Prosecutor's son charged with rape

By: Staff and wire reports

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:22 AM EDT

The 22-year-old son of the Cortland County District Attorney has been charged with statutory rape in the town of Skaneateles.
State police said Robert Suben, of 90 Tompkins St., Cortland, is charged with third-degree rape for allegedly having consensual sex with a 16-year-old girl in a Skaneateles home on May 23. Suben is charged with statutory rape because the age of consent in New York state is 17.

Suben is the son of Cortland Count District Attorney Mark Suben.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Tuesday his office is treating the case like any other rape investigation.

Suben was arraigned in the Town of Marcellus Court and released on his own recognizance to reappear in the Town of Skaneateles Court at a later date.

The Oneida County Child Advocacy Center assisted in the investigation, troopers said.

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Gbucks2009 wrote on Jun 24, 2009 10:06 PM:

" I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOUS ON THIS MATTER!! "

streetcat wrote on Jun 24, 2009 8:00 PM:

" Journalists ought to have an ethical compass when writing their headlines. Rape is an act of violence and sexual assault. A 22 year old having sex with a willing 17 year old is not violence or assault. It may be against the law but it should not be called rape and headlines shouldn't say a 22 year old who had sex with a 17 year old raped her. "

ruforreal wrote on Jun 24, 2009 2:57 PM:

" This is a joke - it's a technicality but a pretty darn good one if someone is trying to target somebody - it was consensual - she was 16 probably looked 21 like every 16 year old does. My definition of rape is when you have sex with somebody without their consent regardless of their age. When I see these kinds of arrests it's almost an abuse of the system. Scan through the sex offender site and see how many of them are young boys who had sex with a girl slightly younger than them. That isn't a real sex offender - those aren't the predators I'm afraid of on the street / fear for my daughter over - this prosecutor's son is NOT a rapist... "

auburn~no~class wrote on Jun 24, 2009 11:44 AM:

" ya right a slap on the hand and be told to be a good little boy for so many months o and don`t for get a small fine to pay that`s about it. and for the girl in there eyes she either wanted it or she will be payed so much just to keep her mouth shut. give me a brake the higher ups who have kids don`t really get in to much trouble they get bailed out to damn fast be cause of where mom and dad work. "

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