Category Archive for : ‘LONG ISLAND NEWS’

New York Law Journal

Residency restriction laws in Suffolk County that bar sex offenders from living nearschools, day care centers and areas frequented by children are on the brink of being struck down byEastern District Judge Joseph Bianco.  Bianco strongly suggested that he will follow the leadof a plethora of state court judges and hold that counties, towns and villages do not have theright to determine where sex offenders can and cannot live, in a March 30 decision.  Biancosaid he will exercise jurisdiction over a case, Moore v. County of

newsday.com/Chau Lam

Wilbur Wright, Jr., a 46 year old Yaphank man convicted of sexually abusing a young girlover a two-year span, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison.  He was convicted ofpredatory sexual assault of a child and the use of a child in a sexual performance.  Thesexual assaults began in September 2006 when the girl was 10 years old and ended in August2008.  Wright was also sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison for the crime of the use of achild in a sexual

New York Times/Joseph Goldstein

In an effort to cut off another avenue used by online predators, several video-gamecompanies have agreed to close the accounts of more than 3,500 registered sex offenders in New Yorkstate following an agreement with the attorney general’s office.  Many games contain an audioor text component that allows players to communicate with one another.  Among the companiesthat agreed to close accounts linked to sex offenders were Microsoft, which runs the Xbox Livegaming network, and Sony, which runs the PlayStation Network.  Others included ElectronicArts, Warner Brothers, Disney Interactive

newsday.com/David J. Lopez

Braulin Gonzalez, a 36 year old Valley Stream man, was arrested Tuesday morning on childpornography charges after a police investigation determined he was in possession of computer fileswith pornographic images of children and he allowed those files to be shared online. Gonzalez, of 159 Broadway, faces three counts of possession of sexual performance by a child.
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Suffolk County Police Department

Daniel Rodriguez, a 45 year old registered sex offender who sexually abused a juvenilefemale victim, was arrested today as a result of an investigation by detectives from the SpecialVictims Section.  He is charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse 3rd Degree, Promoting a SexualPerformance of a Child, Use of a Child in a Sexual Performance and Failure to Register as a sexoffender.  Rodriguez, of 1126 Udall Road, Bay Shore, was convicted of Rape 1st Degree in 1992and was required to register as a sex offender.  Detectives are asking

newsday.com/Andres Smith

John Kluge, a 25 year old Holbrook man, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for raping a 35year old Holtsville woman in her garage.  The woman wrote in a statement I was raped notonce, but so many times.  The images haunt my days, my nights, my dreams…I am not areligious person, but I looked into the depths of hell.  She suffers from insomnia andfatigue and even the rustling of leaves can momentarily terrify her.  Kluge was convicted inNovember 2011 of first degree rape, first degree criminal sexual