20 Sex Offenders Live In Branford As Of Oct. 2020

Editor's Note: One or more names in this report have been redacted in light of additional documentation provided regarding this case.

BRANFORD, CT — There are 20 sex offenders living in Branford, according to the state Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection which maintains the registry. While information is updated, it can change quickly and is often provided by offenders themselves, as required by law.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries play a limited role in preventing child sexual abuse and stress that most perpetrators are known to the child.

The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the National Sex Offender Public Website, estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.

The Justice Department estimates 60 percent of perpetrators are known to the child but are not family members but rather family friends, babysitters, child care providers and others, and 30 percent of child victims are abused by family members. Nearly a quarter of the abusers are under the age of 18, the department estimates.

Here is where the 20 sex offenders are registered as living in Branford according to the registry:

• STEVEN ACETO 211 E MAIN ST, 71
• JAMES BATTIPAGLIA 86 MANORWOOD DR
• FRANK COLE 148 E MAIN ST LEFT SIDE
• JOHN COLLINS 28 RIVERSIDE DR
• PHILIP DEJESUS 183 N MAIN ST UNIT 15
• DOMENICK GAGLIARDI III 25 FLORENCE RD UNIT 74
• JOHN GIAMMATTEI 183 N MAIN ST UNIT 14
• ROBERT GUGLIELMO 211 E MAIN ST 22
• MICHAEL HARDY 525 E MAIN ST TRAILER 40
• WILLIAM HARDY 470 E MAIN ST 323 (*Noncompliant for failing to verify address.)
• MICHAEL HOLM 22 CHURCH ST 2ND FLR
• THOMAS HUGHES 38 JERIMOTH DR
• ROBERT HURLBURT 20 HAMRE LN APT 3
• (name removed)
• ERIC PIERCE 280 E MAIN ST UNIT 24
• TAHIR REHMATULLAH 470 E MAIN ST ROOM 120
• LUIS RIVAS 12 STONE RIDGE LN
• ERNEST ROBINSON 86 KIRKHAM ST APT 1A REAR
• JOSE SANTOS 10 CHERRY ST 2ND FLOOR
• FLOYD SMITH 45 JEFFERSON RD BLDG 4 #16

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