FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2015
RE: PRESS RELEASE – JAMES STENSON SENTENCE
James Stenson, 28, of Kingston, New York, was sentenced on December 11, 2015 in Ulster County Court to 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison on his convictions to Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the first degree and 1 1/3 to 4 years on his conviction to Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the second degree, said sentences to run consecutively.
Stenson was arrested on November 24, 2014 by NYSP. Defendant communicated with two underage victims, ages 14 and 15, via text message. The defendant admitted sending texts to both girls asking for naked pictures and sending naked pictures of himself to both victims. In addition he admitting sending texts containing references to sexual acts he wanted the victims to engage in.