Conviction upheld for Windsor man who pointed a gun at deputies, shot at

An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Broome County man who pointed a loaded revolver at sheriff’s deputies outside his home in July 2021.

Jamie I. Crowley, 48 of Windsor, was sentenced in January 2023 to seven years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision after being found guilty by a Broome County Court jury on charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, all felonies, along with two misdemeanor counts of second-degree menacing.

The Appellate Division Third Department of New York struck down Crowley’s motion to appeal Thursday, upholding the jury’s conviction from November 2022.

What happened in Windsor on July 3, 2021

On July 3, 2021, a woman pulled into Crowley’s driveway on Cascade Valley Road to turn around after accidentally driving past her relative’s house, according to court records. While she was in his driveway, Crowley fired a shot toward her vehicle.

According to the appeal documents, Crowley said he had a poor relationship with his next-door neighbors, who he assumed were driving the car. He fired a warning shot, he said, to “prevent them from trespassing.”

Broome County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the scene at 12:34 a.m. Crowley met two deputies outside, pointing a .44-caliber revolver at them. Court records described testimony and body-worn camera footage shown during the trial, depicting a deputy identifying himself and Crowley refusing to comply when asked to drop his weapon.

One deputy testified they were looking “straight down the barrel of the revolver and I thought I was going to die.” A deputy shot Crowley in the shoulder.

In the appeal, Crowley claimed he didn’t recognize the deputies in the dark, didn’t hear them identify themselves over load music playing and “didn’t know what I was pointing at.”

Crowley contended in his appeal the jury’s guilty verdict on the menacing charges was “against the weight of the evidence” presented in his trial, but the appeals court ruled against this motion, stating that the jury rightfully decided based on the evidence that the essential elements of a menacing charge were established.

Crowley further failed to submit adequate records for other elements of the appeal.

This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Conviction upheld for NY man who pointed gun at deputies

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