Homeless Finds a Home ... in Jail!

By: Alissa Coschigano

On Saturday November 7th at 3:13 a.m., Poughkeepsie town police acted upon a call of a armed robbery at the Mobil across from Marist College on Route 9.At 9:18 a.m. the town police responded to yet another hold-up at the Stewart’s Shop, a short distance from Dutchess Community College. Later that evening, there was another response to a hold-up alarm activated at 7:58 p.m. at the Stewart’s Shop on Manchester Circle, off Route 55. Emily Stewart of the Poughkeepsie Journal states that for each robbery that night, the weapon of use was described as "a gun wrapped in a flannel shirt, with a knife accompanying it." The same man had robbed all three convenience stores, and each description matched him perfectly, along with a surveillance camera that captured his image. One of the clerks described the get away car, in which Police found in an intersection in the City of Poughkeepsie. The vehicle belonged to a homeless Mr. Berryan. Joshua M. Berryann, 27, was charge with three counts of first-degree robbery by the end of Sunday night. He was a homeless man, who learned that he was wanted through word of mouth. He contacted a Police officer that he was familiar with and turned himself in for his wrong doings. He was sent to Dutchess County Jail on bail of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond. At least now, he has somewhere to sleep..