Man Who Shot Middletown Police Officer Sentenced to Over 50 Years

A police crime scene unit vehicle parks outside the Middletown Police Department in N.Y. on Oct. 13, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

The Bronx man who shot Middletown police officer Evan Barone two years ago was sentenced by an Orange County judge to 58 and a half years in state prison on Oct. 12.

The 31-year-old defendant, Desean Owens, got 40 years for attempted murder in the first degree and another 18 and a half years for criminal weapon possession and trespassing.