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November 12, 2014
A Port Jervis man has been charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of a longtime local shop owner.
Dennis McBee, 29, is accused of fatally beating 77-year-old Josef Kucher while robbing Kucher’s Shoe Repair and Orthopedic at 43 Front St. in Port Jervis on Friday, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Kucher died midday Saturday at Orange Regional Medical Center.
McBee was arrested on an unrelated charge late Friday at a motel in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he had been staying, and he then was linked to the attack on Kucher, authorities said.
The suspect remained in custody in Wilkes-Barre Monday afternoon, awaiting transfer to Orange County, Hoovler said.
Kucher, an Austrian immigrant and military veteran, owned the shoe repair shop for 40 years, according to Hoovler. A customer found him badly beaten late Friday, and the cash register had been emptied, the prosecutor said.
“Josef Kucher had been an upstanding, contributing member of the Port Jervis community for four decades and a valuable member of other New York communities for years before that,” Hoovler said in a prepared statement Monday. “My office will not tolerate despicable attacks like this on responsible, civic-minded people such as Mr. Kucher, by criminal opportunists who regard the elderly as easy targets.
“We will do everything in our power to see that elderly victims get the justice they deserve and that criminals who commit acts like this get all the punishment those acts have earned them,” Hooveler added.
After news of Kucher’s death spread, numerous memorial message were posted in the shoe repair business’ front windows and left on the sidewalk in front of the store.
Mid-Hudson News Network contributed to this report.
