District Attorney Hoovler Announces Plea in New Windsor Gun Case
Victor Aguilar-Perez Pled Guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree
District Attorney’s Office to Recommend 7 Year Prison Sentence
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Victor Aguilar-Perez, 46, of Dundalk, Maryland, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at the time that Aguilar-Perez pled guilty, the District Attorney’s Office will recommend that he be sentenced to seven (7) years in prison to be followed by five (5) years post-release supervision when he is sentenced on June 17, 2025.
As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, on June 23, 2024 at approximately 9:15 p.m., officers with the Town of New Windsor Police Department stopped a vehicle that Aguilar-Perez was operating for violations of the Vehicle andTraffic Law. After approaching the vehicle, the police learned that neither Aguilar-Perez nor any of the other occupants had a valid license. When the officers observed narcotics in plain view, Aguilar-Perez fled in the vehicle. After a brief pursuit, Aguilar-Perez parked the vehicle and he and other occupants from the vehicle fled on foot. The officers deployed a taser and took Aguilar-Perez into custody. Inside the vehicle the police recovered cocaine and three loaded firearms. DNA found ontwo of the firearms matched Aguilar-Perez. At the plea proceedings, Aguilar-Perez admitted to illegally possessing aloaded firearm.
District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of New Windsor Police Department for their investigation which led to the arrest of Aguilar-Perez.
“We will not tolerate the illegal possession of firearms bycriminals in Orange County,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “Far too often we find illegally possessed handguns where we find illicit narcotics. While I fully support the right of law-abiding citizens to legally obtain and possess firearms, those who are found to illegally possess guns endanger us all and will face significant consequences in Orange County. I commend the work of the police in this case who interrupted the criminal acts of this defendant.”
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Richard Giordano.
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.