Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced last week that David Mead, 32, of Middletown, was sentenced to an aggregate term of three to six years in prison in connection with his previous guilty pleas in Orange County Court to Burglary in the Third Degree and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth Degree. After Mead pled guilty in November, 2023 he was subsequently re-arrested three times while he was pending sentence. Mead admitted that he had violated the conditions of his plea and was subject to the enhanced sentence imposed.

As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, in the early morning hours on October 20, 2023 Mead broke a window at a bar in the Village of Montgomery and entered in search of money. Later that same day, Mead broke into a vehicle in the Town of Wawayanda and stole credit cards from within that he later attempted to use. Two days later, in the Town of New Windsor, Mead broke into another vehicle and stole tools. A day after that, Mead broke into another car in the Town of Newburgh and stole a gym bag. When Mead was arrested on October 24, 2023, members of the Town of Newburgh Police Department recovered from Mead’s vehicle property he stole from the incident in New Windsor.

Hoovler thanked the Village of Montgomery Police Department, Town of New Windsor Police Department, Town of Newburgh Police Department and the New York State Police for their investigation which led to the arrest of Mead.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Amanda Arroyo.