FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2019
RE: PRESS RELEASE – Michael Park sentence
Michael Park, 40, formerly of Old Mine Road in the Town of Rochester, was sentenced Thursday, October 10, 2019, to seven years in state prison to be followed by ten years of post-release supervision on his conviction to Course of Sexual Conduct with a child. He will be required to register under the New York State Sexual Offender Registration Act for a minimum of twenty years. Additionally, an Order of Protection was issued and will remain in effect until October 9, 2044.
Park pleaded guilty on Wednesday August 14, 2019 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 September 1, 2014 and June 30, 2018, he engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child who was less than thirteen years old.
The defendant was arrested following an investigation by the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center.
District Attorney Carnright stated, “Having a computer crimes specialist in this office is critical to the success of many prosecutions dealing with crimes against children. This case was the first examination conducted by District Attorney Investigator Robert Klein and his expertise proved invaluable.”
The case was prosecuted by Special Victims Bureau Chief, Katherine R. Van Loan. The defendant was represented by Herman Kaufman, Esq. of the firm H. Kaufman Associates in Brooklyn.