NEW TOWN — A 32-year-old Spring Valley man faces several years in state prison on charges related to a domestic violence incident in which a woman was injured, the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday .
County Court Judge Kevin Russo found Michael McCutchen guilty of felonies and misdemeanors involving fighting with police officers when he was arrested during a domestic violence incident. Russo delivered the verdicts following a two-day nonjury trial April 16 at the Rockland County Courthouse.
On July 1, Spring Valley police found a woman bleeding and with numerous injuries to her face and body. Officers responded to a 911 call about domestic violence at 2:18 a.m., the district attorney’s office said in a news release.
Officers found McCutchen inside the home and learned he was under a Spring Valley court order prohibiting him from being in the woman’s presence or in her residence, the release states.
McCutchen resisted police and fought against handcuffs before and while he was placed in a patrol car. While being escorted from the residence, McCutchen spat on the woman.
Additional officers were needed to transport McCutchen to the police department, where he prevented officers from fingerprinting and processing him to make his arrest official. His violent acts included biting, shoving and spitting on police officers.
The woman, who was treated at the hospital, refused to testify at the trial against McCutchen. The prosecution progressed and Russo found McCutchen guilty of the following charges:
McCutchen was previously convicted of second-degree criminal contempt for violating a court protection order.
McCutchen faces a mandatory minimum sentence of at least one and a half to three years in prison or up to two to four years in state prison and is scheduled to be sentenced June 26. He is being held without bail in the Rockland County Jail.
“The defendant’s actions in this case showed a clear disregard for the welfare of the victim, law enforcement and the rule of law,” said District Attorney Thomas Walsh . “Physically attacking anyone and causing harm will not be tolerated.”
Walsh said Assistant Prosecutors Kaitlin DeLuca and Allyson White “overcame numerous obstacles to secure a conviction and seek justice in a domestic violence case.”
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This article originally appeared in the Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Spring Valley, New York man faces prison after violating protection order
