Grimm

MONTICELLO – A 39-year-old man, who pled guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl on two occasions, was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in state prison.

Raymond Grimm of Livingston Manor was also sentenced by Judge Frank LaBuda in Sullivan County Court to five years post release supervision on convictions for Rape in the First Degree and Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, both violent felonies.

Grimm was arrested on June 14, 2007 after an investigation by the Sullivan County Family Violence Response Team.

Grimm pled guilty on September 14, 2007 to having sexual intercourse and oral sexual contact with the girl on two separate occasions in Livingston Manor during the summer and fall of 2006.

At that time, a plea bargain called for a recommended sentence of 18 years in state prison with five years’ post release supervision with a waiver of appeal.

According to Chief Assistant District Attorney James Farrell, after the plea Grimm attempted to withdraw his plea and in a pre-sentence report denied responsibility for the criminal acts he admitted under oath to Judge LaBuda. That put his plea bargain and the recommended sentence in jeopardy.

Farrell urged the Court to reject the negotiated sentence because Grimm failed to show remorse and accept responsibility for the sexual acts committed on the young child as was specifically required under the plea agreement.

Farrell recommended that the Court impose a sentence of 25 years in state prison on each count with the sentences to run consecutively for a total of 50 years.

In a ruling issued Wednesday, LaBuda agreed with the District Attorney and threw out the previously negotiated sentence and sentenced the defendant to 50 years in state prison for violating a specific condition of the plea agreement. Grimm will be required to serve six-sevenths, or 85.7 percent of the sentence before being eligible for release.