Crime & Safety
After Planned Rendezvous, 68-Year-Old Man Charged With Attempted Rape Of A Minor: NYSP
He arranged to meet with a person he thought was a minor in a Middletown motel, according to state police.
MIDDLETOWN, NY — A man who police say traveled to Orange County to abuse a minor has been arrested.
The New York State Police say that the Troop F Computer Crimes Unit, along with the Community Stabilization Unit, arrested 68-year-old Matthew Hersh, of Milton, for allegedly attempting to engage in sexual misconduct with a child.
He was charged with felony second-degree attempted rape, and misdemeanor attempted endangering the welfare of a child.
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State police say the investigation began on Jan. 12, after Hersh allegedly communicated with a person who he believed was a minor, and tried to arrange a meeting to engage in inappropriate sexual conduct.
On January 16, Hersh traveled to a motel in Middletown, where he had agreed to meet the minor.
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Hersh was arrested without incident and taken to New York State Police Middletown for processing.
He was arraigned in the City of Middletown Court, where bail was set at $5,000 cash, $10,000 secured bond, or $10,000 partially secured bond.
Hersh was scheduled to return to the City of Middletown Court on January 21.
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