3 to 4 years for his conviction of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree. The sentences will all run concurrently.
Marryshow was convicted of stealing a car from a driveway in Bearsville early in the morning on June 30th, 2010. He then drove the stolen car to Shady where he used gasoline to set fire to a barn. Prosecutors argued that the arson of the barn was a diversion used by Marryshow to draw law enforcement away from the Village of Woodstock. Immediately after setting the fire, Marryshow drove the stolen car to the Bank of America in Woodstock where, while wearing a mask and ski goggles, he robbed the bank with a handgun.
The stolen car was subsequently located in the woods off of Tanglewood Drive in Woodstock in close proximity to Marryshow’s home. The car was processed by members of the New York State Police’s Forensic Identification Unit and Marryshow’s fingerprint and DNA were found inside. Shortly after the bank robbery, the defendant fled and was not apprehended until September of 2014 when he was arrested by members of the United States Marshalls in Eugene, Oregon.
The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office was the lead investigating agency on this case. They were assisted by the New York State Police, Town of Woodstock Police Department, Ulster County Emergency Services, State Fire Investigators and members of the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.
The case was prosecuted by Chief Assistant District Attorney Michael Kavanagh and the defendant was represented by Lee Kindlon.