GOSHEN - A Newburgh man who fired a gun on the campus of Newburgh Free Academy after getting into a fight with students there earlier this year was sentenced to nine years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision.

Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced the sentence for Kevin Gaspar, 19, of Newburgh. He was sentenced Dec. 4 in Orange County Court.

He previously pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony.

According to documents filed and statements made in court, Gaspar was on the campus of NFA on South Street in the city of Newburgh at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2025.

A group of kids started a fight with Gaspar while he was there. Before the fight broke up and the kids walked away, Gaspar ran toward the group of

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