Category Archive for : ‘SEX OFFENDERS AND LITIGATION’

August 2, 2019
Sarah Freishtat and Megan Jones
Chicago Tribune

The child sex offenders living at Wayside Cross Ministries were not the only ones to receive notices in recent months informing them they were in violation of a residency law and had to move.
Since January, Aurora has notified at least 16 other child sex offenders they were violating a state law that prohibits them from living within 500 feet of a playground, school or other place geared toward children, documents

A Post investigation found that more than a thousand sex fiends, convicted rapists, child molesters and sexual deviants likely to repeat their crimes, live in the five boroughs, but only half are listed on a state-run Web site that is supposed to keep tabs on their whereabouts.  The Web site http://criminaljustic.state.ny.us/nsor/ lists names, addresses, crimes and photos of 614 Level 3, the highest risk offenders.  According to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, the agency that runs the online registry, 1,236 Level 3 offenders actually live here as of

John Becerra, 45, pleaded guilty in February 1996 to four counts of sexual abuse and two count of endangering the welfare of a minor for incidents during 1993 and 1994 in Bellport that involved several children.  He was sentenced to six months in jail and five months probation.  After serving four months, he was released with special conditions for further rehabilitative treatment.  He lived in Farmingville for 15 months before his neighbors learned of his past.  There were organized demonstrations in front of his house, which was across the street

John Becerra, 45, pleaded guilty in February 1996 to four counts of sexual abuse and two count of endangering the welfare of a minor for incidents during 1993 and 1994 in Bellport that involved several children.  He was sentenced to six months in jail and five months probation.  After serving four months, he was released with special conditions for further rehabilitative treatment.  He lived in Farmingville for 15 months before his neighbors learned of his past.  There were organized demonstrations in front of his house, which was across the street