ELLENVILLE – It almost sounds like something out of a novel: two people meeting for a tryst late at night in a graveyard, defying the disapproval of family and the community.
In reality, Tom Nolan, 39, violated the order of protection filed against him when he met with his teenaged victim on Monday night at the Fantinekill Cemetery in the Town of Wawarsing. He was arrested on Wednesday by the Ellenville Police Department and charged with criminal contempt in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and was remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail. The violation, however, was enough to result in an application for the revocation of the $25,000 bail he posted in Sullivan County after his initial arrest and felony third degree rape charge on October 22. As of Wednesday evening, the process to complete the bail revocation application was still pending, but when and if it is completed, Nolan will be remanded to the Sullivan County Jail to await his trial. > MORE