Berne sex abuser arrested for rape

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 22:06

BERNE — A Berne man who was arrested last week in relation to a sex-abuse investigation has been charged with additional crimes, including rape, after further investigation, police say.

John E. McIntyre, 31, was charged on Thursday with one count of second-degree rape, a felony, for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to a report from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

McIntyre, who lives at 1755 Helderberg Trail, is a Level 2 registered sex offender; the state sets three levels with Level 2 representing a moderate risk of repeat offense.

Sheriff’s Chief Deputy William Rice told The Enterprise on Thursday that the victim gave testimony and provided evidence on Wednesday. McIntyre was also charged with an additional count of failing to register an email account.

McIntyre had been arrested and sent to jail on Oct. 12 after he was initially charged with two counts of failing to register social-media accounts that he used to communicate with the girl, as well as one count each of forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors.

Due to McIntyre’s previous conviction of failing to register an address change in 2015, he is in violation of the Sex Offender Registration Act, making his three additional counts of failing to register felonies.

McIntyre had applied for bail, and was granted a $10,000 bail charge Thursday morning in Albany County Court, which he then posted, said Rice. He was arraigned in Berne Town Court on the new charges on Thursday and brought back to Albany County’s jail without bail.

A preliminary hearing has been set in Berne Town Court for Monday night, but Rice expects that the case will be moved to Albany County Court should McIntyre apply for bail again and have either the same bail or a new amount charged.

McIntyre had been convicted in 2006 for sexual contact with an 8-year-old two years before while living in Cohoes. He moved to the town of Knox in 2007 before eventually moving to 1755 Helderberg Trail in Berne, across from the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Elementary School and adjacent to the Berne Public Library.

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