FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: AUGUST 13, 2014
RE: PEOPLE V STEPHEN BROOKS
Stephen Brooks, aka
Lay Low, 41, Bronx, NY was convicted by an Ulster County Jury on August 8, 2014
of two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the third degree
and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the third
degree after a trial before Hon. Donald A. Williams.
The case stemmed
from the Kingston Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit conducting an
undercover narcotics investigation in November of 2013 into the sale of crack
cocaine by the defendant.
The evidences
presented to the jury at trial included a video recording of the defendant in a
hotel room apparently handing a packet of crack to a confidential informant who
then delivered same to the undercover officers.
Fifty dollars in pre-recorded buy-money was recovered on the defendant’s
person upon his arrest.
The defendant has an
extensive criminal history including numerous drug sales, assault and a felony
weapons possession charge. Sentencing before Judge Williams is scheduled for
September 11th where, due to the defendant’s criminal history, he
faces up to fifteen years on each count.
The case was
prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Elizabeth A. Culmone and Matthew Grimes.
Brooks was represented by the Public Defender’s Office.
