On October 20, 2026, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) in Cortlandt announced the arrest of Eric Bohler, 33, of Peekskill, New York, for Sexual Abuse in the First Degree: Contact by Forcible Compulsion, a Class D felony.
The investigation began on October 5, 2026, following a report from a victim that Bohler had inappropriately touched them multiple times against their will in the Town of Cortlandt.
Bohler was arraigned in the Town of Cortlandt Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail, a $100,000 bond, or a $250,000 partially secured bond.
Bohler is scheduled to reappear in the Town of Cortlandt Court on October 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. A stay-away order of protection was issued on behalf of the victim.