Detective Barbara Willen, a Criminal Investigator with the Rockland County District Attorney’s Investigative Unit, recently completed specialized training at the National Computer Forensics Institute in Hoover, Alabama, further strengthening the office’s digital evidence recovery capabilities. Detective Willen successfully completed the one-week course, Introduction to Phone Repair, an intensive program designed to equip law enforcement professionals […]
District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II has announced that on February 24, 2026, Daquan Kelly, 32, Village of Haverstraw, New York, pled guilty to all charges of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, and Resisting Arrest, before the Honorable David M. Ascher. On […]
By Dan Rose, Not every family dealing with a parent’s cognitive decline needs to file for guardianship. In fact, New York law insists that they shouldn’t, at least not as a first move. The courts have made it abundantly clear that Article 81 guardianship is designed as a last resort, not a starting point. Before […]
Small business owners rarely expect to end up in court. A disputed contract or employee grievance can escalate quickly. That kind of situation can piral faster than you might think. Most litigation stems from preventable missteps. Poor documentation creates problems. Delayed responses make things worse. The choices you make early on often determine the outcome. […]
At the direction of Chief Hyman, the Special Operations Unit has been conducting targeted enforcement details at locations identified as sites of prior pedestrian-involved motor vehicle crashes. These locations are selected based on crash data and traffic safety analysis, with the goal of reducing repeat incidents and improving overall pedestrian safety. As part of this […]
On January 22, 2026, at approximately 4:39 p.m., the Spring Valley Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive infant at 18 White Street. Officers arrived within minutes and encountered an adult female holding an unresponsive six-month-old child. Lifesaving measures were immediately initiated, and the child was transported to a local hospital, where the […]
