Dominic Mamaat Faces up to 20 Years in Prison
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Friday, November 14, 2025, Dominic Mamaat, age 46, of New Windsor, pled guilty in the Orange County Court to Rape in the First Degree. At sentencing on February 4, 2026, the People will recommend that he be sentenced to twenty (20) years in prison to be followed by twenty (20) years of post-release supervision. As part of the sentence, Mamaat will also be registered as a sex offender under the New York Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA). At the plea proceedings, Mamaat admitted that in May, 2020 he did engage in sexual intercourse with an individual by forcible compulsion.
After being charged in May, 2020, Mamaat fled the jurisdiction in October, 2020. The Town of New Windsor Police Department, with the assistance of the Hudson Valley FBI Safe Streets Taskforce and the Department of Homeland Security worked tirelessly to locate Mamaat in the Philippines and, in August, 2025, to secure his return to Orange County to answer the charges.
District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of New Windsor Police Department for their investigation which led to the arrest of the defendant. In particular, District Attorney Hoovler thanked Detective Francis Pierri Jr. whose efforts to return the defendant from the Philippines were instrumental. District Attorney Hoovler also thanked the Hudson Valley FBI Safe Streets Taskforce and the Department of Homeland Security for their assistance in locating and returning the defendant.
“Justice, in the form of the police and prosecutors, will seek out and find those responsible for reprehensible and violent crimes in Orange County,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “This case demonstrates the power of the cooperation between and amongst local, federal and international law enforcement agencies. This violent sexual offender was unable to escape punishment despite his best efforts to abscond from the long arm of the law. My Office, together with our law enforcement partners, will never stop seeking to hold sexual predators accountable for their conduct. We will continue to ensure justice is served in these challenging cases.”
The case is being prosecuted by Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Milza.
A criminal charge is merely an allegation by the police that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law, and it is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the State of New York’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
