NYSP Child Abuse Unit Charges Orange County Man With 10 Felony Counts Related To Child Exploitation

DEERPARK, NY — An Orange County man has been accused of sexually exploiting a child, after a joint investigation.

New York State Police say that the Child Abuse Unit in Orange County arrested 31-year-old Ronald Babcock, of the City of Port Jervis, after an investigation into allegations that the grown man had sexual communications with a 14-year-old girl over the phone.

The Deerpark Police Department said that they received little cooperation from the victim's parents, who did not intervene and allowed the phone contact to continue. The department then filed a report with the NYS Central Registry, leading to a joint investigation by the NYSP Child Abuse Unit and Orange County Child Protective Services.

As a result of the investigation, the following charges were presented to, and indicted by, a grand jury: two felony counts of use of a child in a sexual performance, eight felony counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child, and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.

A warrant was then issued for Babcock's arrest.

On Friday, Babcock was arrested by the Child Abuse Unit and the City of Port Jervis Police Department on the indictment warrant. He was taken to SP Greenville for processing without incident.

Babcock was arraigned at the Orange County Court and remanded to the Orange County Jail with bail set at $35,000, bond set at $250,000, and a partially secured bond set at $300,000. He is scheduled to appear in Orange County Court on November 25.