Times Herald-Record
TOWN OF WALLKILL - A town police sergeant contracted COVID-19 while on duty and has died, in one of the first coronavirus-related line of duty deaths reported in Orange County.
Town of Wallkill Police announced Tuesday the death of Sgt. Barry Weissman, who had been hospitalized for more than two weeks for complications with the novel coronavirus, according to Town Supervisor Frank DenDanto. Weissman succumbed to the virus on Saturday, Jan. 23. He was 70.
DenDanto called the death a “scary” wake-up call. Weissman was one of the first people DenDanto met when he took his post in January 2020, calling the late sergeant a kind, happy man.