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Mohamed Tarish Al-Hameli, a 25 year old college student from Egypt, has been charged with tryingto kill a 22 year old Egyptian neighbor and schoolmate for allegedly raping his 14 year old wife.He attacked the man with a saber in retaliation for an alleged attack on Al-Hamieli’s wife.According to APBnews.com, Al-Hameli is being held in the Pierce County Jail on $250,000 bond and ischarged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his neighbor in the chest, arms and legs. Amotive for the attack may have been a cultural custom by

Dan Marino, 45, a former head football coach at New Hyde Park High School, has been designated a Level 1 sex offender and received three years’ probation for having an affair with a 16 year old student last year.  He pleaded guilty to third-degree attempted rape and was fired.  He will continue to get sex therapy and will undergo any additional treatment deemed necessary by the probation department.  He must tell police where he lives every year for the next decade.

Marvin Hersh, 60, a former Florida Atlantic University professor, was sentenced today to 105 years in federal prison for smuggling a 15 year old Honduran boy into the United States to serve as his lover.  He allegedly first began trading toys, clothing and money for sex with the boy when he was 10.  

Raul Martinez, 28, a waiter at the El Leoncito Mexican and Cuban Restaurant on US Route 1, a popular local restaurant, was arrested and charged with voyeurism and child abuse.  He planted a camera in a restroom to secretly videotape hundreds of women and girls using the bathroom.  The child abuse charge stems from the alleged videotaping of children.  

Four years ago Congress began requiring states to maintain sex offender registries to track the whereabouts of criminals once they leave prison.  States around the country are now going a step further, posting that information, along with photographs and sordid details of crimes, on Web pages accessible to anyone with a computer and a modem.  According to the New York Times, proponents of the trend, including many state officials, say expanding community notification to the Internet is a valuable and relatively simple way to disseminate widely information on dangerous sex

Lawrence Bargelini, 41, of Brentwood, was arrested and charged with one count of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, punishable by up to 7 years in prison.  He is being held in the county jail in lieu of $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty.  He was allegedly offering other users access to an inventory of more than 200 pornography files on his computer.

(New York)