Poughkeepsie Man Sentenced In ‘Pure Evil’ Child Sex Abuse Case: DA

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — A 59-year-old local man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two young children, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office.

After he serves his prison sentence, Natalio Figueroa will be on supervised release for another two decades and must register as a sex offender.

District Attorney Anthony Parisi called Figueroa a “predator.”

“Today’s outcome ensures that this predator will not walk free for a very long time,” Parisi said, in a press release.

“This defendant committed acts of pure evil — calculated, predatory abuse that shattered the innocence of two defenseless children,” Parisi said. “The trauma these victims endured is unimaginable, and no sentence can truly measure the devastation left behind.”

Figueroa pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted rape and second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child. The abuse happened in Poughkeepsie, according to prosecutors.

In pleading guilty, Figueroa admitted he attempted to engage in sexual intercourse with a child under age 13 in October 2019. He also admitted to engaging in more than two acts of sexual conduct with another child under age 11 between 2014 and 2017, according to the district attorney’s office.