Spring Valley man faces prison time for punching corrections officer, other charges
NEW CITY — A 21-year-old Spring Valley man faces several years in state prison for assaulting a corrections officer inside the county jail and other crimes.
Shaquille Gage faces three years in prison and is due to be sentenced on July 10 as part of an agreement with prosecutors for his guilty pleas before County Court Judge Kevin Russo.
Gage pleaded guilty on May 9 to separate crimes of felony second-degree assault, third-degree burglary, and fourth-degree grand larceny, according to the District Attorney's Office and the New York State Court System website.
Gage was charged with assaulting a corrections officer on April 7 while being held on bail in the county jail.
Gage had refused to obey instructions given to him by officers, according to a District Attorney's Office news release on Tuesday.
Gage punched one officer in the face during two struggles as he resisted the officers, the release said. One officer suffered injuries and needed treatment at a local hospital.
“The conduct of the defendant in this case is unacceptable and caused injuries to a corrections officer," District Attorney Thomas Walsh said.
Gage was not the first inmate in recent months to be sentenced for assaulting a county jail corrections officer.
In March, Darius Williams, 35, was sentenced to two consecutive seven-year terms for two separate felony assaults on corrections officers while being held in the county jail awaiting trial. Williams already was serving seven years for slashing a man walking in Haverstraw.
Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said Wednesday that violence against correction officers will not be tolerated.
“Our officers work under difficult and often dangerous conditions while providing for the care, custody, and control of individuals remanded to the custody of the sheriff," Falco said, "and the corrections officers of the Sheriff’s Office deserve to know that individuals who commit crimes against them will be held to account."
The prosecutor's office detailed Gage's other crimes to which he pleaded guilty:
On Dec. 30, 2023, Gage entered the Sbarro in the Palisades Center Mall and stole the money from the cash register.
Gage pled guilty on May 9 to burglary for entering a building at 3620 Palisades Center Drive in Clarkstown with the intent to commit a crime.
On Sept. 26, 2023, Gage stole a 2006 BMW 325 from the parking lot of M and J Service on South Main Street in New City. The theft led to a fourth-degree grand larceny conviction.
On Sept. 13, 2022, Gage stole a Dodge Ram Truck from an automobile repair shop. On Sept. 15, 2022, Ramapo police arrested Gage. He pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Emily McNiff prosecuted Gage, who faces separate criminal charges of stealing a motor vehicle in Orange County and criminal possession of stolen property in Troy.
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