The case’s prosecution comes amid the county’s plan to build an $8.3 million shelter, efforts by Rockland Green (formerly the Rockland County Solid West Authority) to take over operations of the shelter, and an upcoming need to renegotiate their contracts with the county’s towns. In January, DiBernardo, 51, was indicted by a Rockland County grand jury for offering a false means of filing in the first degree and 17 counts of falsifying business records in the second degree (17 counts). The papers say the grand jury relies on the testimony of a health department employee and a former shelter manager, not the contract or letters from the county attorney explaining the terms of the contract between Hi-Tor and Rockland County. Shelter that guides the intake of animals at Hi-Tor Animal Shelter in Pomona. His evidence on interpretation had predicted. In a court filing last week, criminal defense attorney Gerard Damiani, who is asking for his client’s case to be dismissed on a number of grounds, said the grand jury was misled because the DA had mishandled contractual obligations between the county and the county.
He alleged that the omission of vital evidence resulted in a misguided indictment. Lawyers representing High-Tor Animal Shelter Board Chairman Debbie DiBernardo in a criminal indictment accused of filing false documents the Rockland County District Attorney’s office provided false and misleading information to the grand jury. Defense counsel asks court to dismiss the case on three grounds
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