FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JANUARY 28, 2019
RE: PRESS RELEASE – KEVIN GREENE PLEA
Kingston shooter pleads guilty in Ulster County Court
Moments before jury selection was set to begin, Kevin Greene, 33, of 80 West Pierpont Street, entered a guilty plea to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree today in Ulster County Court. By pleading guilty, Greene admitted he illegally possessed a loaded handgun.
The guilty plea stemmed from a shooting that occurred near the intersection of West Pierpont and Hone Streets in the City of Kingston on June 5, 2018 around 10:00 AM as a resident of Hone Street was calling 911 when her home was struck with bullets. No one was injured in the shooting. A nearby school was placed in lockdown as a result of the incident as Kingston Police searched for armed suspects.
During the investigation, the Kingston Police Department located a loaded nine millimeter handgun in Greene’s backyard. DNA on ammo found in the gun matched the defendant’s. Police also found a spent cartridge outside of Greene’s house which was analyzed and found to have been fired from the nine millimeter. Greene told police that he was being shot at by two other persons, however, the only physical evidence recovered after an extensive search was linked to Greene’s gun.
Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright stated, “This was a potentially deadly situation which was quickly stopped by the teamwork of the Kingston Police Department, Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, State Police and District Attorney’s Office. The Emergency Response Teams were on the scene immediately and were methodical in locating suspects and evidence while protecting people in the neighborhood from more gunfire. Greene has four prior convictions for selling drugs and has a history of weapons possession. The residents in that neighborhood should be commended for their courage in coming forward so that this dangerous individual could be held accountable for his actions.”
Greene faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of fifteen years in state prison on the class C violent felony when he is sentenced on April 2, 2019. Green was represented by Assistant Public Defender Mikael Cohn and the prosecutor on the case was Senior Assistant District Attorney Gerard Van Loan.