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2006

A bill that would have restricted sex offenders from living within a half-mile of their victims failed to pass out of committee, to the disappointment of the bill’s author, Senator Judy Robson, D-Beloit.  The legislation pertains to sex offenders who are on probation or parole and whose victims request to be notified about the offender’s release into the community.  The bill had passed the Senate in March.  Robson proposed the legislation last year after being approached by a Janesville woman whose child was sexually assaulted and the offender was

Stephanie’s Law, named for 20 year old Stephanie Schmidt of Kansas, is a sexual predator law that allows the state to keep those convicted of sex crimes confined after they have completed their sentences, if in the judgment of professionals they should not be released.  The Kansas Supreme Court struck down the law, but the US Supreme Court upheld it.  Stephanie was killed the night of June 30, 1993, three days before her 21st birthday, after accepting a ride home from a co-worker.  She and Donald Ray Gideon had worked

Senate Sponsor: Senator Dean Skelos

Senate Cosponsors: NOZZOLIO, VOLKER, LACK, LAVALLE, LACK, LAVALLE   

PASSED

Includes new sex offenses added by the Sexual Assault Reform Act and the Hate Crimes Act of 2000 in the list of offenses requiring registration of sex offenders; requires notice by offenders registered in other states when such   

offenders enter NY state to work or attend school; and clarifies the Sex Offender Registration act.                                          

Suzanne Lyall was last seen Monday, March 2, 1998.  She was seen getting off a CDTA bus at Collins Circle, on the University at Albany Uptown Campus.  In order to bring something good out of this tragedy, her parents Doug and Mary Lyall have asked that the Assault and Abduction Free School Zone Bill be passed in their daughter’s memory.  Assembly Bill 7078-C, nicknamed Suzanne’s Bill, passed unanimously in the New York Senate, bus has yet to be brought up to a vote in the State Assembly.  The Assault and

WANTED FOR

Kidnapping – Child Abduction

DESCRIPTION

Age: 35 to 40 years old

Build: Stocky

Sex: Male

Hair: Black

Height: Approximately 6’0 to 6’2

Eyes: Dark

Weight: Approximately 200 pounds

Race: White

Remarks: The suspect is described as having dark, thick eyebrows; a fat nose; possible acne and a ruddy complexion; crooked yellow teeth; a moustache; and hairy arms. He may have had on thin, metal framed glasses; a dark t-shirt; worn blue jeans; and black hiking boots. He wore a

SUSPECT SKETCH IN MORGAN NICK CASE UPDATED

Investigators from the multiple law enforcement agencies assigned to the Morgan Nick abduction case have updated their files to include a new sketch of an unknown man wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of the child.

Morgan Nick was abducted from a baseball field at Alma on June 9th 1995.  Early on in the search for the six-year-old child, police developed information about a man seen at the ball park who may have been in an older model faded