GOSHEN – An Orange County Court Jury has convicted a Newburgh man of robbery, grand larceny, and endangering the welfare of a child for stealing $200 from a 10-year-old who was taking the money to his babysitter.

Jamar Murry-El, 31, faces up to 3 ½ to seven years in state prison when sentenced in October. He is being held in the Orange County Jail without bail pending sentencing.

It was alleged that Murry-El approached the child as he was on the porch of their residence and asked him for $10. When the boy said the money was for the babysitter, Murry-El took it from the child’s hands and fled.

The police located the suspect quickly and took him into custody.

“Every citizen of Orange County deserves to walk our streets free of fear of being attacked by the violent acts of another,” said

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