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Joseph Cornelius, a 47-year-old homeless man, is accused of killing and sexually mutilating an 11-year-old Pittsburgh boy.  He said he killed him for trying to take his radio, and then he butchered his body to make the crime look like the work of a pedophile.  He told investigators he was drinking beer when Scott tried to take his radio.  He said he became enraged, choked him and when he realized he was dead, hid the body in some bushes, went to a bar, returned and mutilated the body.   Cornelius admitted

Tony Sanchez, a 40-year-old registered sex offender, was assigned to work in the playground where he was charged with kidnapping a Manhattan couple’s 4 year old.  The couple filed a $75 million suit against the city yesterday.  Sanchez is accused of snatching the couple’s son, Stephen Johnson, from the Chelsea Park playground on October 23.  He took the boy to his Bronx apartment overnight and then abandoned him in a subway station.  He was later charged with kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a minor.  He had been charged with

Ricky McGinn, a 43 year old condemned man who won an unprecedented reprieve from Governor George W. Bush for DNA tests that only confirmed his guilt, was executed yesterday for killing his 12 year old stepdaughter.  He received a lethal injection for raping Stephanie Flanary and bludgeoning her with an ax in 1993.  He insisted evidence was planted or tampered with, but DNA tests completed in August again linked him to the crime.

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Raymond Marchi, a 74-year-old Revere man, will be arraigned on charges of child rape, child pornography and indecent assault and battery.  He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday charged with raping a child.  Officials have seized computers and files from his home and they are investigating whether other children may have been victimized.

Traci Stiffel, a 33 year old Mastic Beach woman, was first arrested on April 12 and charged with two counts of third degree rape, which applies in cases where someone over 21 has sex with someone under 17.  The judge issued an order of protection mandating that she stay away from the teenager.  She was found with him again in May and charged with second degree criminal contempt.  She told police she and the 16 year old boy were in love and had been on the run to protect their

LUCKY SEVERSON:  You might find Karen Menake staring through the screen door of her comfortable Long Island home as if she’s expecting trouble.  Although this hardly seems like a dangerous neighborhood.

KAREN MANAKE:  In May, we found out that there was a sex offender living on our block.  And we weren’t informed by the police.

SEVERSON:  The sex offender grew up in this neighborhood, and moved back in with his mom after serving time in jail.  Like many neighbors here, Karen Manake was worried about her two daughters.