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Newsday/Ellen Yan

Anthony Purificato, a 45 year old Level 2 sex offender, has been caught for the fourth timeliving in a storage unit and violating the law by failing to register his change of address fromthe Riverhead Social Services trailer behind the county jail.  Purificato was arrested August4 at Mr. D’s storage facility in Holbrook.  He was found living in storage units and convictedof the same offense in 2009, 2010 and last year.  Two years ago he furnished an Islandiastorage unit with a bed, a television and DVD player and

Newsday/Ann Givens

Alphonso Barnes, a 56 year old convicted rapist, will probably die behind bars after aNassau judge told him his rap sheet was so long that nothing would make me think you are safeoutside of prion for one day of the rest of your life.  He was convicted last month ofdragging a woman onto the lawn of a Long Beach home in December 2209 and raping her for more thanan hour.  He was convicted of first degree rape, first degree criminal sexual act and firstdegree sexual abuse.  DNA evidence

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Erica DePalo, a 33 year old former Teacher of the Year is accused of sexual abuse with a 15year old boy in her English class.  She was described as a loving role model and prone toinappropriate, sometimes flirtatious behavior, according to her former students.  Anotherstudent said she was definitely an eccentric person, but also really nice.  DePalo wassuspended indefinitely from the school district and is charged with first degree aggravated sexualassault, second degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.  Bail was set at$100,000.
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Huffingtonpost.com/Patrick Walters and Katie Zezima

A 6 year old boy, whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana, waskilled trying to save his 12 year old sister, coming to her aid as she was being assault on thefloor.  Osvaldo Rivera, 31, is charged in Sunday’s middle of the night attack.  The girlswindpipe had been slashed but her condition was upgraded from critical to stable.  She ran outof the house and sought help after her brother intervened.  Both children had been sleepingdownstairs when the assault began.  The girl

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Jesper and Julie Myrfors of Sedro-Wooley, Washington, participated in an elaborate Facebookhoax to keep their 15 year old daughter from dating a registered sex offender.  The teenagerstarted seeing William Liam Elms in April.  A few months later the Myrfors discovered thatElms was a registered level 1 ex offender under state supervision for a third degree childmolestation conviction.  They told their daughter to stop seeing him, but the couple wasunwilling to end their biweekly visits.  The parents decided to friend Elms on Facebook underthe guise of a fictional 15 year

Huffingtonpost.com/Ron Dicker

James Gates, 55, is accused of trying to kidnap 2 year old Myla Davis  from a popularplay site for kids.  Myla’s dad, Kelly Davis, stopped the attempted kidnapping and then chasedthe suspect through the streets of Chicago. At 9:30 p.m., Myla and her 4 year old sister weresliding off Daley Plaza’s Picasso sculpture when a man grabbed her by the arm, declaring her as hisdaughter and calling her Goldilocks.  He insisted the Davis, who was already positionedbetween Myla and the would be abductor, get out of the way.