Damarion Gulley Pled Guilty to Assault in the Second Degree and Bail Jumping in the Second Degree
District Attorney’s Office to Recommend 4-6 Year Prison Sentence
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, February 20, 2025, Damarion Gulley, 24, of Wallkill, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Assault in the Second Degree and Bail Jumping in the Second Degree for having assaulted an MTA train conductor and then fleeing the jurisdiction when those charges were pending. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at the time that Gulley pled guilty, the District Attorney’s Office will recommend that he be sentenced to three (3) years in prison to be followed by three (3) years post-release supervision on the assault charge and one (1) to three (3) years in prison on the bail jumping charges, to be run consecutively, when he is sentenced on May 8, 2025.
As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, on September 7, 2023, an MTA train conductor at the Port Jervis train station saw the defendant and three others running across the train tracks in front of a train. The conductor would not permit the individuals on the train after observing their behavior, which led to the defendant and the others following the conductor off the train platform and attacking him. During the assault, the conductor suffered a broken jaw. An investigation led the police to the defendant, as well as a 21-year-old co-defendant, Kamrin Deleon, who previously pled guilty and is awaiting sentence. The two other individuals involved were juveniles whose matters were handled in Orange County Family Court because of their ages. During the pendency of Gulley’s case, he failed to appear in court and had to be returned to the jurisdiction by law enforcement from a location out of state, nearly a year after absconding. At the plea proceedings, Gulleyadmitted to intending to cause physical injury to the conductor and causing such injury while he was performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to, the operation of a train. He also admitted that having been, by court order, released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty, either upon bail or upon his own recognizance, upon condition that he would subsequently appear personally in connection with a charge against him of committing a felony, did not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty days thereafter.
District Attorney Hoovler thanked the City of Port Jervis Policeand MTA Police Department for their investigation which led tothe arrest of Gulley.
“That a train conductor would be violently assaulted simply for doing his job is unacceptable,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “And while this defendant attempted to shirk responsibility for his crimes by fleeing the jurisdiction, law enforcement would not rest until he was returned to face justice. The plea and anticipated sentence should stand as a stern warning, we will not permit violence against train conductors.”
The case is being prosecuted by Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Milza.
A criminal charge is merely an allegation that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law, and it is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the State of New York’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.