Justin Speights

A Hudson Valley man who admitted he killed a 20-year-old local firefighter is heading to prison.

A Hudson Valley man admitted to his role in the 2016 killing of an Orange County firefighter.

Justin Speights, 20, was stabbed to death on Jan. 1, 2016 while trying to break up a fight at a New Year’s Eve Party in the Town of Crawford.

Almost a year after an Orange County volunteer firefighter’s killing, a Hudson Valley man has been charged with murder.

Two arrests have been made in the Justin Speights murder investigation. Speights was stabbed, and later died from his injuries, after trying to break up a fight at a party.

In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2016, news rocked the Wallkill community when they learned 20-year-old Justin Speights, a firefighter with the Silver Lake Fire District, had been stabbed and killed while trying to break up a fight at a house party.

It's been over 15 days since volunteer firefighter Justin Speights was murdered. The reward for information that leads to his killer or killers has been doubled.

Over a hundred people attended a New Year's party in which Justin Speights was fatally stabbed. Nearly two weeks later, the investigation has been stymied by a lack of witnesses willing to provide information in the case.

The Silver Lake Fire District is offering a reward following the death of a volunteer 20-year-old firefighter.