Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Wednesday, July 20, 2021, Joshua Williams, 31, of Newburgh, was arraigned by Judge Robert J. Prisco in Orange County Court, on an indictment charging him with crimes including Murder in the Second Degree. The indictment was in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on Liberty Street in the City of Newburgh on September 19, 2020.

Williams was charged with Murder in the Second Degree, Manslaughter in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (2 counts), Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree and Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree. It is alleged that Williams intentionally caused the death of Jaime Fincher by shooting him using a loaded firearm. It is also alleged that while discharging the firearm, Williams, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death to others at the scene.

Bail was set in the amount of $750,000.00 cash, or $2,000,000.00 insurance company bond, or $3,000,000.00 partially secured bond. Williams is next scheduled to appear in court by video on August 4, 2021, before Orange County court judge Hyun Chin Kim.