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Suffolk County SCAN Alert Network

Raul Lizcano, a 44 year old Copiague man, was arrested today for committing lewd acts infront of several middle school students.  Students from the Copiague Middle School complainedthat they noticed a man masturbating in a green Chrysler minivan parked in the vicinity of theschool as the children walked on Great Neck Road.  Lizano, of 597 Greenlawn Terrace, waslocated in his vehicle masturbating and was arrested at 7:45 am.  He was charged with fourcounts of Public Lewdness and three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a

Newsday/Stacey Altherr and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

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Worry was the dominant feeling among Brentwood parents after hearing that a convicted sexoffender with HIV has had contact with teenagers in the area.  Brentwood school authoritiessay they believe as many as 20 teenage students in the district have had contact, and in some casessexual relations, with Robert Musmacker, 36, of Oceanside.  Musmacker, whose six year prisonterm for first degree sodomy ended in 1998, was arrested again December 28th in West Babylon, aftera state trooper stopped him for speeding and noticed that

The North Shore Sun/Peggy Spellman Hoey

Elected officials from various levels of government held a press conference on Sunday,spearheaded by former US Attorney and Brookhaven Town Supervisor candidate Mark Lesko, to denouncea recent court ruling that preempts restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can reside. Lesko was joined by New York State Senator Brian X. Foley, New York State Assemblyman Marc Alessi,and Suffolk county Legislators Kate Browning and Brian Beedenbender to voice opposition to New YorkState Supreme Court Justice William Kelly’s decision overturning a Rockland County law placingrestrictions on where sex

Newsday/Erik German

A judge’s decision overturning a Rockland County law restricting where sex offenders livecould affect dozens of similar laws statewide, including many on Long Island, where municipalitieshave rushed to enact tough residency legislation over the last few years.  In a decisionFriday, State Supreme court Justice William Kelly said local residency rules are superseded by NewYork State law, which specifically empowers local probation officers to decide where to place sexoffenders in communities.  While the Rockland court holds no sway over other counties, legalexperts said the ruling’s impact could spread if

Newsday/Matthew Chayes and John Valenti

Antoine Saunders, an 18 year old junior at Mepham High School, pleaded notguilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge that he inappropriately touched a younger student in a lockerroom as their team was showering.  Saunders, of Bellmore, was arrested Thursday.  Policesay the older student touched the boy, 14, after pushing him into a locker for the purpose ofdegrading him during an after-school activity.  After pleading not guilty Friday to amisdemeanor forcible touching charge, Saunders was ordered released without bail on the conditionthat he have no contact with

Newsday/Mitchell Freedman

Several hundred people protested the use of a trailer as temporary shelter for nearly 20 sexoffenders on the grounds of the Suffolk County Jail at a Riverhead meeting Thursday.  State,county and local officials met to suggest ways to get rid of the trailer, none of which appeared toprovide a quick enough fix for residents up in arms at its presence.  All of the men housedare convicted level 2 or 3 sex offenders, which means they must register for life and are deemed atthe highest, or second highest risk