Orange County Man Accused Of Forcible Touching

MONTGOMERY, NY — A Montgomery man was arrested for having inappropriate contact with a minor.

State Police said Ransford Perry, 68, of Montgomery, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and forcible touching, both misdemeanors.

Police investigation found that Perry inappropriately touched a victim who was under the age of 17 in October 2016.

He was arraigned in the Town of New Windsor Court and sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail.

Perry is scheduled to return to court April 11.

Under New York State law, a person is guilty of forcible touching when he or she intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly touches the sexual or other intimate parts of another person for the purpose of degrading or abusing such person or for the purpose of gratifying the actor’s sexual desire. It is also an element of this offense that the sexual act was committed without consent. Forcible touching takes place without a person’s consent when it results from any circumstances in which a person does not expressly or impliedly acquiesce to the actor’s conduct.

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Photo caption: Ransford Perry. Photo credit: NYSP.