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DA Hoovler Announces Release of Grand Jury Report Concerning Village Election
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Release of Grand Jury Report Concerning Village Election Orange County Grand Jury Investigated HowAbsentee Ballots were Handled During a Village’s 2023 Election Report Contains Findings as to What Caused Issues with the Absentee Ballots, Along with Recommendations as to How That Village, and Others, can Avoid Similar Issues A Copy of the Grand Jury Report is Available at: https://www.orangecountygov.com/DocumentCenter/View/33058 District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that an Orange County Grand Jury has issued a report containing its...
District Attorney Hoovler and the Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System Announce that the Orange County Veteran Suicide Prevention Coalition will be atthe Thruway Sporting Goods Annual Fishing Eventto Distribute Veteran information.
District Attorney Hoovler and the Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System Announce that the Orange County Veteran Suicide Prevention Coalition will be at the Thruway Sporting Goods Annual Fishing Event to Distribute Veteran information. District Attorney Hoovler joined Hudson Valley VAHealthcare System to create a Coalition to Prevent Veterans from Committing Suicide in November 2021 District Attorney David M. Hoovler, and both Carl LoFaro and Lenox Okall from the Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System announced...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Guilty Plea in Sexual Assault of Two Children
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Guilty Plea in Sexual Assault of Two Children Kevin Cholula Faces up to 20 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, February 27, 2025, Kevin Cholula, age 31, of New Windsor, pled guilty in Orange County Court to two counts of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First...
DA Hoovler: Repeat Port Jervis Drug Dealer Expected to Receive 6 Year Sentence
District Attorney Hoovler: Repeat Port Jervis Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty Enido Rumaldo Pled Guilty to Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree Defendant Expected to be Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, February 26, 2025, Enido Rumaldo, 21, of Port Jervis, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Criminal Sale of a Controlled...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Prison Sentence in Newburgh Gun Case
Israel Brown Previously Pled Guilty to Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, February 24, 2025, Israel Brown, age 23, of Newburgh, was sentenced in Orange County Court to five and one half (5.5) years in prison to be followed by five (5) years of post-release supervision relative to his previously guilty plea...
District Attorney Hoovler Details Prison Sentence for Operation Hot Lunch Defendant
District Attorney Hoovler Detail Prison Sentence for Operation Hot Lunch Defendant Russell Knight Previously Pled Guilty to Narcotics and Conspiracy Charges Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Monday, March 3, 2025, Russell Knight, age 46, of Newburgh, was sentenced by the Honorable Craig Stephen Brown in Orange County Court to an aggregate term of five (5) to ten (10) years in prison...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Burglary Plea for Serial Recidivist
Jason Simpson Pled Guilty to Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree Four-time Felon Expected to be Sentenced to 12 Years to Life inPrison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, February 24, 2025, Jason Simpson, 44, of Middletown, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at...
District Attorney Hoovler: Defendant Pleads Guilty in Assault of Train Conductor
Damarion Gulley Pled Guilty to Assault in the Second Degree and Bail Jumping in the Second Degree District Attorney’s Office to Recommend 4-6 Year Prison Sentence Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, February 20, 2025, Damarion Gulley, 24, of Wallkill, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Assault in the Second Degree and Bail Jumping in the Second Degree for having assaulted an MTA train...
District Attorney Hoovler Details Plea in Middletown Gun Case
Dylan Saldana Pled Guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree Defendant Faces up to 8 Year Prison Sentence Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, February 24, 2025, Dylan Saldana, 18, of Middletown, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at the time...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Plea in Wallkill Embezzlement
Meghan Henesy Pled Guilty to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree Defendant Admitted to Stealing $127,000 from Former Employer Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, February 24, 2025, Meghan Henesy, 46, of Panama City, Florida, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at the time that Henesy pled...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Indictment in Chester Carjacking
Edward Keegan arraigned on charges including Robbery in the Second Degree for forcibly stealing a woman’s car in a Chester shopping center parking lot. Defendant remanded to jail in lieu of bail in the amount of $100,000.00 cash, or $200,000.00 secured bond, or $400,000.00 partially secured bond. Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, February 25,...
David M. Hoovler Announces Reelection Campaign for Orange County District Attorney
Orange County, N.Y. – Feb. 24, 2025 – David M. Hoovler has officially announced that he will seek reelection as Orange County District Attorney, reinforcing his steadfast commitment to justice, public safety, and responsible governance. Hoovler has been endorsed by both the Orange County Republican and Conservative Committees, further solidifying...
District Attorney Hoovler: Newburgh Man Sentenced to Additional 15 Years for Gun Conviction
District Attorney Hoovler: Newburgh Man Sentenced to Additional 15 Years for Gun Conviction Ziquan Jenkins was Previously Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Robbery and Gun Convictions Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Ziquan Garfield Jenkins, age 23, of Newburgh, was sentenced in the Orange County Court before the Honorable Craig Stephen Brown to fifteen...
DA Hoovler Announces Annual DWI Enforcement Training Conference
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Annual DWI Enforcement Training Conference April Training Event is Co-Sponsored by OCDA and Aims to Enhance DWI Enforcement and Prosecution Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that the District Attorney’s Office has co-sponsored a DWI Training Conference for sworn law enforcement officers, assistant district attorneys, toxicologists, and any other related professionals on...
DA David Hoovler Announces the Fifth Orange County Youth Fishing Derby
“Get Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs” Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler on Tuesday,February 18, 2025, announced the launch of the fifth Orange County District Attorney’s Office Youth Fishing Derby. The Derby will run from April 1, 2025, through September 7, 2025,and is open to children between the ages of four and eighteen who are children...
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler Announces 20 Year Sentence in Arson of Trooper’s Home
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler Announces 20 Year Sentence in Arson of Trooper’s Home Tyler Williams Previously Pled Guilty to Arson in the Second Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that Tyler Williams, 26, of Middletown, was sentenced by the Honorable Craig Stephen Brown in Orange County Court to twenty (20) years in prison to be followed by five...