POUGHKEEPSIE – , is due in Dutchess County Court this morning (Monday). Flowers, recognized as “Community Santa” and brother of Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers, was originally charged with a series of misdemeanors, including 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.
He was recently indicted on the felony charge of strangulation and is scheduled to appear before Dutchess County Court Judge Jessica Segal on January 12 at 9:15 a.m. to answer the felony charge. The remaining misdemeanor charges have been shifted to the county court.
Several domestic violence victim supporters have announced intentions to protest Flowers and his repeated domestic violence charges in front of the Dutchess County Courthouse at Main and Market Streets in Poughkeepsie on Monday.
The sister of the accused assailant, Mayor Yvonne Flowers, who has declined to talk to the media since her brother’s arrest in December, took to social media recently to express her support for her brother. Check back to for the response from Mayor Flowers.
Flowers, who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of domestic violence charges related to incidents involving the mother of another of his children in Connecticut, could spend two years in a Connecticut prison if convicted in the latest New York charges.
Flowers has a history of lashing out at local media outlets that cover his repeated domestic violence charges. On Saturday, Flowers once again took to social media and targeted this Mid-Hudson News reporter. Apparently infuriated by the reporter’s insistence on reporting facts surrounding his alleged criminal behavior, Flowers posted an AI video, taking a swipe at the reporter, that included a Southern-type accent of a white man saying, “Do you get paid for talking shit about me?”, apparently expressing his innocence once again. It is the same claim of innocence he professed prior to pleading guilty to multiple charges in Connecticut.
The defendant, who claims to be a professional gambler, has attempted to influence other local media through bullying, including publishing the names and addresses of another reporter’s elderly parents. The reporter brought the less-than-subtle threat to the attention of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and the threats became less frequent.
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