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Newsday/Denise M. Bonilla

Babylon officials has shelved plans for a law that would limit where sex offenders live intown after concern about a federal suit challenging Suffolk County sex offender residencyrestrictions.  Town leaders held off on a vote yesterday after a public hearing on theproposed law, which would make it unlawful for convicted Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders to livewithin a quarter-mile of a school, child day care center, day camp, park or playground. Offenders would have 30 days to comply or face a fine of up to $2,500

Newsday/Denise M. Bonilla

Babylon officials has shelved plans for a law that would limit where sex offenders live intown after concern about a federal suit challenging Suffolk County sex offender residencyrestrictions.  Town leaders held off on a vote yesterday after a public hearing on theproposed law, which would make it unlawful for convicted Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders to livewithin a quarter-mile of a school, child day care center, day camp, park or playground. Offenders would have 30 days to comply or face a fine of up to $2,500

newsday.com/Gary Dymski

Pedro Vladimir Quishpe, a 34 year old Southampton man, has been charged in the sexual abuseof a 10 year old girl last year.  He was arrested Friday and is being held in Suffolk CountyJail on a cash bail of $15,000.  Police said the incident with the child occurred in thespring of 2011.  He is charged with first degree sexual abuse, forcible touching andendangering the welfare of a child.  Quishpe is also being held on a detainer by the USImmigration and Customs Enforcement.
(New York)  

rnnydailynews.com/Rheana Murrayrnrn Police say Yvonne Monroe, a 52 year old North Carolina woman, let her sex offenderrnboyfriend, Theodore Brazell, a registered sex offender and former police chief, live with her whilernshe ran a babysitting service out of her home.  Brazell, 56, was convicted in 2006 on threerncounts of indecent liberties with a minor.  The victim was 14 years old.  He was thernformer police chief of Southern Shores in Dare County, NC.  Monroe is charged with operating arnbabysitting service in the home of a sex offender.  Brazell remains behind bars on

nydailynews.com/Rheana Murray

Police say Yvonne Monroe, a 52 year old North Carolina woman, let her sex offenderboyfriend, Theodore Brazell, a registered sex offender and former police chief, live with her whileshe ran a babysitting service out of her home.  Brazell, 56, was convicted in 2006 on threecounts of indecent liberties with a minor.  The victim was 14 years old.  He was theformer police chief of Southern Shores in Dare County, NC.  Monroe is charged with operating ababysitting service in the home of a sex offender.  Brazell remains behind bars on

bostonherald.com

The state’s Level 2 sex offender, from rapists to child porn purveyors, are not listed onany online registry because some lawmakers are throwing up a roadblock in the name of protectingprivacy right of convicts, advocates charge.  The move is also costing Massachusetts hundredsof thousands in lost crime-fighting bucks and not even Gov. Deval Patrick has been able to convincethe holdout legislators to act.  We have lawmakers saying out loud that these dangerouscriminals, who are more likely than not targeting defenseless children, are entitled to privacy sowe can’t know who