GOSHEN – A 50-year-old Poughkeepsie man has been sentenced in Orange County Court to 15 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision in connection with his guilty plea to armed robbery.

It was alleged that on March 27, 2025, Joseph Rico entered a fast-food restaurant in New Windsor by following employees entering the building before the store opened.

Inside, he pulled a gun, ordered the workers on the floor and had one employee take him to the office where he threatened her with what appeared to be a pistol and demanded that she open the safe.

When she refused, he pistol-whipped her, stole her phone and fled.

New Windsor Police investigated and identified Rico who admitted that he stole property using the immediate use of a gun.

District Attorney David Hoovler call

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