Orange County Man Sentenced For 2 Rapes

GOSHEN, NY — An Orange County man was sentenced July 27 for raping two teenage girls. Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said Nicholas McAteer, 46, of Greenwood Lake, had pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree rape and was sentenced to 18 years in prison, to be followed by a period of post-release supervision.

At the time of his guilty plea, McAteer admitted to raping the two girls. The first girl was raped in 2007 when she was 18 years old. The second girl was 15 years old when he raped her in 2011.

The judgment entered against McAteer satisfies an 82-count indictment, involving a series of sexual offenses he committed against the two girls over a number of years.

Hoovler said sex offenses are among the most despicable acts that people can commit against others and can often have profound adverse impacts on victims, especially young ones.

“In my office, we have made it a priority to treat sex offenses involving child victims very seriously, and will seek appropriate, and significant, sentences for those crimes,” he said.

“Today’s sentence will, hopefully, bring some measure of justice and closure to the young people that this defendant victimized, and to their families,” Hoovler said.

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