FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2016
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES
INDICTMENT OF INTRUDER IN BURGLARIES OF SUNY NEW PALTZ STUDENTS
An Ulster County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Thursday,
November 3, 2016, charging Lance Corporal Kevin Guerrero, 20, of the United
States Marines stationed in New Windsor, Orange County, with 3 counts of
Burglary in the Second Degree, 1 count of Attempted Burglary in the Second
Degree, Burglary in the Third Degree and Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. Guerrero is accused of unlawfully entering 3
off campus student residences with intent to commit a crime inside and
attempting to unlawfully enter a fourth with the intent to commit a crime
inside. He is also accused of unlawfully
entering a local business with intent to commit a crime inside and subjecting a
person to sexual contact in one of the residences while that person was asleep.
All offenses are alleged to have occurred in the
early morning hours of September 4, 2016 in the Village of New Paltz. Occupants of all residences were sleeping at
the time of Guerrero’s entry. Guerrero
was arrested on September 7, 2016, following an investigation by the New Paltz
Police Department.
This indictment replaces an Indictment handed up
last week for Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.
Carnright stated that the prior Indictment was handed up for the sole
purpose of statutory deadlines for a person who is incarcerated. He expects this Indictment will conclude the
Grand Jury’s examination into this matter.
Special Victims Bureau, Chief Katherine R. Van Loan,
is handling the case for the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office. The defendant is represented by the Ulster
County Public Defender’s Office.
