FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: MAY 24, 2019
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: NEW PALTZ MAN PLEADS SENTENCED FOR COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A CHILD
Ulrich Arlt, 36, formerly of 15 South Ohioville Road in New Paltz, was sentenced Friday, May 24, 2019, in Ulster County Court. The sentence immediately followed the court issuing a decision not to allow the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea.
The court found that the defendant had not raised any legal basis as to why his plea should be withdrawn and his factual allegations were belied by the court transcript of what transpired at the time of his plea. Arlt was sentenced to seven years in state prison to be followed by 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, and a full “Stay Away” Order of Protection was issued in favor of the victim until May 24, 2034.
Arlt pleaded guilty on 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.
District Attorney Carnright stated, “The law prescribes very limited and very specific circumstances under which defendants are entitled to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty. This defendant did not come close to meeting the standards set by this state and as such was not permitted to further traumatize his victim by taking away the closure and healing which begins when a defendant enters a guilty plea”.
The case was prosecuted by Special Victims Bureau Chief, Katherine R. Van Loan. The defendant was represented by the law firm of Larkin, Ingrassia and Tepermayster, LLP.