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Huffington Post/Andres Jauregui12/8/14Brooke Dinkel, a 33 year old former counselor at Smoky Valley Middle School in Lindsborg, wassentenced to more than 13 years in prison for the rape of a 13 year old student.　 Dinkelbroke down as she spoke before a judge at her sentencing on Thursday, reiterating her testimonythat the victim had forced himself on her and then continued to coerce her into sex by threateningto get her in trouble.　 But prosecutors argued that evidence showed the boy was not theaggressor.　 She was sentenced to 165 months and lifetime

Newsday/Gary Dymski
11/7/14

Rohit Rameshar, a 20 year old Queens man, exposed himself to a 13 year old girl inMassapequa.  Rameshar, of 117-74 142 Place, Jamaica, is charged with public lewdness. Detectives said the girl walked past his car, which was parked at the corner of Franklin andBaltimore Avenues, at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.  She saw him with his pants down, exposinghimself.  The girl went home, and then police were contacted.
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Newsday/Laura Figueroa 3/13/14

Dozens of registered sex offenders living in Suffolk County provided inaccurateaddresses in the year since county lawmakers passed a law to intensify monitoring of the ex-convictand more than 140 others were found to have violated rules required them to update their photos ona state registry.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law, contracted bythe county last year to monitor more than 900 registered sex offenders, told lawmakers Thursdaythat the increased scrutiny has led to an increase in arrests for violating state reportingrequirements.  It’s not necessarily about

Newsday/Joan Gralla 11/12/14

Ralph DeMayo, a 28 year old convicted sex offender from Glen Cove, was arrested and chargedWednesday with possessing child pornography, the same crimes that landed him in jail in 2008. DeMayo, of 219 Lawrence Lane, is charged with three counts of promoting a sexual performance by achild in that occurred on August 31.  He is a Level 1 sex offender, which is designated in NewYork State for those considered a low risk for repeating the offense.  DeMayo was arrested andcharged with the same two crimes in 2008 and pleaded

Huffington Post/Andrew Hart 11/17/14

Another woman who claims she was raped by Bill Cosby has spoken out about her encounter withthe embattled comedian.  The accusation is just the latest of numerous allegations of sexualabuse by Cosby and follows the claims of another alleged victim who spoke out earlier thisweek.  Publicist and journalist Joan Tarshis claims that Cosby sexually assaulted her twice in 1969when she was 19.  The former actress and Cosby were both working at Universal Studios, and shesaid he took an interest in her.  He often pushed alcohol on her

Newsday/Robert E. Kessler 11/13/14

Joseph Valerio, a 47 year old Smithtown real estate investor, was arrested on charges ofproducing child pornography and was ordered to be released on $3 million bail as soon as he canprovide proof that property in that amount would be forfeited if he flees.  Valerio, of 3 HighGate Drive, was arrested on a charge that he had a girlfriend living in the Ukraine make and sendhim 20 to 30 videos of her sexually abusing her 3 year old daughter.  The woman said Valeriothreatened to stop sending her