Newburgh man found guilty of attempted murder

On Tuesday, October 29, Cornelius Stubbs, 53, of Newburgh, was convicted by a jury in Orange County Court of attempted murder in the first degree, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced. Per the announcement, Stubbs “attempted to cause the death of a Newburgh woman by commanding another man to kill her.”

According to Hoover’s announcement, on October 2, 2011, Stubbs attempted to cause the death of the mother of one of his children while she was in her home on Washington Street in the city of Newburgh, by having another man, who has not been identified, enter her home to kill her. She was shot four times during the attack.

Hoovler noted that Stubbs was already serving a prison sentence for murder in the first degree, and other charges: On September 20, 2022, Stubbs was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus a 25 years to life sentence to run consecutively to the life in prison sentence after he was convicted in Orange County Court of 31 charges against him, including murder in the first degree, for the September 2019 shooting death of a 21-year-old woman inside her New Windsor residence. “The woman was in the apartment visiting her boyfriend, who is the brother of the mother of one of Stubbs’ children. In that trial, Stubbs was also convicted of two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, attempted murder in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, assault in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, for having broken into the brother’s New Windsor apartment, shooting the brother, and fatally shooting his girlfriend,” Hoovler explained in his announcement. Stubbs was also convicted of ten counts of criminal contempt in the first degree, coercion in the first degree, eight counts of criminal contempt in the second degree, three counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, and two counts of harassment in the second degree, for repeatedly threatening and harassing the mother of his child, and her brother.

Stubbs also faces a sentence of 25 years to life in state prison, which can run consecutively to the prison terms that he is already serving. Stubbs is scheduled to be sentenced on the latest charges on February 10, 2025.

“Thirteen years ago, this defendant tried to kill a woman and escape detection by commanding someone else to kill her,” said Hoovler. “That cowardly attempt was unsuccessful and the unflagging efforts of the police officers and prosecutors in this case enabled jurors to reach a just verdict. While the hard-fought convictions and sentences against this defendant will not bring back the victim that he killed, or erase the pain, both physical and emotional, that he has caused so many other victims, I hope that the surviving victims, and the deceased’s family and loved ones will be afforded some measure of closure. These cases highlight the destructive and irreversible consequences of domestic violence.”