FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JANUARY 29, 2018
RE: JEAN CARLOS COLON SENTENCE
Jean Carlos Colon, 23, of 5 Glass Street in Ellenville, was sentenced Monday, January 29, 2018 in Ulster County Court to twenty two years to be served in the care and custody of the New York State Department of Corrections followed by twenty years of post-release supervision. The defendant will also be required to register under the New York State Sexual Offender Registration Act for the remainder of his life and an Order of Protection was issued in favor of the victim and two members of her household which will remain in effect until January 29, 2048. Mandatory fines and fees were also imposed.
Colon pled guilty on November 9, 2017 to the Class “B” violent offense of Rape in the First Degree in satisfaction of a two count Indictment which also included the Class “C” violent offense of Burglary in the Second Degree. Colon admitted that he engaged in sexual intercourse with the victim by forcible compulsion on June 23, 2017 after breaking into the victim’s home in the Village of Ellenville.
The defendant was arrested on the day of the offense after an investigation by the Ellenville Police Department with assistance from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Police Forensic Identification Unit and the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office which commenced with a 911 call by the victim. The defendant was found a few hours later at a bus stop.
Colon was arrested in May, weeks before this incident for another forcible sex crime against a different victim in Ellenville but both felony and misdemeanor charges arising out of that incident were dismissed by a previous Grand Jury.
Special Victims Bureau Chief Katherine R. Van Loan, handled the prosecution for the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.
The defendant was represented by Russel Schindler, Esq. of the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office.