MONTICELLO – A 41-year-old Monticello man has been indicted by a Sullivan County grand jury on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the death of Ashley Osborne, 22, on October 10, 2009, at her Fallsburg home.
Herbert Junior had originally been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
District Attorney James Farrell said the new indictment charges Junior, who was an acquaintance of the victim, with intentionally killing Osborne during the course of committing a criminal sexual act, an aggravating factor that elevates the charge to murder in the first degree.
The new indictment alleges that Junior had anal sexual contact with the victim by forcible compulsion and possessed and used four different weapons including a knife, screwdriver, box cutter and vegetable peeler to kill her.
Current New York State law does not permit the death penalty for first-degree murder, but Farrell said Junior faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, if convicted.
Junior was arrested after a joint investigation by Fallsburg Police, State Police and the Sullivan County DA’s office. He has been remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail since his arrest last October.
From: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/March/31/Junior_indict-31Mar10.htm
Friday, April 2, 2010
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