Dentist Cleared In Fatal Poisoning Sent To Prison For Fraud

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A Hudson Valley dentist cleared of murder charges in the poisoning death of his ex-lover's husband has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for unrelated convictions.

The Daily Freeman of Kingston reports (http://bit.ly/2k2YZoT ) 49-year-old Gilberto Nunez, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced Tuesday in Ulster County Court to the maximum term for his convictions last year on fraud and theft charges.

Nunez was charged with insurance fraud and lying on a pistol permit application. He was convicted of a total of 12 felonies at three separate trials.

Nunez, who had a dental practice in Kingston, was acquitted earlier in 2016 of charges that accused him of fatally poisoning a 44-year-old Saugerties (SAW'-ger-teez) man in 2011.

Prosecutors claimed Nunez was having an affair with the man's wife and wanted her husband out of the way.

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Information from: Daily Freeman, http://www.dailyfreeman.com/