Lancaster, PA
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Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— AGAIN, Police Say Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— AGAIN, Police Say Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— AGAIN, Police Say
Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— Again, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender who has a pending charge for injuring a police officer turned himself in for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, on Friday, February 10, 2023,  authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz already had two active cases against him in Lititz after he supposedly choked a woman in a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street and assaulted an officer while fleeing back in November 2022, as Daily Voice previously reported.  While out on surety bonds totaling $30,000 for those charges sometime between Nov. 3 and Feb. 5 he "had unlawful contact with a …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County
Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County A reward is being offered after a known sex offender failed to register with the police.  A tier three sexual offender, 28-year-old Francisco Morales-Pagan is wanted by Pennsylvania state police for violating Megan's Law.  The Lancaster city resident is last known to have lived at 831 Saint Joseph Street. He is described as having brown hair and eyes, being approximately 5'6" tall, weighing 175 lbs., and has the following tattoos, scars, or markings as of Dec. 2020: Scar - wrist, left - inside of his wrist. Tattoo - arm, left (non-specific) -the letter "y" on inside the bicep.…

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by Jillian Pikora
Arlington, VA
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Serial DC Rapist Targeting Women In Ground-Level Apartments Faces Life In Prison: Feds Serial DC Rapist Targeting Women In Ground-Level Apartments Faces Life In Prison: Feds Serial DC Rapist Targeting Women In Ground-Level Apartments Faces Life In Prison: Feds
Serial DC Rapist Targeting Women In Ground-Level Apartments Faces Life In Prison: Feds A serial rapist from DC with a history of targeting and terrorizing young women may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted more than a decade after his alleged crime. District resident Ronald Berton, Jr, 48, was found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman in June 2010, federal authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 6, following a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On June 12, 2010, Berton’s victim was sleeping in her ground-level apartment in Adams Morgan - the same location he previously targeted - when he entered her home a…

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by Zak Failla
Kingston, NY
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High-Risk Sex Offender Found Hiding In Hudson Valley, Police Say High-Risk Sex Offender Found Hiding In Hudson Valley, Police Say High-Risk Sex Offender Found Hiding In Hudson Valley, Police Say
High-Risk Sex Offender Found Hiding In Hudson Valley, Police Say A registered sex offender who was allegedly found living in the region has been arrested for violating the sex offender registry. Dennis R. Fellows, age 54 of Saugerties, was arrested for the violation on Saturday, Jan. 14. According to the Saugerties Police, Fellows moved to 171 Churchland Road in Saugerties and failed to notify the registry of his address change within the required 10 days. Fellows was convicted of having sexual contact with children ages nine and 13 years old, according to the state Sex Offender Registry. He was processed without incident and released on an appearance …

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by Kathy Reakes
Amherst, MA
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Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA
Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA A 42-year-old Maryland man will spend the next four years in prison and a lifetime on the sex offender registry after pleading guilty to rape and child porn charges, authorities said.  David Gray Jr., of Bel Air, was accused of starting an online relationship with an underaged girl that became all too real, the Northwestern District Attorney said following the verdict Wednesday, Dec. 14.  Gray and the underaged girl from Amherst began exchanging social media posts and then hundreds of emails in 2020, the prosecutor said. When the girl went missing at the end of the year, her mothe…

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by Josh Lanier
Cambridge, MA
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Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher
Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher A Natick Police Sergeant has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery in connection with inappropriately touching a 28-year-old female dispatcher, authorities said. Sgt. James Quilty is facing charges stemming from the incident that happened when the woman and Quilty went to a post-work gathering with other members of the department on April 12, 2020. At one point in the evening, Quilty inappropriately touched the woman against her will, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports.  Quilty kept touching the woman despite being asked to stop and her mo…

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by David Cifarelli
Frederick, MD
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Registered Sex Offenders In Maryland Cited For Violating Registry Rules Registered Sex Offenders In Maryland Cited For Violating Registry Rules Registered Sex Offenders In Maryland Cited For Violating Registry Rules
Registered Sex Offenders In Maryland Cited For Violating Registry Rules Three registered sex offenders are facing new charges in Maryland for allegedly violating the conditions behind their release after being placed on the state's sex offender registry. An alert was issued by the Frederick County Sheriff on Wednesday, Nov. 2, regarding a trio of offenders who found themselves back in trouble with the law for various violations last month. “As a result of ongoing monitoring of registered sex offenders in Frederick County, in October the Sheriff’s Office charged the following registered sex offenders with violating conditions associated with being placed on the …

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
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North Castle Man Sentenced For Sexual Conduct With Child North Castle Man Sentenced For Sexual Conduct With Child North Castle Man Sentenced For Sexual Conduct With Child
North Castle Man Sentenced For Sexual Conduct With Child A man from Northern Westchester has been sentenced for subjecting a child to sexual abuse.  44-year-old Jorge Lazo Achahui of North Castle was sentenced to 15 years in state prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Wednesday, Nov. 2.  Achahui pled guilty to subjecting a 12-year-old victim to sexual intercourse numerous times between March 2020 and July 2020 on Wednesday, Sept. 28, Rocah said.  North Castle Police arrested Achahui on Feb. 6, 2021, following an investigation into his …

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by Ben Crnic
Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers Man Gets Maximum Sentence For 'Horrific' Sex Crimes Against Child, DA Says Yonkers Man Gets Maximum Sentence For 'Horrific' Sex Crimes Against Child, DA Says Yonkers Man Gets Maximum Sentence For 'Horrific' Sex Crimes Against Child, DA Says
Yonkers Man Gets Maximum Sentence For 'Horrific' Sex Crimes Against Child, DA Says A Westchester County man has been sentenced for repeated sexual conduct with a child and rape. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, 48-year-old Virgilio Cruz was sentenced to two consecutive 25-year sentences, 50 years in total, for his crimes, the maximum sentence available, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah. “Today, this defendant was held to account for horrific crimes committed against a vulnerable child,” Rocah said. “We hope the victim, who was extraordinarily brave and testified in court, can begin their journey to healing and feeling safe." According to Rocah…

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by Ben Crnic
Lynn, MA
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Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police
Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police A Massachusetts man charged with molesting a young boy for several years reached a deal with prosecutors in New Hampshire to serve 14 years in prison, authorities said.   Tyler Hartt, 27, pleaded guilty in Rockingham (NH) Superior Court to four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault as part of a plea deal, Exeter (NH) police said.  Prosecutors from two jurisdictions had charged him with one count of felonious sexual assault and ten counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, Sea Coast Online reported.  Investigators arrested Hartt on Oct. 5, 2021, after the parents of a boy told…

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by Josh Lanier
Gaithersburg, MD
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Former Maryland Hospital Employee Sentenced After Raping Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients Former Maryland Hospital Employee Sentenced After Raping Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients Former Maryland Hospital Employee Sentenced After Raping Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients
Former Maryland Hospital Employee Sentenced After Raping Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients A former employee of a Maryland psychiatric hospital convicted of sexually abusing a vulnerable patient has been sentenced to several decades in prison, authorities announce. Macdoff Oghenejabo Okah, 46, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to 60 years suspend all but 40 years in prison and 5 years of supervised probation upon release on Friday, Oct. 7, after being convicted of the crimes that took place in 2018 and 2019, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. The sentence was for six counts of criminal charges related to a guilty plea entered by Okah on charges of se…

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by Annie DeVoe
Albany, NY
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Capital Region Sex Offender Sentenced For Escaping Halfway House Capital Region Sex Offender Sentenced For Escaping Halfway House Capital Region Sex Offender Sentenced For Escaping Halfway House
Capital Region Sex Offender Sentenced For Escaping Halfway House A convicted sex offender from the region will spend additional time in federal prison for escaping from a halfway house. Glyn Frink, age 51, of Albany, was sentenced to three years behind bars Thursday, Sept. 29, after admitting that he signed out of a residential re-entry center to go to work in September 2021 and then never came back. Instead, he stayed in the Albany area without approval and failed to notify Albany Police of his change of address as required under the sex offender registry laws, the US Attorney's Office in the Northern District said. At the time, Frink was serving 15 y…

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by Michael Mashburn