He admitted stabbing the man once in the torso, piercing his heart, and then fleeing from the scene.
Prosecutors said the trial lasted three days.
DiDato died Monday when his patrol car went off the roadway and struck a tree.
The Orange County businessman helped Briarcliff cop-turned-drug-dealer Nick Tartaglione get to an associate he thought had cheated him.
State police said the only occupant of the car was a man from Pennsylvania.
Police said they found the bodies of two 30-year-olds at a residence in the town of Lloyd.
Authorities said the patrol vehicle went off the roadway on the Taconic State Parkway and struck a tree.
The trooper's car was assisting a disabled SUV at the time of the crash.
No-knock search warrants were executed at two locations in the city of Middletown.
Police said the two officers took money from the account of the Washington Heights Volunteer Fire Company in Middletown.
Police had initially responded in 2022 to a disturbance involving a gun.
He was convicted of five counts of second-degree rape and three counts of second-degree criminal sexual act following a four-day jury trial.
Prosecutors said that other businesses were defrauded also, bringing the loss to more than $250,000.
Police are asking for anyone who may have witnessed the accident to call them.
Police said the drug trafficking organization operated between New York City and Orange County.
Law enforcement said the teacher gave a 17-year-old student a cell phone so they could talk privately.
Law enforcement said her vehicle spun out on a icy bridge and ended up in the way of oncoming traffic.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to give them a call.
A 39-year-old man was accused of attempted assault and weapons possession.
Police said that the execution of a search warrant found a stolen weapon, a large sum of money and crack cocaine.
Both robberies happened within minutes on the same day on the same stretch of South Road in the town of Poughkeepsie.
When police got to the scene, they said they found a man with a cut to the back of his head.
The Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department said the robberies both happened on South Avenue on the same day.
Multiple patrol units and detectives were sent to the scenes, authorities said.
Police said the man was sent to county jail in lieu of bail.
The man was charged with felony possessing a sexual performance by a child.
The City of Poughkeepsie Police Department is asking anyone with information related to this incident to call them.
The activity was flagged by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office Digital Forensics Unit, authorities said.
Prosecutors said the Port Jervis resident was also charged with having and distributing child pornography.
After arraignment, the man was sent to the Orange County Jail without bail.
The man faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced next year.
Using the username “yourdarkmaster2,” he instructed the child to engage in various sex acts and to perform them on live-streaming video.
The sheriff's office said the primary factor in the crash appears to be the failure to yield the right-of-way.
Prosecutors said the man stabbed the victim once in the torso, piercing his heart.
The FBI and NYPD used diggers and hand tools to search two farms, one in Campbell Hall on Tuesday and another in Goshen on Wednesday.
A New Jersey man got on the interstate and was driving in the wrong direction, police said the preliminary investigation showed.
Other offenses include racketeering, assault with deadly weapons, robbery and conspiracy, prosecutors said.
Both arrests were the result of investigations led by the Dutchess County Drug Task Force with the help of the Poughkeepsie city police.
State troopers were initially sent to a report of two vehicles that were fully engulfed by fire.
Police said they received multiple calls about gunshots in the area near the Tompkins Terrace Apartments Friday.