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LIVINGSTON — A 66-year-old Chatham man is being held on charges that he sexually abused two young children in the village of Chatham, according to state police at Livingston.
Police arrested Franklin Tanaka Thursday and charged him with two counts of felony sex abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor
Police said Tanaka sexually abused two children, both of whom are under 7. The abuse did not occur at the victims’ home, according to police.
The arrest was the result of a monthlong investigation by state police, the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office and the Chatham Police Department.
Tanaka appeared in Ghent Town Court before Justice David Harrison and was sent to the Columbia County Jail without bail.
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