Newburgh Man Accused Of Armed Robberies

NEWBURGH, NY — A Newburgh man was arrested after being accused of a string of armed robberies.

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Friday that Tishawn C. Woods, 20, of Newburgh, was arrested for his participation in a string of armed home invasion and gas station robberies in and around Newburgh.

He was taken into custody Thursday in Orange, New Jersey, she said.

"As alleged, Tishawn Woods and an accomplice committed a series of robberies during which they discharged firearms, shooting and seriously wounding one of their victims," Strauss said.

According to prosecutors, during the morning of March 17, Woods and an accomplice burst into an apartment in Newburgh while armed with handguns.

They robbed and shot the apartment's occupant, who suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.

During the mornings of March 22 and March 28, Woods and an accomplice committed armed robberies of gas stations in New Windsor, Strauss said. They fired shots near the gas stations' clerks, according to law enforcement.

Woods was charged with three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and three counts of using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during, in relation to and in furtherance of a crime of violence, each of which carries a mandatory 10-year consecutive sentence.

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