Crime & Safety
Man Wanted In 2019 Wallkill Slaying Arrested: Police
By
WALLKILL, NY — The man accused of killing another man outside a sports bar in 2019 has been arrested.
The New York State Police announced Thursday Jamaad Mikal Murphy, 27, of Middletown, had been charged with second-degree murder, a felony.
He was indicted Dec. 17, 2019, by an Orange County grand jury for second-degree murder related to the 2019 killing of Matthew Napoleoni outside of the Made in Puerto Rico Latin Cuisine and Sports Bar in the town of Wallkill.
Napoleoni was shot and killed around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 3, 2019, at the sports bar located on Schutt Road.
After a 14-month manhunt, state police and the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force located Murphy in a home in the town of Ramapo.
He was remanded to the Orange County Jail without bail.
-
Local News2 weeks agoRochester Board of Education vice president under investigation for alleged threat
-
Local News5 days agoReducing illicit ATV and dirt bike activity in Irondequoit; providing an update on the special police detail
-
Local News2 weeks agoFollowing sponsor rejection, millions of dollars are put on hold for community organizations in Rochester
-
Local News2 weeks agoAfter a traffic stop, DA Doorley is being investigated by the Monroe County Office of Public Integrity
-
New York2 weeks agoPush grows to expand New York’s liquor shipment, container laws
-
Local News1 week agoGenesee Brewery’s $50 million investment enables the construction of a new, “state-of-the-art” packaging factory
-
Local News2 weeks agoTo support kids who need a wish, more than 275 people attend the Make-A-Wish gala
-
Local News1 week agoSchumer declares $400 million in federal funding for religious institutions’ protection