'Operation Summer Rush' Nabs 11 Inmates Violating Orders Of Protection From Jail: Sheriff

ULSTER COUNTY, NY — Inmates who used phones in the Ulster County Jail to reach out and touch someone they were not supposed to are now facing the consequences.

Beginning in May, members of the Corrections Intelligence Unit started a probe into inmates in the Ulster County Jail believed to be violating active orders of protection through prohibited phone contact.

The Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Initiative investigation was conducted with the Ulster County District Attorney's Office through the end of August and resulted in the arrests of 11 inmates on both felony and misdemeanor charges.

The inmates arrested include:

• Daizjon Conners (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Jesse Cruise (aggravated family offense)
• Mary Dellinger (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Betty Lou Kastanis (second-degree criminal contempt)
• William Knape (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Antoine Lacey (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Earl Morgan (fist-degree criminal contempt)
• Sean Peck (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Daniel Towne (aggravated family offense)
• Rebecca Wilson (second-degree criminal contempt)
• Christopher Yonnetti (aggravated family offense)