POUGHKEEPSIE – The domestic violence charges against “Community Santa” Frankie Flowers, 52, have been transplanted to Dutchess County Court after a grand jury indicted him on a new felony charge. Originally charged with the misdemeanors of assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, and endangering the welfare of a child following a December 2025 domestic incident near his residence on Park Avenue in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The victim in this most recent incident is the mother of his youngest child.
After evidence was presented to the Dutchess County Grand Jury, the additional charge of felony strangulation was levied against Flowers, who has prior domestic violence charges that were levied by another woman who birthed another of his children. Those charges, originating in Connecticut, resulted in Flowers pleading guilty to two counts of criminal trespass. As part of the 2024 plea agreement, Flowers was to avoid being arrested for an extended period of time. The December 2025 arrest violated the agreement, and . Flowers will continue to be prosecuted on the misdemeanor charges of criminal obstruction of breathing, assault with intent to cause physical injury, and endangering the welfare of a child in Dutchess County Court.
Flowers, the brother of Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers, is scheduled to be arraigned on the new felony charge on Monday, January 12, 2026, before Judge Jessica Segal in Dutchess County Court at 9:30 a.m.
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