GOSHEN – A Middletown woman faces up to seven years in state prison in connection with an attack on her former boyfriend and a woman in a Wallkill hotel room.
Justina Ferguson, 46, pled guilty before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to a charge of assault.
It was alleged that on August 15, 2020, at about one in the morning, Ferguson, who was accompanied by others, tricked hotel staff into giving her room information and a key to the room where her former boyfriend was staying.
Ferguson admitted entering her former boyfriend’s room and assaulting the woman with a weapon consisting of a knotted rope containing a weight. The assault was recorded by one of the other people with Ferguson.
The weapon, commonly known as a “monkey-fist,” is designed to be used as a flail.
The woman suffered a serious head wound as a result of the attack.
In addition to prison time, Ferguson is expected to receive three years of post-release supervision when sentenced in February 2022.
