According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Chief…

According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Derrick O'Meara, who is the Director of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, a Town of Marshall man has been arrested for having sexual contact with an underage female child.

The investigation began on May 18, 2022, when the Child Advocacy Center was notified that an adult male had subjected a 15-year-old female child to sexual contact. The case was assigned to Sheriff’s Investigator Mark R. Chrysler.

Investigator Chrysler’s investigation revealed that 36-year-old Jody A. Hartle Jr. had subjected the child to sexual contact in the beginning of May 2022.

On May 20, 2022, Investigator Chrysler, who was assisted by the Sheriff’s Sgt. Melissa Bolton and Investigator Tyler Barnes, as well as Sheriff’s Road Patrol Sgt. Stephen Manley and Deputy Brian Warcup, arrested Hartle Jr. at his residence in the Town of Marshall.

After the arrest, Hartle was transported to the Sheriff’s Office where he was processed and charged with one count of Rape in the 3rd Degree, a class E Felony. After processing, he was taken to the Sheriff’s Correctional Facility where he was arraigned at CAP Court and held on $15,000 cash bail, $30,000 bond.

Services have been offered to the victim and an order of protection was issued on behalf of the child.