Saugerties man charged with rape upon release from jail

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Saugerties man was arrested on a rape charge. Police said he had sexual contact with a child multiple times over the summer.

Police said Ronald Burris III, 21, was electronically communicating with a 14-year-old girl in early September while he was incarcerated at the Ulster County Jail. Burris was in jail on an unrelated charge. The communication was sexual in nature, according to police.

Police learned that prior to Burris's incarceration, he and the girl had engaged in sexual intercourse on several occasions during the summer.

Burris was scheduled to be released on November 20 on his unrelated charge, but police met him upon his release, arrested him, and charged him with rape in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

He was arraigned in Town of Saugerties Justice Court and sent back to the Ulster County Jail on $30,000 cash bail, $60,000 bond, or $90,000 partially secured bond.