Sex Offender Assaulted Child After Probation For First Crime

CORTLANDT, NY — A Westchester County judge has sentenced Verplanck resident Kenneth Brody to 74 years in state prison for the sexual assault of a child. At the time of the crime, Brody was a registered Level 2 Sex Offender, having been convicted in 1992 of first-degree sex abuse.

Brody, 57, was arrested by New York state police April 22, 2017, after the victim reported years of abuse in the town of Cortlandt.

The investigation revealed Brody subjected the child to multiple acts of sexual conduct over the course of years, starting when the child was 7 years old and continuing until the child was 13.

According to the New York State Sex Offender registry, Brody's first victim was an 8-year-old boy in Greenburgh. His sentence was five years probation.

He completed his sentence on the first assault in 1998, some years before meeting the most recent victim, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Tuesday.

Brody was convicted Sept. 26, 2018, following a jury trial.

Brody’s sentence is as follows:

• On one count of a Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree, a class B violent felony – 25 years
• On seven counts of Criminal Sexual Acts in the Second Degree, class D violent felonies – 7 years on each count to run consecutively, total 49 years
• On one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, an A misdemeanor – I year merged with the other sentences.

Assistant District Attorneys Paul Stein, Chief of the Child Abuse/Elder Abuse Bureau, and Amit Parab of the Special Prosecutions Division prosecuted the case.

PHOTO: Kenneth Brody/ NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

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