Father, Son Accused Of Sex Abuse

NEWBURGH, NY — State police arrested a father and son in Newburgh for separate alleged incidents of sex abuse. The Troop F Orange County Child Abuse Unit said Jose Alfredo Enriquez-Sanchez, 29, of Newburgh, was arrested after a joint investigation with the Orange County Child Protective Services for first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanors.

Police said the investigation was into the sexual abuse of a child who was under 13 years of age and a child under 17 years old.

Enriquez-Sanchez was arraigned in the City of Newburgh Court and sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.

During the same investigation, police said it was determined that Enriquez-Sanchez’s father — Jose Alfredo Sanchez, 45, of the same address in Newburgh — also abused another child under the age of 13.

Sanchez was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

He was arraigned in the City of Newburgh Court and sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail or $30,000 bond.

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