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In the past, information about high-risk sexual offenders was available only through local police departments or through a state-run hotline that charges $5 per inquiry.  A new Web site, www.parentsformeganslaw.com, lists the names, addresses and other information about high-risk sexual offenders who have been released from prison and are living throughout New York. The Parents for Megan’s Law organization put together the Web site because they wanted to make the data available to more people.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law said, there are many barriers in

Maxell Bogel, 36, is a Jamaican drug-gang member accused of kidnapping and raping the children of gang debtors.  He is now on the US Marshals Service’s Top 15 Most Wanted list.  He has been convicted in absentia for a gruesome list of crimes.  Bogel would collect debts for the notorious Shower Posse gang and pressure debtors by kidnapping and raping their family members, he went as far as raping and sodomizing a 12 year old.  The Shower Posse is known for showering their enemies with bullets, and they have been

New Jersey’s Megan’s Law notifications were stopped by a federal appeals court that finds that the release of sex offenders’ home addresses violated their constitutional rights.  New York’s version of Megan’s Law remains unaffected by the ruling.  Unfortunately, to find out about New York State’s worst offenders will cost you $5 for a phone call to a 900-telephone number or you have to go to police headquarters in Manhattan.  The state does not make it easy to find out where registered sex offenders live.  A nonprofit parents’ group called Parents

New Jersey’s Megan’s Law notifications were stopped by a federal appeals court that finds that the release of sex offenders’ home addresses violated their constitutional rights.  New York’s version of Megan’s Law remains unaffected by the ruling.  Unfortunately, to find out about New York State’s worst offenders will cost you $5 for a phone call to a 900-telephone number or you have to go to police headquarters in Manhattan.  The state does not make it easy to find out where registered sex offenders live.  A nonprofit parents’ group called Parents

A 12 year old girl who had just arrived home from collecting Halloween candy was taken at gunpoint from the Pomona mobile home park where she lived wtih her mother and we sexually assaulted repeatedly over a six to eight hour period.  The man, William Robert Riley, 40, of West Covina, was sentenced to 936 years to life in prison.  He was convicted last month of 17 counts, including lewd acts with a child, kidnapping and making terroristic threats.  Riley had only been out of prison five days when he

Francis E. Brazell, 29, has been charged by police with operating an Internet escort service employing underage girls.  The Philadelphia man was arraigned yesterday on charges of prostitution and related offenses, criminal conspiracy and corruption of minors.  An investigation into area escort services led authorities to Robin’s Nest Escort Service.  They advertise the services of male and female escorts, claiming all the escorts are of legal age, on a Web site.  Two undercover state troopers called the service April 12th, and were directed to it Web site TheNest4you.com.  A meeting