A Yates County foster parent has again been indicted on sexual abuse charges.
The Yates County District Attorney’s Office reports 48-year-old Ronald Chilson was indicted on January 21st in Yates County Supreme Court on eight charges, including two counts of Rape in the Third Degree, two counts of Criminal Sexual Act 3: Actor 21 Years Old or More/Victim Less Than 17 Years, two counts of Incest-3rd Degree: Engage in Sexual Conduct with Related Person, one count Endangering the Welfare Incompetent/Physically Disabled Person 1st and one count Forcible Touching – Touch Sexual/Intimate Parts of Another Person.
The Dundee resident was indicted last July on two counts of Sexual Abuse 1st: Contact W/Victim Less Than 13/Defendant 21 Or Older, one count Criminal Sexual Act 1st Degree: Victim Physically Helpless, one count Criminal Sex Act-2: Oral/Anal Sex-Actor 18 Years or More/Victim Under 15 and one count Course of Sexual Conduct Against A Child- 2nd Degree.
According to District Attorney Todd Casella, all of the charges against Chilson stem from the abuse of children under his care as a therapeutic foster parent or adoptive parent between 2022 and 2023.
“While the victims and witnesses in this matter, or of any crime, should call 911 in an emergency, there are additional resources available to report suspected crimes against children,” said Casella. “To Report Abuse or Neglect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anonymously, call the New York State Central Registry Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-342-3720.”
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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