NYSP: Downstate NY Man Bludgeons Father To Death
New York State Police have charged a Putnam County man with murdering his father during a domestic dispute.
Troopers responded to a home on River Road in the town of Patterson, NY, on Sunday for what was reported as a domestic incident. They say James Cherry, Jr. was found bludgeoned to death at that location.
State Police have now charged James Cherry III with murder in the second degree, a call A-1 felony, punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison under state law.
The son was arraigned on the charge and remanded to the Putnam County Jail without bail, state police said.
The investigation in to the incident is ongoing, officials said.
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