Category Archive for : ‘ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS’

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rnrnrnrn2/3/2000 – Theodore Sypnier, a 90 year old Tonawanda man, collapsed as he wasrnbeing led from court after being sentenced to 10 years in prison. Sypnier pleaded guilty to chargesrnhe raped and sexually molested a group of young girls. He had pleaded guilty to every count in arn15-count indictment, including charges of rape, sodomy and use of a child in a sexual performance.rnSypnier allegedly raped and molested the girls, whose ages were between 4 and 10 at the time inrnBuffalo and Tonawanda, his homes in a suburb to the

Newsday.com/Rick Brand

The Suffolk Legislature approved a local bill barring sex offenders from livingwithin a quarter-mile of their victims, in an effort to spare victims of the trauma of facing theirpredators.  The measure passed unanimously Tuesday but some legislators questioned how the lawwould work since offenders may not know where their victims live.  The law, however, would notaffect the offenders who already may live near a victim.  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levystill has to sign the bill before it becomes law.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parentsfor Megan’s Law and the

wicz.com

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced that more than 3,500 registeredNew York State sex offenders have been purged from social networking sites Facebook and MySpace inthe first database sweep since the state’s new Electronic Securing and Targeting of OnlinePredators Act (e-STOP) went into effect.  Under e-STOP – the nation’s most comprehensive lawto enhance protections from sexual predators on the Internet – many sexual predators are bannedoutright from using social networking sites on the Internet while on probation or parole. Also, convicted sex offenders must register all of their e-mail addresses, screen

Daily News/Kenneth Lovett

In a major crackdown on Internet predators, more than 3,500 convicted New York sex offendershave been kicked off Facebook and MySpace, two online social networking sites.  This is thefirst sweep of registered sex offenders under the Electronic Security and Targeting of OnlinePredators Act (e-STOP), a 2008 law Attorney General Andrew Cuomo aggressively pushed.  LauraAhearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, said the factthousands of offenders were dumped proves the law is working.  Before e-STOP sexual predatorsfreely lurked in social networking sites

Long Island Press/Timothy Bolger

A North Bellmore high school student searched his block on an online sex offender map lastmonth and found something that unnerved the whole neighborhood: A Level 2 sex offender who servedone year in Nassau County jail for sexually abusing a 10 year old girl was not only living nearhim, but within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of county law. Less than a week later, at a community meeting in Merrick, Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey got anearful from a room full of angry

Houston Chronicle/Renee C. Lee

Samantha Portwood’s son pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault at age 12.  He’snow 24 and Portwood awaits the day this month he is removed from Texas’ sex offenderregistry.  For the past decade Dale Portwood has lived under public scrutiny for a crime hecommitted when was 12.  He inappropriately touched a 7 year old girl at his baby sitter’shouse and was charged with aggravated sexual assault.  After completing two years of therapyand probation, he had to register as a sex offender, which shocked his parents.  Dale isn’talone.