FROM: HOLLEY
CARNRIGHT
DATE: DECEMBER 6,
2012
RE: PRESS RELEASE – PEOPLE V CEDRIC THOMAS
On Wednesday,
December 5, 2012, an Ulster County Jury found 46-year- old Cedric Thomas of
Poughkeepsie guilty of 3 counts of grand larceny and three counts of possession
of a stolen credit or debit cards and not guilty of possession of a stolen
vehicle. Police said Thomas and an accomplice stole a pocketbook containing
credit cards and $219.00 in cash from a vehicle at a gas station in Highland.
When police tried to stop Thomas, he took police on a car chase through
Highland and Marlborough. When Thomas
was apprehended, he was found with $219.00 in his pocket. Both the theft of
the purse and the police chase were
captured on video. Police say the vehicle Thomas was driving had been stolen
from a home in Dutchess County. Thomas has an extensive criminal history in New
York and Virginia. The case was
prosecuted by ADA Cindy Chavkin. Thomas
was represented by attorney Natasha Turner.
Thomas is scheduled
to be sentenced by the Hon. Thomas Breslin on January 22, 2013.
