FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: DECEMBER 13, 2018
RE: DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: NEW PALTZ MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A CHILD
Ulrich Arlt, 36, formerly of 15 South Ohioville Road in New Paltz, entered a plea of guilty Wednesday, December 12, 2018, to the Class “D” violent felony of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree in Ulster County Court. The defendant admitted that between August 1, 2015 and November 16, 2017, he engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child who was less than thirteen years old.
The defendant was arrested on May 17, 2018, following an investigation by the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center. He was indicted by an Ulster County Grand Jury on November 14, 2018 for the sole count to which he pled.
The defendant faces a maximum of seven years in state prison to be followed by up to ten years of post-release supervision. He will be required to register under the New York State Sexual Offender Registration Act for a minimum of twenty years.
The case was prosecuted by Special Victims Bureau Chief, Katherine R. Van Loan. The defendant was represented by James Tyner, Esq. of Latham.