Sex With 16YO Sends Peekskill Man To Prison For Six Years

PEEKSKILL, NY — A 38-year-old Peekskill man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for raping a teenager.

A 16-year-old reported to the Peekskill Police Department in January that she had been raped by William Arias-Abril. The conduct began in May 2018 and continued until January 2019.

When Arias-Abril became aware that the victim went to the police, he fled to Connecticut. On Jan. 16, Peekskill police officers, along with the FBI NY Safe Streets Taskforce and members of the Danbury Police Department, arrested him in Danbury, Connecticut.

Arias-Abril was taken into custody and he waived extradition to New York Jan. 29. He pleaded guilty May 21, to two counts of Rape in the Third Degree, class E felonies. Westchester County Court Judge Susan Cacace handed down the sentence July 16.

He was sentenced to three years in state prison on each count to run consecutively, County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Amit Parab of the Special Prosecutions Division.