DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: KHS VOLUNTEER CREW COACH SENTENCED FOR RAPE OF TWO STUDENTS AND
CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT
Kevin Quick, 23, of 39 Jockey Hill Road in the Town of Kingston was
sentenced Wednesday, August 13, 2014, in Ulster County Court before Supreme
Court Judge Richard Mott on three counts of Rape in the Third Degree and one
count of Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree, all felonies. Quick received a sentence of ten years of
probation supervision, the first six months of which to be served in the Ulster
County Jail. He will be required to
register under the New York State Sexual Offender Registration Act for at least
twenty years. Additionally, full “Stay
Away” Orders of Protection were issued for each of the victims which will
remain in effect for eight years. On
each of the first and second counts of the indictment (one pertaining to each
of the two victims), the defendant was sentenced to a $5,000 fine and 200 hours
of community service to be completed at a human resources agency determined by
Ulster County Probation Department.
Judge Mott further made it a condition of the defendant’s probation that
he not have contact with either victim for the full duration of his
probation. Quick was ordered to pay
$1,425.00 in court fees. After
sentencing he was not taken into custody as he has already served the jail
portion of his sentence.
In handing down his decision, Judge Mott warned the defendant not to get
into any trouble while on probation as the consequences would be harsh. Probation is a revocable sentence and the
defendant still faces up to sixteen years in state prison should he violate the
terms and conditions of his probation.
The defendant was indicted by an Ulster County Grand Jury on April 1,
2014 following an investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation revealed that the sex with
the fifteen year old occurred at a junior prom party where a number of underage
students were drinking. Quick, age 22,
had also had sexual intercourse with a 17 year old intoxicated student at the
same party.
Prior to imposing sentence, the court reviewed a pre-sentence
investigation report, which contained statements of the victims’ families
outlining the pain, suffering, fear and loss of innocence suffered by them.
At the time of sentence Special Victims Bureau Chief Katherine R. Van
Loan, recommended a state prison sentence of four years on behalf of the People
of the State of New York. This is the
maximum sentence on one count. The
defendant faced up to sixteen years in state prison. Van Loan argued that Quick was known to the
victims, parents and members of the community as a volunteer coach of the Kingston
High School Crew Team for several seasons.
In this position he received the trust and respect of not only the
students but the parents who left their children in his care. This position made him acutely aware of the
ages of these victims. Van Loan pointed
out that Quick had had sexual relations with three members of the crew team in
a two week period, both victims of this case who were under age, and a third
student who was of legal age but visibly intoxicated at the time of the
intercourse. Van Loan conceded the
defendant was not charged with any crime in relation to the third student as it
could not be proven that she was so intoxicated as to be incapable of giving
consent. It was further argued that one
of the underage victims had expressed unwillingness to the act and a Grand Jury
had consequently charged the defendant a different legal theory of Rape in the
Third Degree finding that a reasonable person in the Quick’s situation would
have understood the victim’s words and acts as lack of consent under all
circumstances.
The defendant was represented by Gary Greenwald, Esq. of Chester New
York, who argued that the defendant had been cooperative with the investigation
and admitted his wrongdoing early on.
Greenwald further argued that the defendant was remorseful and had
learned his lesson. Greenwald stated
that a prison sentence would be harsh and unnecessary.
