FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE:SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
RE: PRESS RELEASE – JEREMIAH SMITH INDICTMENT
KINGSTON MAN INDICTED FOR BURNS ON 2 YEAR OLD GIRL IN BATHTUB
Ulster County Grand Jury on Thursday reported an indictment charging Jeremiah Smith, age 30, of Salem Road in Port Ewen, with two counts of felony assault in the second degree and one count of child endangerment. The charges stem from an investigation conducted by Kingston Police and District Attorney’s Child Advocacy Investigators regarding significant burn injuries suffered by a 2-year old girl in the bathtub of her home on July 9, 2018, when she was left alone with Jeremiah Smith. The child sustained second degree burns from her waist down.
Jeremiah Smith is expected to be arraigned next week in Ulster County Court. He is presumed innocent of these charges.
The case is being prosecuted by Sr. Assistant District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji and the defense is represented by Joseph O’Connor, a Kingston attorney.