LOOPHOLES IN PERV LIST (600 worst sickos left off registry)

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 December 23.  That leaves 622 offenders invisible to the public.  The void was created when the Legal Aid Society challenged the court assessed levels assigned to sex offenders already in prison when Megan's Law was instituted in 1996.

The Web site is supposed to be the public's first line of defense in finding out where sexual predators live.  But more than half of the city's Level 3 offenders are not listed on the public registry because of litigation.

STATEN ISLAND

On Web site: 22

On the streets: 50

BROOKLYN

On Web site: 179

On the streets: 391

QUEENS

On Web site: 93

On the streets: 168

BRONX

On Web site: 129

On the streets: 293

MANHATTAN

On Web site: 191

On the streets: 334

CITY TOTALS

On Web site: 614

On the streets: 1,236

Note: The Web site data is as of December 28; the actual number of sexual offenders, according to DCJS is as of December 23.

TOP CREEPS ON THE STREETS

Name: BRIAN WILLIAMS

Age: 24

Crimes: Pummeled two girls, ages 11 and 12, with his fist before raping them.

Convicted: January 4, 2001

Released: November 20, 2004

Where Is He Now? Living in Brooklyn less than a block from an elementary school and within a mile of six other schools.

Were neighbors notified? No.

Name: REUBEN HERNANDEZ

Age: 57

Crimes: Raped three girls, ages 6, 8 and 10

Convicted: June 13, 1990

Released: July 15, 2002

Where Is He Now?  Living in the Bronx within blocks of an elementary school.  He also lives within a mile of 12 other schools and less than two miles from the entrance to the Bronx Zoo.

Were neighbors notified?  No, not even his landlady.

Name: ROBERTO ARROYO

Age: 30

Crimes: Raped a 2 year old

Convicted: September 27, 1996

Where Is He Now?  Back in Rikers Island since July, when he was jailed on forgery charge.  But before that, he was listed on the state registry as living in a Bronx housing project for seniors, which is against city rules.

Were neighbors notified? No.

Name: WILLIAM BARNASON

Age: 52

Crimes: Raped, sodomized and sexually abused four neighbors, three girls, ages 5, 6 and 7, and a woman older than 17.

Convicted: September 16, 1986

Released: January 2, 2001

Where Is He Now?  Living in an Upper West Side basement apartment less than a mile from eight schools.

Were neighbors notified?  No

Name:  WILLIE BOWMAN

Age: 50

Crimes: Raped two girls, ages 6 and 8

Convicted: November 1, 1999

Released: August 7, 2001

Where Is He Now?  Living in Manhattan, a block from an elementary school, three blocks away from a high school and four blocks away from a junior high school.

Were neighbors notified?  No

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