WHITE PLAINS — A Newburgh man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to a February 2017 murder at a social club on South William Street in the City of Newburgh.

The U.S. Attorney’s office said Troy Young, 24, also known as “Hollywood,” also pleaded guilty to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in Southside, a violent street gang.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office and police accounts at the time, a fight broke out at a Valentine’s Day-themed party at the club, which was on the ground floor of the South William Street building.

Several other people were shot and wounded, including Young, who was partially paralyzed.

Young pleaded guilty to murder for the shooting death of Gevontay Owens-Grant, 24, a gang rival from another part of Newburgh.

The U.S. attorney’s office said from at least 2014 to June 2017, the Southside gang raised funds through the sale of heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana in their territory, which was centered at the intersection of South and Chambers streets.

Young was arrested in January 2018 following an investigation by the FBI’s Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force and Newburgh city police into gang activity in Newburgh

He faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel later this year.

mrandall@th-record.com