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Suffolk County Scan Alert Network

Rosemberg Berrios, a 42 year old Central Islip man, was arrested for attempting to pay aminor for sex.  Berrios, of Whitetail Lane, was parked in the lot of the 7-11 store on SuffolkAvenue in Central Islip.  He called a 13 year old boy over to this car and engaged him inconversation.  During this time, he offered the boy money if he would agree to have sex withhim.  The boy, who was on his bicycle, was able to get a description of the car and thelicense

AOL News/Sean Murphy

Under a plea deal, David Harold Earls, a 64 year old ex-convict, of the southeasternOklahoma town of McAlester, who is accused of raping a 4 year old girl was sent to jail for only ayear.  The deal has prompted outrage across Oklahoma, where lawmakers are calling for theremoval of the judge who approved the deal and the attorney general is investigating a new set ofabuse allegations.  Earls pleaded no contest last month to first degree rape and forciblesodomy.  Normally, the rape charge carries a sentence of between

FBI

Dena Delores Riley, 42, Independence, Mo., has pleaded guilty to one count ofkidnapping.  In her plea, she admitted that on May 25, 2005, she and co-defendant RichardDavis kidnapped a 5 year old child who they took from Kansas to Missouri.  In her plea, Rileyadmits the following: 5/22/06: the District Court of Jackson County, Mo., issued arrest warrantsfor Riley and Davis charging them with homicide in Missouri.  5/23/06: the U.S. Attorney’sOffice for the Western District of Missouri filed complaints charging Riley and Davis with unlawfulflight to avoid prosecution. Federal arrest

Times Review/Erin Schultz

James Lawrence, a 32 year old Greenport resident, is back in jail again, this time chargedwith criminal trespassing, larceny and another public lewdness charge, his fifth in an allegedspree that has terrorized the village for months.  Lawrence was arrested at his ex-wife’s homeon Fifth Avenue in Greenport after responding to a disturbance person call.  His ex-wifetold police that Lawrence had stolen her $750 laptop computer on April 24.  Upon arrest,police also charged Lawrence with criminal trespass and public lewdness based on a complaint fromlast Wednesday, when a

Newsday/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Melissa Weber, a 27 year old West Babylon woman, had sex with a 14 year oldstudent in the Queens classroom where she is a middle school teacher and was caught when the boy’smother heard rumors and found hundreds of text messages and calls between the two.  Weberpleaded not guilty to seven counts of second degree rape, 14 counts of third degree sexual abuseand one count of endangering the welfare of a child.  If convicted, she faces up to 7 years inprison.
(New York)

Newsday/William Murphy

Nassau County Legislator David Mejias proposed a bill yesterday aims at barring convicted sexoffenders on probation from having computer access to social Web sites where they could prey onyoungsters.  Sex offenders who used a computer in their crime could be required to registertheir computers with the county and allow the installation of monitoring software as a condition ofprobation. 
(New York)