Jury convicted man in just over half hour

GOSHEN – It took an Orange County Court jury just 36 minutes Wednesday to find Daniel Charlton of Highland Mills guilty of robbery and other charges stemming from a February 3, 2007 incident in the Town of New Windsor.

Charlton was convicted of three counts of third-degree robbery, attempted grand larceny in the fourth degree and three counts of petit larceny in connection with the crime, said District Attorney Frank Phillips.

“At that time Charlton forcibly stole property belonging to a female as well as property belonging to the Tanning Hut, a business in New Windsor, that property being money and a telephone,” he said.

DNA evidence was helpful in getting the conviction, Phillips said. Charlton is has a prior felony and when sentenced next month, faces up to seven years in prison.