KINGSTON, N.Y. — A state police investigator spent much of the day Friday, June 8, on the witness stand in Ulster County Court identifying photographs taken as part of the investigation into the Oct. 29, 2022, death of David “Mickey” Myer.Joseph E. Karolys, 39, is charged with first-degree manslaughter, assault, tampering with physical evidence and […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A witness who served time in jail with Joseph E. Karolys testified in Ulster County Court Thursday, June 6, that Karolys bragged to him that he kicked David “Mickey” Myer so hard “he split his head open like a watermelon.”The witness said Karolys also implicated Michael Cummins in Myer’s death and said […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Michael Cummins repeatedly denied having anything to do with the Oct. 29, 2022, death of David “Mickey” Myer during sometimes combative testimony on Wednesday, June 5, in the Ulster County manslaughter trial of Joseph E. Karolys.“I did not hit Mickey Myer, I did not kill Mickey Myer,” Cummins said under questioning by […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Michael Cummins testified Tuesday, June 4, in Ulster County Court that he doesn’t remember leaving the Greene County bar where he spent Oct. 28, 2022, with Joseph E. Karolys and other regulars who were partying there.He said he didn’t remember climbing into the back seat of a truck being driven by Karolys’ […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A man who once told police he was responsible for pushing David “Mickey” Myer out of a vehicle following a night of drinking is now expected to take the witness stand against Joseph E. Karolys, a one-time friend and the man prosecutors say beat Myer to death.Michael Cummins is one of four […]