Rockland County District Attorney Announces Arraignment on Indictment of James Valentine in Sex Abuse Case

District Attorney Thomas Walsh II announces that James Valentine (09/25/1967), of Cornwall on Hudson, New York, was arraigned today, July 10, 2025, before the Honorable Kevin F. Russo in the County Court of Rockland County on an indictment charging him with one count Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree (PL. Sec. 130.80. (1)(b)). He was remanded to the Rockland County Jail without bail pending the next court appearance scheduled for July 30, 2025. Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree is a class D violent felony which is punishable up to seven years in state prison.

It is alleged that the defendant sexually abused a male child from ages 8 to 12 at his former residence in Valley Cottage, New York during the years 2011-2016.

This investigation is being conducted by the New York State Police with assistance from the District Attorney’s Office Special Victims Unit and is an ongoing investigation.

The case is being prosecuted by Supervising Assistant District Attorney Gerard M. Damiani III.

*It should be noted that a criminal complaint is merely an accusation, and that a defendant should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.