FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: MARCH 31, 2017
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: INTRUDER IN BURGLARIES OF SUNY NEW PALTZ STUDENTS PLEADS GUILTY
On Friday, March 31, 2017, Lance Corporal Kevin Guerrero, 20, of the United States Marines stationed in New Windsor, Orange County, pled guilty to Burglary in the Second Degree and Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, both violent felony offenses.
The case stems from an incident on September 4, 2016 in New Paltz when Guerrero unlawfully entered three off campus student residences and attempted to sexually assault the female students therein, while they were asleep.
District Attorney Holley Carnright states “The defendant’s behavior violated all expectations of safety, civility and privacy which our student population should enjoy.” Carnright describes this case as unusual in that this type of crime committed by someone with minimal ties to the community is not commonly seen by his office. Carnright also lauds the New Paltz Police Department for their swift and tireless investigation which identified and located the defendant in a very short period of time.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 14, 2017. 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 Mariann Connolly of the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office.