On July 21, 2015, Willie Trotman, a 37-year-old Wappinger Falls resident, was shot and murdered on State Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.
After a lengthy investigation by the City of Poughkeepsie Police Detective Bureau in cooperation with the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office, KAHEEM CUMMINGS, a 22-year-old city resident, was indicted for Murder in the 1st degree for shooting and murdering Trotman.
Cummings has been in the Dutchess County Jail since July 31st after he was indicted and arrested for Robbery 1st degree for the robbery of a Newburgh Taxi Cab on Hammersley Avenue on July 13. Cummings and several other accomplices robbed a Newburgh Taxi at gunpoint and fled the scene. That incident was also investigated by the City of Poughkeepsie Police Detective Bureau in cooperation with the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office.
On June 30, 2015 at 9:40 p.m. Shameek Floyd was found laying on Mansion Street with a gunshot wound to the head. Floyd died on July 5th. The investigation into this murder is continuing. Anyone with information about Floyd’s murder is asked to call the City of Poughkeepsie Police Confidential Tip Line at (845) 451-7577.

Alert sent on 11/09/2015 at 1:28PM EST

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