Albert Rauscher, an 85-year-old Babylon violin teacher who gives private lessons to a number of students at his home, has been accused of sexually abusing one of his students. According to Newsday, a girl, described by police only as being under 11 years old, was inappropriately touched by him during a lesson. He was arraigned on one count of first-degree sexual abuse and was being held at the Suffolk County Jail on $5,000 bail. Police learned of the incident from the girl’s parents. There investigation is continuing and anyone with
Most people agree that the public should keep tabs on many convicted sex offenders, such as, child molesters, serial rapists and people who use weapons, violence, or threats while committing a sex offense. But Arlington therapist Jeff Clark questions whether it is appropriate to treat all sex offenders the same. Some of the concerns involve cases of statutory rape in which the sex was consensual, cases in which the offender is a juvenile and cases involving a victim who is related to the offender.
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Beacon Journal/Phil Trexler and Carl Chancellor
Donald Richard Neff, a 33-year-old former local Boy Scout leader and 12-year-old Ricky Heatherlyare the subject of a national manhunt by Akron police and the FBI. Neff is a convicted childmolester who is reputed to be a nonviolent person. Police say Neff was packed Wednesday for acamping trip and a prearranged meeting with Ricky, who fled his school and ran to a truck whereNeff was waiting. The two are believed to be now driving a maroon 1989 Ford Taurus.
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A convicted rapist was released in March before Bergen County prosecutors could be told. This release was not an accident but an example of the state’s failure to keep track of sex offenders who leave prison. According to the New York Times, county prosecutors are routinely told just as sex offenders are walking out of prison, before any Megan’s law notifications can begin. The Senate Judiciary Committee hired Michael Chertoff, a former United States attorney, after the Corrections Department admitted it made numerous errors before Raymond Alves was released in
Linda Baisi taught junior high school in the 1980’s in St. Frances de Chantal in Throgs Neck, the Bronx. She was a former nun who rented an apartment from the parish school secretary. According to a young man who knew her as teacher and confirmation sponsor, she carried on a sexual relationship with in from the time he was 12 years old until his sophomore year in high school. Now, in a civil case that will test the legal responsibility of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York as well
Two 9 year old Harlem boys are accused of holding down and fondling a fourth grade classmate at their school. The boys were arrested as they trotted off a school bus. Both boys and the girl are in special ed classes. Police said the attack happened at the end of classes at PS 153, at 1750 Amsterdam Avenue, around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday as they were all leaving the same class when the boys allegedly forced the girl under a first floor stairwell. The larger boy who is 5 foot 1
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