FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JANUARY 28, 2019
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: KERHONKSON MAN SENTENCED TO MAXIMUMN SENTENCE FOR ORAL SEX WITH TEEN
Daniel Mikalonis, 27, formerly of Krum Road in Kerhonkson, was sentenced on Friday, January 25, 2019 to 7 years in state prison to be followed by 10 years of post-release supervision, on his conviction of Criminal Sexual Act in the second degree. He also will be required to register under the New York State Sexual Offender Registration Act for a minimum of twenty years and an Order of Protection was issued in favor of the victim until 2044.
The defendant pleaded guilty on October 22, 2018, to the Class “D” violent felony of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree in Ulster County Court. The defendant admitted that in June of 2015, he engaged in oral sexual conduct with a fourteen year old child. The plea took place on the morning a jury was to be selected for trial in this matter.
The defendant was arrested on September 13, 2017, following an investigation by the New York State Police, Ellenville Barracks. The case was prosecuted by Special Victims Bureau Chief, Katherine R. Van Loan. The defendant was represented by the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office.