Category Archive for : ‘REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS GENERAL’

Newsday.com/Andrew Strickler and Gary Dymski

Judge Andrew Tarantino, Jr., a Suffolk judge, is the object of a formalcomplaint by Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a child victim advocacy groupalleging he made sarcastic comments and joked about child porn during a family court hearing overvisitation rights for a convicted sex offender.  The complaint filed Tuesday with the stateCommission on Judicial Conduct alleges that Tarantino showed blatant disregard for the facts andimproper demeanor during a hearing last spring.  That hearing was related to an ongoingfamily court dispute between a

Long Island Press/Timothy Bolger

Suffolk County Family Court Judge Andrew Tarantino, a Long Island judge who isthe target of complaints from Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a victim’sadvocacy group, has been given other duties pending the findings of a state investigation. PFML allege the judge improperly allowed, Dennis DeMille, a convicted sex offender to participatein overnight visitation with his own three children.  The group also took issue with thejudge’s courtroom behavior, which they said has been characterized as biased, abusive, sarcasticand outrageous.  They added that he has a

CBS New York

Suffolk County Family Court Judge Andrew Tarantino, a Long Island judge who is the target ofcomplaints from Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a victim’s advocacy group,has been given other duties pending the findings of a state investigation.  PFML allege thejudge improperly allowed, Dennis DeMille, a convicted sex offender to participate in overnightvisitation with his own three children.  He’s known as the champion for sex offender rights,Laura Ahearn, of the advocacy group, said.  In May 2008, DeMille, a former Garden City MiddleSchool teacher, was convicted

Daily Journal

Suffolk County Family Court Judge Andrew Tarantino, a Long Island judge who is the target ofcomplaints from Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a victim’s advocacy group,has been given other duties pending the findings of a state investigation.  PFML allege thejudge improperly allowed a convicted sex offender to participate in overnight visitation with hisown three children.  State courts spokesman David Bookstaver says Tarantino was reassigned.
(Garden City, NY)

USA Today

Suffolk County Family Court Judge Andrew Tarantino, a Long Island judge who is the target ofcomplaints from Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a victim’s advocacy group,has been given other duties pending the findings of a state investigation.  PFML allege thejudge improperly allowed, Dennis DeMille, a convicted sex offender to participate in overnightvisitation with his own three children.  State courts spokesman David Bookstaver saysTarantino was reassigned.
(Garden City, NY)

Journal News-Westchester/Shawn Cohen

Current laws prevent sex offenders from teaching in schools but do not prohibitthem from working with children in jobs not funded by the government, such as sports coaches, danceand music teachers, and carnival-ride operators. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called it a glaring loophole, as he visited a Dobbs Ferrypark Monday to announce a bill that he said would restrict sex offenders from any job or volunteeractivity that requires substantial interaction with kids. The fact that these sex offenders are able to coach our children’s teams, operate rides