November 23, 2014
A Briarwood man has been
sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for shooting his wife to death in their
home in December of 2011, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Clarence Cash, a 52-year-old
retired city police officer, last month was convicted of second-degree murder
after a three-week jury trial.
According to trial testimony,
Cash repeatedly shot his wife, Tracy Young, 42, an investigator with the state
Department of Taxation and Finance, after an argument. Cash, who at the time of
his arrest was a per diem federal court officer, shot Young 13 times in her
torso and face. Though he fled the scene, Cash surrendered to police the
following morning.
“The defendant had spent his
life working in law enforcement and knew well the destructive power of
firearms. Yet, by his actions, he displayed a total disregard for human life
and irreparably shattered his own family by robbing them of a loved one,” said
Brown following Cash’s conviction