Ledyard 2018 Halloween Sex Offender Addresses To Be Aware Of

LEDYARD, CT — There are 13 sex offenders living in Ledyard as of October 2018, according to the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry. More than half of rape/sexual assault incidents happen within a mile of the victim's home, according to the United States Department of Justice. About 75 percent of victims know their attacker, and 45 percent of victims are under 12 years old.

The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection maintains the registry and updates information regularly, but information can change quickly. Information is often provided by offenders themselves as required by law.

You may want to avoid trick or treating at these houses and apartments on Halloween, or merely be aware of who's living in your neighborhood during the rest of the year.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries can play only 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.

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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.

CT State Police also posted the following warning in regards to the registry:

"ANY PERSON WHO USES INFORMATION IN THIS REGISTRY TO INJURE, HARASS OR COMMIT A CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST ANY PERSON INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRY OR ANY OTHER PERSON IS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION."

Here is the full list of registered sex offenders living in your town according to the state's registry:

1. JONATHAN DESROSIER 17 CRESTVIEW DR
2. ERIC KENDALL 993B LONG COVE RD
3. ZACHARY LYNCH 9 STONYBROOK RD
4. JOSEPH MICHNA 1010-26 LONG COVE RD
5. Non-Compliant ZACHARY SMART 1538 ROUTE 12 UNIT 16
6. ROBERT STOKES 12 MERRY LN
7. JOHN ARUDA 4 LONG POND ROAD S APT D
8. JAMES BACON 437 PUMPKIN HILL RD
9. RICHARD LAFLAMME 352 COL LEDYARD HWY
10. THOMAS MARSCHAT 149 GALLUP HILL RD
11. DONALD MCCLAFFERTY 200 IRON ST
12. TIMOTHY REBER 13 LAKE ST
13. JASON TREMBLAY 549 COLONEL LEDYARD HWY

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