Crime & Safety
18 Year Sentence For Child Sexual Abuse For New Windsor Man
The man also faces two decades of post-release supervision.
NEW WINDSOR, NY — An Orange County man will be going to prison for sexually assaulting a child.
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Byron Romero, 36, of New Windsor, was sentenced Monday to 18 years in state prison and 20 years post-release supervision in connection with his guilty plea to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
He admitted he engaged in numerous acts of sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13.
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Hoovler said Romero will have to register as a sex offender before his release from prison.
“This defendant’s vile and outrageous conduct affected the innocent victim of his crime,” Hoovler said.
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“While the conviction and sentence cannot restore what the child has lost,” he said, “it will ensure that this defendant will not be able to victimize anyone again."
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