Elmira man pleads guilty to manslaughter
Kelly Gampel, and Jeff Murray
stargazette.com
An Elmira man currently serving a lengthy state prison sentence for an attempted-murder conviction pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in a separate case Monday in Chemung County Court.
According to media partner WENY News, Joshua T. Demellier, of Elmira, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 2014 death of 22-year-old Ellis Kittles and is scheduled to be sentenced in March. He was facing a second-degree murder charge during his trial, which began Monday, before accepting the plea.
Police found Kittles suffering from a stab wound on June 7, 2014, when they responded to a report of an injured man on the ground in the area of South Main Street and West Chemung Place in Elmira.
Kittles died a short time later at a local hospital.
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Demellier is currently serving his sentence of 25 years to life in state prison for an unrelated attempted murder on June 1 on Sullivan Street in Elmira.
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