POUGHKEEPSIE – .
He was remanded to the Dutchess County Jail, released and back in again, all in the same day.
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, a grand jury heard evidence and added the felony strangulation charge against Flowers, which carries a prison sentence of two-to-seven years in prison if convicted. The victim in this most recent incident is the mother of his youngest child.
Flowers, who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of domestic violence charges related to incidents involving the mother of another of his children in Connecticut in 2024, could spend two years in a Connecticut prison if convicted in the latest New York charges.
Flowers was greeted at the county court by several supporters of domestic violence victims who voiced their opinions on the defendant’s history of allegedly choking women. He was also greeted by a process server who was serving him documents related to a judgment against him by former tenants. Flowers was struck with the papers after refusing to take possession, but stepped over them on his way to the arraignment. The avoidance was short-lived, with the process server delivering copies of the Poughkeepsie Court documents to the Dutchess County Jail, where Flowers was served with the documents that he attempted to avoid earlier in the day.
Dutchess County Court Judge Jessica Segal, who accepted the defendant’s not guilty plea on Monday, set bail at $10,000 cash, $25,000 bond, or $100,000 partially secured-bond, and, upon making bail, he was ordered to report to the Dutchess County Probation Department one time per week, which is
Flowers made bail on Monday afternoon and was released from the Dutchess County Jail. His freedom was short-lived and he was ordered to report to the City of Poughkeepsie Court at 3 p.m., where he was arraigned by Judge Frank Mora on an arrest warrant from the State of Connecticut. Judge Mora arraigned Flowers and remanded him back to the Dutchess County Jail without bail, to await a hearing in Dutchess County Court on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
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