District Attorney Hoovler Announces State Prison Sentence In Port Jervis Shooting Case Defendant who Shot Two Teenagers on a Port Jervis Street Corner Sentenced to Thirteen Years in State Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler, announced that on Monday, June 21, 2021 Mario Mateos, age 22, of Middletown was sentenced by Orange County…

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On June 8, 2021, Port Jervis City Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group executed two warrants at apartments #26 and #28 located at the Port Jervis Townhouses at 111 Ryan Street in the City’s 3rd Ward. Steven Velez, a/k/a “Shooter,” age 30, of 111 Ryan Street, Port Jervis, New York, was…

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After Eight-Month Investigation, Defendant Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Man Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, June 10, 2021, Joshua Williams, 31, of Newburgh, has been charged with crimes including Murder in the Second Degree. The charges were filed in connection with the fatal shooting of a man…

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Defendant Arraigned on Perjury Charges Related to Shooting Outside Wallkill Restaurant Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, that Eric Rivera, Age 30, of Middletown, was arraigned before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown on an indictment charging him with the felony of Perjury in the First Degree,…

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Robert Haskell and Timothy Smith, the Last of Four Defendants Charged in Connection with the Kidnapping and Homicide of Man in the Town of Goshen on December 18, 2019, Plead Guilty to Manslaughter Charges Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Friday, June 4, 2021, Robert Haskell, 55, Timothy Smith, 37, both…

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District Attorney David Hoovler and Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois Announce Countywide Narcotics Enforcement Action Seventeen Defendants Charged with Trafficking Drugs, Including Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and Prescription Medications Defendant Charged After Selling Controlled Substances to Woman Who Subsequently Dies as the Result of a Narcotics Overdose Goshen, NY – Orange County District Attorney David M….

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City of Newburgh Man Sentenced to total of Seventeen Years in State Prison for Stabbing Woman, Setting her Residence on Fire, and Assaulting an Inmate in the Jail Defendant had been Released with No bail for Assaulting Same Woman Two Days Earlier Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, May 25,…

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Training Officers in Strategies to Help Defuse Potentially Violent Situations Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Thursday, May 13, 2021, that his Office is sponsoring training for police officers on de-escalation strategies, designed to teach police officers how to defuse situations before those situations can become violent. Four two-hour sessions of the…

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Members of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC) hold event with others to bring awareness to the issue of Tax Fraud in the construction industry. Tax Fraud Days of Action Events to Occur Between April 14 and April 17, 2021 Each year Tax Fraud in the construction industry costs Americans $8.4 billion….

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Defendant Shot Two Teenagers on a Port Jervis Street Corner Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler, on Thursday, April 15, 2021, announced the guilty plea in Orange County Court of Mario Mateos, age 22, of Middletown, in connection with a September 21, 2020, Port Jervis shooting incident. Mateos pled guilty to one count of…

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