NEW CITY – A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for actions relating to his illegal possession of a firearm last summer in Spring Valley.
Rockland County Court Judge Kevin F. Russo further sentenced Anderson Alvarado-Jimenez, of Spring Valley to four years of post-release supervision and a permanent order of protection.
On July 19 of last year, after a dispute with a co-worker concerning their shared work vehicle, Alvarado-Jimenez retrieved a revolver and fired two shots into said vehicle. The vehicle was parked and unoccupied at the time. The defendant then left the area and retrieved a second, AR-15 style rifle, returned to the location, and proceeded to fire additional rounds into the same vehicle. Approximately two of the discharged rounds from the rifle traveled through the vehicle, and into nearby occupied apartments.
The defendant left the scene and disposed of the firearms in a body of water within Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw. Members of the Spring Valley Police Department apprehended the defendant approximately two days later.
Alvarado-Jimenez pled guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in full satisfaction of the indictment in November of last year.
“This sentence reflects the seriousness of this conduct and sends a clear message that gun violence will not be tolerated in our community,” said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II.
The investigation was conducted by the Spring Valley Police Department, with assistance from the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office and the New York State Police Underwater Recovery Team.
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