Man accused of 35 counts of soliciting sex with a minor

By Linda Cicoira

Sealed indictments were made public recently in the case of a 57-year-old New York man accused of 35 counts of using a communications system to solicit sex from a minor in Accomack County.

The court file stated that Eris Kalitara, also known as Robert Brett Gulledge, of Mineola, was indicted by a grand jury in February on charges that involved his intentionally exposing himself to a person between 15 and 17 to whom he was not married and attempting to entice, allure, and persuade or invite the victim to enter a vehicle, room, house, or with another plan, for sex.

Kalitara was arrested on July 25. He is being held without bond in the Accomack Jail. The defendant appeared before Judge Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. on Thursday regarding counsel.

He told the judge that he had hired two attorneys from New York to represent him. However, since neither had contacted the court, the judge appointed Jon Thornbrugh to represent him in the interim.

     Records showed Kalitara has a master’s degree in computer science and is a stay-at-home father supported by his wife. The crimes allegedly occurred between May 2020 and February 2021.