Newburgh Man Found Guilty of Burglary

An Orange County jury found a 33-year-old Newburgh man guilty of 2nd-degree burglary and other offenses in connection of a home burglary.

According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, on June 14, 2015, Spencer Seymour, of Newburgh, entered a home on Weaver Road in the Town of Newburgh when the home owner wasn’t home. Spencer stole tools and a rifle.

A neighbor saw Seymour enter the home, leave with a bag full of the homeowner’s belongings, and put the bag into his pickup truck. The neighbor took Seymour’s picture as the burglary was occurring. When the homeowner later saw the picture, he recognized Seymour and the pickup. Seymour later turned himself into police.
“Citizens have a right to feel secure in their own homes,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “When our homes are violated, even when we’re not there, we lose not only property, but the sense of safety that we all deserve to have in our homes. In my office, we take residential burglary seriously, and we will seek strict sanctions for those who commit such violations of private property.”

Seymour faces up to fifteen years in prison when he is sentenced on March 24, 2016.