A Convicted Offender Fails To Register, Cops Say

A convicted Level 2 offender who was accused of abusing 6- and 7-year-old children in Brooklyn in 1997 and has been living on the street of MonDroe has been charged with neglecting to report his whereabouts to state authorities, so he was arrested yesterday and charged with failing to register as an offender, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned before Town Justice Jack Rosenthal and sent to the Orange County jail in lieu of $500 cash or $1,500 bail bond.

A Level 2 offender, meaning he poses a moderate risk of committing another offense. State law requires he register annually as an offender for 10 years and notify authorities whenever he changes addresses. His last known address was on 47th Street in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, police said.