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
