Category Archive for : ‘SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS WHO REOFFEND’

Vincent Elias, a 33 year old man already serving 15 years for raping two teens, was identified as a suspect in the rape of Fancy Figueroa when he followed her home from school on her 16th birthday seven years ago.  For seven years, nobody believed Fancy when she said she was raped by a man who followed her home, broke into her Queens house and held her by the throat as he brutalized her.  Not the police, not the judge, not even her parents.  But through DNA evidence, Fancy has

New York Post/Erika Martinez and Philip Messing

Dana Gibson, a 28 year old registered sex offender who has spent nearly half his life behindbars, was nabbed for two armed sexual assaults on 12 year old girls this month in Brooklyn. Gibson,who is homeless, was arrested February 25 in connection with two attacks that occurred a day apartinside the East Flatbush apartment buildings where the victims live. The first attack occurred onFebruary 3 at 3:15 p.m. in a Kings Highway apartment building where he attacked the victim in anelevator. A tenant prevented

New York Post/Jamie Schram, Jennifer Fermino and Marsha Kranes

Anthony Hightower, a 36 year old Bronx ex-con with a history of 29 arrests, the last oneresulting in his classification as a sexually violent offender, is back behind bars accused ofrepeatedly raping a 14 year old relative.

He was charged with sexually assaulting the girl four times over a two week period. The attacksall took place in the three-bedroom Melrose apartment where neighbors report Hightower had beenliving with his sister, her six kids and a steady stream of other relatives. Hightower, whosepolice rap

Newsday/Andrew Smith

Richard Russillo, a 59 year old Ridge man, has been indicted on charges of sexually abusingneighborhood children during the past few years. Russillo, of 31 Tarkhill Trail, is accused ofsodomizing one boy who was younger than 13 years old between February and April 2003. Because ofthe boy’s age, he is charged with first-degree sodomy, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 yearsin prison. He was arrested in June 2003 and had been free on a bail bond of $180,000. He is alsoaccused of sexually abusing a girl four times

Newsday/Matt Burke

Eric Sesack, a 31 year old Syosset man, who was arrested last year for promoting sexualperformance by a child and served 6 months in jail has been arrested again on similar charges.Sesack, of 73 Circle Drive, was arrested February 3 after detectives discovered well over 100images on his computer of children under the age of 16 performing sex acts. Sesack sentpornographic images to an Internet chat room user who was an undercover detective in Keene, NewHampshire and an investigation began January 9. The detective notified Nassau police and afterobtaining

New York Post/Neil Graves and Andy Geller

Fifteen New Jersey residents, including a 70 year old retired Presbyterian minister, were bustedyesterday as the feds smashed an international kiddie-porn ring based in Belarus.

The 15, who were charged with downloading child pornography, also included a doctor, threepreviously convicted sex offenders, a teacher, a former campus minister, a bank employee and an 85year old retired engineer. The suspects used credit cards to buy subscriptions to porn Web sitesfrom Regpay, a Belarus company that sold memberships in 50 sites, including four it operated. The15 New