Albany County District Attorney Lee C. Kindlon announced today that a 31-year-old Albany man who was stalking a female student at the University at Albany while violating an order of protection has been convicted in a jury trial.

Peter Correa was found guilty Thursday of one count of Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree and one count of Tampering with Physical Evidence following a three-day trial.

On March 26, an Albany County Probation officer observed that Correa’s ankle monitor GPS reported the man on the uptown campus of UAlbany, which violated an active order of protection issued out of Albany City Court. Correa, who had pleaded guilty to Stalking in the Third Degree on Feb. 28, had been ordered to stay away from a victim he was repeatedly stalking at the campus after he had been arrested by UAlbany Police.

Between March 5 and April 10, Correa’s monitor was documented entering the campus a total of 30 times, and Probation notified the Albany County District Attorney’s Office of the violation.

On April 11, Correa appeared at Albany City Court for his sentencing on the stalking charge, but when he was informed that his sentence could be enhanced due to the violations, he exited the courthouse, cut off his ankle monitor and fled.

Assistant District Attorney Ariel Fallon, Bureau Chief of the Special Victims Unit, and Assistant District Attorney Michelle Viera, assisted by Trial Assistant Mary Sill, called on seven witnesses during the trial and relied on GPS data points and bus routes to prove that Correa entered the campus in violation of his Order of Protection.

Correa’s monitor was later found in a trash can below a bag of trash in the area of South Ferry Street and Franklin Street. Correa remained at large for two weeks.

Correa, a predicate felon due to a federal conviction from Feb. 10, 2020 for Stalking, will face up to two to four years in state prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 2, 2026.