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DA Hoovler Outlines work with VA Healthcare System
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 Outdoor Show 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 that the Orange...
DA Hoovler Details Four Recent Gun Convictions
District Attorney Hoovler Reiterates Commitment to Prosecution of Illegally Possessed Guns Four Recent Convictions for Weapons Possession with Significant Prison Sentences Imposed or Expected One Persistent Violent Felony Offender Expected to be Sentenced to 12 Years to Life in Prison On September 5, 2025, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler detailed the recent convictions of...
DA Hoovler Announces 12 Year Sentence in Newburgh Shooting
District Attorney Hoovler Announces 12 Year Sentence in Newburgh Shooting Jason Brown Previously Pled Guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Jason Brown, age 33, of Newburgh, was sentenced in the Orange County Court to twelve (12) years in prison to be followed by five (5)...
District Attorney Hoovler: Repeat Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty, Faces 10 Years
District Attorney Hoovler: Repeat Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty, Faces 10 Years Joshua Conklin Pled Guilty to Two Counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Monday, September 15, 2025, Joshua Conklin, 39, of Port Jervis, pled guilty in Orange County Court to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree. Under...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Indictment in Brutal Newburgh Kidnapping
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Indictment in Brutal Newburgh Kidnapping Joseph Menefee Charged with Kidnapping in the First Degreeand Related Charges Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Joseph Menefee, age 56, of Newburgh, was arraigned in Orange County Court on an indictment charging him with Kidnapping in the First Degree, Predatory Sexual Assault (2 counts), Rape in...
District Attorney David M. HoovlerDescribes the Remarkable Work of the Hudson Valley Arson and Explosives Task Force in Year One
Orange County District Attorney David M. HoovlerDescribes the Remarkable Work of the Hudson Valley Arson and Explosives Task Force in Year One Regional Initiative Created in Conjunction with the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives in 2024 to Facilitate Criminal Prosecution of Fire, Arson, and Explosives Cases Orange County District...
DA Hoovler Announces Jury Trial Conviction in Major Narcotics Trafficking Case
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Jury Trial Conviction for Operating as a Major Trafficker, Narcotics and Weapons Offences Thedford Browning Faces up to 25 Years to Life in Prison Seventeenth Major Trafficking case brought by the District Attorney’s Office ends in Conviction after Trial on all Counts Defendant convicted of possessing over 3 Kilograms of Cocaine and 2 illegal...
DA Hoovler Details Plea in New Windsor Armed Robbery
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Plea in New Windsor Armed Robbery Joseph Rico Pled Guilty to Robbery in the First Degree Defendant Faces up to 15 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Joseph Rico, 50, of Poughkeepsie, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Robbery in the First Degree. Under the plea agreement announced on the record at the time...
DA Hoovler Announces 13 Year Sentence in Port Jervis Kidnapping Case
District Attorney Hoovler Announces 13 Year Sentence in Port Jervis Kidnapping Francisco Ceballos-Rosario Previously Pled Guilty to Kidnapping in the Second Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, Francisco Ceballos-Rosario, age 44, of Port Jervis, was sentenced in Orange County Court to thirteen (13) years in prison to be followed by five (5)...
DA Hoovler Urges Safe and Cautious Driving over Labor Day Weekend
District Attorney Hoovler Urges Safe and Cautious Driving Over Labor Day and as Children Return to School Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler urged members of the public to exercise caution and diligence on our County roads over the Labor Day Weekend and as our children soon return to school. Vehicular traffic on area roadways is likely...
DA Hoovler Announces 6 Year Sentence on Drug Sale Case
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Prison Sentence for Recidivist Drug Dealer Raymond Burnett Previously Pled Guilty to Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the ThirdDegree Defendant Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Raymond Burnett, 48, of Middletown, was sentenced in Orange County Court to six (6) years in prison to be followed by three (3) years of post-release supervision relative to...
DA Hoovler: 15 Year Sentence for Parolee Convicted of Gun Possession
District Attorney Hoovler Announces 15 Year Prison Sentence for Parolee Convicted by Jury of Possessing a Loaded Gun Justin Babik convicted after trial of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second and Fourth Degrees Defendant sentenced to 15 Years in Prison and 5 Years Post-Release Supervision Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday August 26, 2025, Justin Babik, age 47, of Goshen, was sentenced to...
District Attorney Hoovler: recidivist Middletown Drug Dealer sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
District Attorney Hoovler: recidivist Middletown Drug Dealer sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Leslie Neilson Sentenced to Seven (7) Years in Prison for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on August 26, 2025, Leslie Neilson, 34, of Middletown, was sentenced to seven (7) years in prison to be followed by three (3) years post-release supervision. On May 6,...
Jury Trial Conviction in Newburgh Robbery
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Jury Trial Conviction in Newburgh Robbery Robert Smith Convicted of Robbery in the Second Degree Defendant Faces up to 15 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, August 7, 2025, Robert Smith, age 54, of Newburgh, was convicted after a jury trial in the Orange County Court of Robbery in the Second Degree. Smith faces up to fifteen (15)...
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Jury Trial Conviction in Newburgh Robbery of Child
District Attorney Hoovler Announces Jury Trial Conviction in Newburgh Robbery of Child Jamar Murry-El Convicted of All Charges, Including Robbery in the Third Degree Defendant Faces up to 3.5 - 7 Years in Prison Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, August 14, 2025, Jamar Murry-El, age 31, of Newburgh, was convicted after a jury trial in the Orange County Court of all charges against him, Robbery in the Third Degree, Grand Larceny in the...
20 Year Sentence for Sexual Assault
District Attorney Hoovler: 20 Year Sentence for Sexual Assault of Two Children Kevin Cholula Previously Pled Guilty to Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, August 14, 2025, Kevin Cholula, age 31, of New Windsor, was sentenced in Orange County Court to twenty (20) years in prison, to...