Man gets five to 25 for assault, burglary

NEW CITY – A Spring Valley man has pled guilty in Rockland County Court to breaking into a home on Long Ridge Road in Spring Valley and robbing the occupants while armed with a knife. He faces five to 25 years in state prison when sentenced in August. The DA’s office will seek 17 ½ to 25 years.

Emerson Daniel Martinez-Salas, 22, entered the home through a window in July 2006, woke up three residences and while armed with a knife, threatened them demanding money. He admitted that he held a knife at the back of a nine-year-old daughter of one if the victims.

Spring Valley Police arrested Martinez-Salas when they responded to a 911 call from one of the residents at the home.

Martinez-Salas pled guilty to first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.