NORWICH – Chenango County Court was in session during the morning hours of Monday, May 23 to hear the case of a prior felon accused of attempted sexual assault of a minor.

Jared S. Quackenbush, 20, appeared with his assigned public defender Aaron Dean.

First Assistant District Attorney Michael D. Ferrarese was present in court to represent the people of Chenango County, while the Honorable Judge Frank B. Revoir Jr. presided over the case.

Quackenbush, a predicate felon, was previously convicted of attempted burglary in the second degree, a class D felony, on March 16, 2015. It’s alleged that Quackenbush, along with a 17-year-old accomplice, broke into a residence in the City of Norwich in September of 2014 where they proceeded to steal various items, including a safe, a silver watch, an AK-47, two 20-round 7.62 caliber magazines, 500 rounds of 7.62 caliber ammunition, a pasta machine and different types of medications. Following his guilty plea, he received a split sentence of six months incarceration at the county jail and five years probation with drug and alcohol conditions.

Quackenbush was further indicted in February of 2016 on charges of sexual abuse in the first degree, a class D felony; forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor; and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor. The charges alleged that Quackenbush, on December 28, 2015, while in the Town of North Norwich, subjected a 15-year-old female to sexual contact by forcibly holding her down and touching her inappropriately.