DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: BROOKLYN MAN CONVICTED OF TWO COUNTS OF WEAPON POSSESSION AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
Riis Silver, AKA “Flea”, 22, of Decatur Street in Brooklyn was found guilty by a jury of six men and six women on Thursday, February 4, 2016, following a three day trial in Ulster County Court of two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, as well as one count of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree. The defendant faces up to fifteen years in state prison. Ulster County Court Judge, Hon Donald A. Williams, scheduled the sentencing for April 8, 2016.
The defendant was convicted of shooting an illegal .40 caliber handgun at a woman on October 26, 2014, at the corner of Cedar Street and Prospect Street, in the City of Kingston. The defendant fired seven shots striking her vehicle in the fender, hood and the windshield. The defendant left the scene and was subsequently arrested for drug and illegal gun charges in the State of Delaware. The defendant pled guilty on July 15, 2015 to Drug Dealing Tier 4 Heroin, in Superior Court, Georgetown Delaware and was serving a four year sentence when he was extradited back to New York to face these charges on September 4, 2015.
The defendant is a known member of the “Sex, Money Murder” gang.
The case was investigated by the Kingston Police Department, which was also instrumental in tracking down the defendant and producing him from Sussex Correctional Facility in Georgetown.
The case was tried by Assistant District Attorney Joey Drillings. The defendant is represented by Mariann Connolly, Esq. of the Public Defender’s Office in Kingston.