POUGHKEEPSIE – A 50-year-old convicted murderer is going back to prison after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges in Dutchess County Court on Wednesday. Rasheem Thomison’s latest convictions are related to a February traffic stop in Poughkeepsie where he was found in possession of more than eight grams of cocaine packaged for sale and a 9mm gun.
Dutchess County Senior Assistant District Attorney Scott Johnson asked for Thomison to be classified as a “Persistent Violent Felon” and Judge McLoughlin agreed. As a result of the classification, Thomison was subjected to additional prison time.
After losing pre-trial motions, Thomison pled guilty and Judge McLoughlin sentenced the felon to 20 years to life for criminal possession of a weapon, 12 years for one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance, and eight years in prison on another count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
The weapons conviction includes an order of protection for one of the witnesses and each of the drug convictions includes three years of post-release supervision.
Citing the professionalism of the City of Poughkeepsie Police, Johnson told Mid-Hudson News, “Sergeant Greg Schwarznegger and his officers turned a potentially fatal encounter into a textbook traffic stop,” adding “It is easy to see how that night could have ended tragically.” Of the defendant and the sentence, Johnson noted the guilty plea saved the taxpayers the cost of a trial and stated “The community is undoubtedly safer because of the sentence.”
Thomison’s criminal history and prison time include:
- A 1991 conviction for robbery resulting in a sentence of two-to-six years in prison followed by post-release supervision.
- A 1995 conviction for criminal possession of a loaded firearm resulting in a sentence of three-to-six years in prison followed by post-release supervision.
- A 2002 conviction for murder and burglary resulting in a sentence of 20-years-to-life in prison…
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