A 55-year-old Chichester man was arrested Monday on burglary and other charges and jailed.
According to a brief statement from the Shandaken Police Department, Randy J. Ostrander was arrested at 6:40pm on Monday, June 10. He faces charges of second-degree burglary, forcible touching and second-degree stalking.
Ostrander was arraigned in Shandaken town court and remanded to the custody of the Ulster County Sheriff's Department on $30,000 cash bail or $60,000 bond.
Several calls to Shandaken police for more information on the circumstances of Ostrander's arrest were not returned. The New York State Police, who assisted with the case, declined to release any information since the case fell under the jurisdiction of Shandaken police.
Ostrander, a former candidate for Shandaken town board who ran for election and lost in 2009, was arrested in 2012 on a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge after a starving horse was found under his care. In a separate case in 2011, he was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal mischief and harassment.
