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Mastic residents claim they have seen dramatic changes in their neighborhood and said they have had enough.  The breaking point came when residents discovered that, at a home at 115 Eleanor Avenue, four registered, level three offenders were living under the same roof.  On August 28, in response to the citizen’s complaints, Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning (WF-Shirley) held a press conference to announce a proposal that would prevent Suffolk County’s Department of Social Services, or any contract agencies that work in conjunction with the department, from placing more than

Legislator Kate Browning (WFP-Shirley), a Suffolk lawmaker, filed legislation yesterday that would prevent more than one registered sex offender from living at the same residence.  Browning announced the proposed bill in Mastic, down the block from 115 Eleanor Avenue, a small home that houses four registered Level 3 sex offenders, considered to be the most dangerous.  Brookhaven Supervisor Brian Foley said the town is looking into the constitutionality of changing its zoning laws to break up sex offender clusters.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law, said the

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When Robert Gregg, 54, went into the room of another resident at an Amityville nursing home inOctober and allegedly pulled the covers away and molested her, the 84 year old woman didn’t knowthat Gregg is a registered sex offender. Four years earlier, he had been convicted elsewhere ofattempting to rape a 60 year old woman. Although police said officials at Brunswick HospitalCenter’s nursing home were told of Gregg’s criminal record, they were not required to tell otherresidents when he was admitted in 2004 after suffering a stroke. Gregg

After William Morgan was convicted for raping a 14 year old girl, he served 11 years in prison and was released.  Suffolk County sent him to live at Brook Motel in West Babylon, where as many as a dozen sex offenders also lived.  Morgan attacked another 14 year old and is again in prison for forcible touching.  Standing in front of the motel, lawmakers outlined legislation that might have prevented Morgan’s second sex attack in 2004.  Lawmakers were called on to pass the Senate Civil Confinement Bill, which would protect

This summer, Suffolk County will embark on a program that will use global positioning system technology to more closely monitor a wide range of chronic abusers who commit serious and violent crimes.  Suffolk plans to place GPS ankle bracelets on convicted sex offenders, repeat DWI offenders, drug users and dealers, and the perpetrators of spousal abuse.  The devices will provide monitoring 24 hours a day, giving probation officers minute by minute reports of an offender’s exact location.

Laura Ahearn of Parents for Megan’s Law praised the use of GPS but

In the triangle defined by Northport to the west, Wading River to the east, and Middle Country to the south, there are at least 22 level 3 sex offenders, the highest risk level for reoffending living in the area.  Just knowing where they live is an important step in protecting yourself and your family from harm.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law (PFML), the nationwide children’s sexual abuse advocacy group headquartered in Stony Brook, explained one reason why knowing that convicted sex offenders are living locally is