Defendant faces Seven Years in State Prison for Sexually Abusing Five-Year-Old Prosecutor’s Recommending Maximum Sentence Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, James Zirkle, 70, of Middletown, pleaded guilty before Orange County Court Judge William L. DeProspo to Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. Zirkle faces a maximum…

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County Officials and Police Organizations Strongly Condemn The Recent Dousing of Police Officers in New York City District Attorney David M. Hoovler, Sheriff Carl E. DuBois, county Executive Steven M. Neuhaus, Town of Crawford Police Chief Dominick Blasko, as President of the Orange County Police Chief’s Association, and Mike McGinn, a former NYPD sergeant and…

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Spring Valley Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Conspiracy to Bring Cocaine into Orange County to Sell Wurtsboro Woman Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotic Pills “Operation Bread, White and Blues” Targeted Narcotics Distributors and Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Monday, July 10, 2019, Kenneth Nunez,…

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District Attorney Hoovler Announces Prison Sentences in City of Newburgh Manslaughter Case Poughkeepsie Man Sentenced to total of 12 to 15 Years in Prison for Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, June 24, 2019, Steven…

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District Attorney Hoovler Announces Guilty Plea In Fatal City of Newburgh Hit and Run School Bus Driver Admits Striking a Pedestrian with a School Bus and Leaving the Scene of the Incident Without Reporting Pedestrian Pronounced Dead at the Scene Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, June 24, 2019, Deborah…

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District Attorney Hoovler Announces Guilty Plea In Fatal Mount Hope Hit and Run Wallkill Man Admits Striking a Woman Walking in Mount Hope With Pick-up Truck and Leaving the Scene Without Reporting Body of Deceased Woman Discovered by Passing Motorists the Next Morning Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, June…

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DA Hoovler Announces Hiring of Former Judge Stewart A. Rosenwasser as Special Counsel for Policy, Research and Legal Development Will Aid in Implementing and Complying with Recently Enacted Criminal Justice Reforms Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced today that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is hiring former County Court Judge and Acting…

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DA Hoovler Announces Prison Sentence In Assault of Newborn Mother Who Pled Guilty to Assault in the First Degree for Abandoning Newborn in Toilet of Motel-Room Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that Tuesday, June 18, Teresa Smith, 23, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig…

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Guilty Plea By Doctor’s Former Office Manager in Oxycodone Pill Scheme Former Office Manager of Goshen Medical Practice Pleads Guilty to Attempted Operating as a Major Trafficker 51,375 Oxycodone Pills, Worth $625,852, Illegally Dispensed Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, Jodee O’Dell, 38, of Goshen, pleaded guilty…

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18 Defendants Charged with Trafficking Heroin, Cocaine and Prescription Medications Goshen, NY – Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler, and Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois, today announced that eighteen defendants have been charged with crimes pertaining to the trafficking of heroin, cocaine, and prescription medications throughout Orange County as part of an enforcement action…

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