Fmr. Ossining House Worker Faces Rape Charges

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that a 14 count indictment was unsealed today against Anthony Fontaine.

The defendant was employed as a driver and resident counselor at the Ossining House, a residential group home for disabled adults in Ossining at the time he is accused of numerous and varied sexual attacks including the rape of one of the female residents.

Between October 22nd and December 24th, 2011, the defendant is accused of forcible rape, oral and anal sodomy and sexual abuse with a female victim.

The victim told one of her attendant’s what happened, and an investigation began by the Westchester County Police assisted by the Sex Crimes Bureau of the District Attorney’s Office.

Fontaine was arrested by the Westchester County Police Warrant Squad on June 13, 2012.

Bail was set at $75,000 cash or bond. His next court appearance is July 3, 2012.

The Tuckahoe resident faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in state prison on each of the top counts of the indictment.

Assistant District Attorney Michelle Lopez, Deputy Chief of the Sex Crimes Bureau, is prosecuting the case.

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Fontaine faces the following charges:

•    Three counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, Class “B” Violent Felonies,
•    Two counts of Rape in the First Degree, Class “B” Violent Felonies,
•    Four counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, Class “D” Felonies,
•    Two counts of Rape in the Third Degree, Class “E” Felonies,
•    Three counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree, Class “E” Felonies.

The preceding news release was from the Westchester D.A.