SENTENCING IN GRAND LARCENY CASE

DELHI - Delaware County District Attorney Shawn J. Smith announced that Joseph E. Vanblarcom, 21 of Middletown appeared in Delaware County Court on August 26, 2025, in front of the Honorable John L. Hubbard and was sentenced to one year of imprisonment for his conviction of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree.

The defendant admitted that he and two other individuals entered City of New York property by breaking through a locked gate and stole a DEP owned woodchipper.

VanBlarcom was placed on interim probation after his conviction on May 6, 2025.  On August 2, 2025, he violated his probation when he was arrested in Ulster County on a DWI charge. Due to this violation, he was sentenced to one year in jail.

District Attorney Shawn Smith thanked Trooper Timothy Murray and Investigator Adam Cernauskas of the New York State Police for their investigation into this case. “This young man was given the opportunity to avoid incarceration, but he continued on his criminal path.  Therefore, the only appropriate sentence was incarceration.”

Shawn J. Smith

District Attorney

Delaware County