HV Man Has Sex With 10-Year-Old: DA

PORT JERVIS, NY — A Middletown man was accused of having sex with a 10-year-old child.

Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Tuesday that Dylan M. Benner, 21, of Middletown, was charged with predatory sexual assault against a child, a felony.

He was arraigned in the Centralized Arraignment Part and sent to the Orange County Jail without bail.

Police said, on Aug. 1, Benner solicited a 10-year-old female child online and then met the child in Port Jervis, where he had sexual intercourse with the child.

He was arrested Thursday, authorities said.

The City of Port Jervis Police Department investigated the incident, with the assistance of the New York State Police Troop F Forensic Identification Unit, the Orange County Child Advocacy Center, the Orange County Child Abuse Unit and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Police said anyone with information related to this case, or with any other relevant information related to the defendant, to come forward and call the Port Jervis Police Department at 845-856-5101.