Steven Bostic Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, April 22, 2024, Steven Bostic, 41, of Middletown, was sentenced in Orange County Court to an aggregate term of ten (10) years in prison to be followed by five (5) years of post-release supervision relative to his previous guilty pleas to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.

As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, in the evening of April 30, 2023, City of Newburgh Police Officers responded to a domestic incident at a residence in the City.  Upon arriving, the police officers heard yelling within the residence.  A man they later learned was Bostic initially refused to allow the police to enter but then relented.  The officers observed a female with visible injuries and three young children, one of whom led the police to the defendant’s bed where the officers recovered a loaded revolver under a blanket.  DNA analysis later linked Bostic to the gun.  While the charges on that case were pending, on June 21, 2023 members of the City of Newburgh Police Department observed Bostic engaging in a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction on City Terrace.  Police later recovered quantities of cocaine and fentanyl packaged for sale from the defendant’s fanny pack.  At the plea proceeding, Bostic admitted to possessing both the loaded firearm as well as cocaine with the intent to sell it.

District Attorney Hoovler thanked the City of Newburgh Police Department for their investigations which led to the arrest of Bostic.  

“Far too often where we find illegally possessed firearms we find drugs and drug dealers,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “In this case, it was particularly egregious that the gunillegally possessed by the defendant was kept in close proximity to innocent children.  My Office continues to focus on the prosecution of cases involving illegal guns and drugs and the corresponding harms that flow from both.”

The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Michael Purcell and Alexis Gregory.

This criminal charge is merely an allegation that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law, and it is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the State of New York’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.