Arrest made in 1994 murder

POUGHKEEPSIE – City of Poughkeepsie Police have made an arrest in a 1994 murder.

Police charged Earnest Ellison, 34, of Lenox Avenue in New York City was arrested for second-degree murder in connection with the shotgun killing of Theresa Paige McIntosh, 37, of 4 North White Street.

He was also charged with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of a weapon for shooting Joyery McIntosh, 33, also a resident of Poughkeepsie. The two women were sisters. At the time of the shootings, Ellison lived in Poughkeepsie, said Det. Lt. William Siegrist.

The shooting occurred on August 5, 1994. After a review of the evidence and re-interview of witnesses, evidence was presented to the grant jury and on April 17, an arrest warrant was issued for Ellison.

Ellison was identified after a cold case investigation by Detectives Robert Perrotta and Lawrence Bartolotti of the Poughkeepsie City Police along with Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Bureau Chief Edward Whitesell.

“I think they did a marvelous job. It took a lot of footwork to do this one because it was not done so much by modern forensics as it was good old detective work,” he said.

Ellison was picked up in the Bronx Wednesday by members of the State Police Violent Felony Warrant Squad, who transported him back to Poughkeepsie.
He was arraigned and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail without bail.