LIBERTY – A 26-year-old man was arrested this week by Village of Liberty for allegedly raping a juvenile.
Paul Gonzalez, of Liberty, was charged with four counts of rape in the second degree disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child. Police initiated an investigation into an adult male believed to be unlawfully in the company of a juvenile at a local motel on Tuesday.
Officers located both the juvenile and Gonzalez, who was taken into custody without incident. The juvenile was safely secured and transported to Catskill Garnett for evaluation.
Gonzalez was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court before the Honorable Judge Johnstone and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bail, $750,000 bond, or a $2.25 million partially secured bond. He is scheduled to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a future date. The Village of Liberty Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office Cyber Investigations Unit.
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