Category Archive for : ‘REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS GENERAL’

Legislation for the Brookhaven Town Board to adopt a Child Protection Act will be the topic of a public hearing slated for December 20 at 6:20 p.m. at Brookhaven Town Hall.  If adopted, the law would restrict where convicted sex offenders could reside.  Second District Councilman Kevin McCarrick introduced the legislation that would keep convicted sex offenders from residing 1,000 feet from either a school or playground.  McCarrick’s pending legislation was lauded by Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law.  She joined McCarrick in a press conference last

New York recently joined the United States Department of Justice’s national sex offender public registry website.  The national website compiles a list of sex offenders directly from the state websites.  However, only level three sex offenders are listed on the state website, and will therefore be listed on the national website.  Jessica Scaperotti, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Justice, said The governor has called for a strengthening of Megan’s Law in order to have all sex offenders listed on the website, noting that a bill to do

Nassau and Suffolk County probation officers will randomly visit the area’s most dangerous sex offenders to ensure they stay away from minors.  Probation officers will visit offenders to make sure they are not violating terms of probation, which include placing Halloween decoration on their homes, wearing costumes or responding to trick-or-treaters.  Nassau currently has 278 sex offenders, 170 of whom committed sex crimes on children under 18.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law in New York, said parents should use the state’s online sex offender registry, which

The Daily News has learned that the worst of the state’s convicted perverts have been ordered to make themselves scarce on Halloween.  Under rules to be enforced by the state Division of Parole, registered sex offenders must abide by a curfew that begins at 3 p.m. Monday and runs until 6 a.m. Tuesday.  They are also barred from wearing masks or having any interaction with young trick-or-treaters who ring their bell.  The new restrictions apply to 270 Level 3 sex offenders in the five boroughs and 539 in the rest

Xavier Morris, a 22 year old newlywed and first-time father, lives in a Sound Beach community decked out for Halloween trick-or-treaters, where kids used to ride bikes and shoot hoops in driveways, where children now play inside and the narrow roads of the wooded enclave of Scott’s Beach are empty.  Residents there say he should leave.  Morris is a level 3 sex offender who admits he sexually abused three young relatives when he was a teenager, but only after he himself was damaged by years of sexual abuse.  He says

Westchester probation officials will be tracking a certain class of monsters on Halloween night: registered sex offenders.  About 45 registered Level 2 and 3 sex offenders who live in the county will receive special invitations to attend and educational program between 6 and 10 p.m. on Monday.  Those who don’t show up for the program at the probation offices in White Plains will get a visit from teams of police and probation officers.  Registered sex offenders attending the program at county probation offices will participate in a workshop with an