GOSHEN – Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown has created and will be presiding over a Veterans Treatment Court in Goshen.
County Executive Steven Neuhaus said the court will address the unique needs of former service members.
“For non-violent offenses, if you are a veteran and get into some type of circumstance that maybe based on your traumatic experience of service, you will be able to be given help and maybe a break,” he said.
Neuhaus said the new program, which was launched on Wednesday, will hopefully keep the veterans from cycling back through the justice system.
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