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	Former Newburgh Minister Sentenced for Sex Crimes Poughkeepsie Journal April 16, 2010 http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100416/NEWS01/100415033/Former-Newburgh-minister-sentenced-for-sex-crimes GOSHEN: The former minister of a City of Newburgh church will spend more than 12 years in state prison for sex crimes involving three children. An Orange County judge sentenced Humberto Cruz, 39, of Newburgh, to 15 years in state prison and 20 years of parole for crimes he was found guilty of in February, county District Attorney Francis Phillips said Thursday. Cruz was found guilty by a jury in February on 10 counts of sexual abuse involving three separate victims. The crimes occurred between July 2003 and July 2006. Cruz was found guilty of multiple counts of first-degree course of sexual contact against a child, first-degree criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child. Newburgh city police arrested Cruz in July 2009. He will have to serve more than 12 years in prison before he is eligible for parole, Phillips said. Assistant District Attorney Julie Mohl prosecuted. “Cruz does have the right to appeal, but we are confident that he certainly received a fair trial and the sentence was appropriate,” Phillips said.
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