Middletown man sentenced to 10 years in prison for guilty plea in child rape case
GOSHEN - A Middletown man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a child.
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said the defendant, Liborio Nieto, 28, of Middletown, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, followed by 10 years of post-release supervision.
Nieto previously pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, a felony.
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According to Hoovler, Nieto admitted in court that, being 18 years of age or older, he engaged in sexual intercourse with a child who was less than 13 years old.
"The sexual abuse of a child is always an intolerable crime that deserves appropriate criminal consequences," Hoovler said in a statement released by his office. "The sentence imposed in this case will ensure this offender is unable to victimize another child."
The name of Nieto's attorney was not immediately available.
Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com
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