North Branford Halloween Sex Offender Addresses To Be Aware Of

NORTH BRANFORD, CT — There are 13 sex offenders living in North Branford and Northford 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.

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:

SCOTT BRENSINGER 14 COUNTY RD NORTH BRANFORD

WILLIAM MYRICK 185 BRANFORD RD NORTH BRANFORD

Lester Stone 224 FOXON RD LOT 2X NORTH BRANFORD

DAVID WESTEFELD 229 BRANFORD ROAD UNIT 154 NORTH BRANFORD

JOSEPH AMADEO 26 COUNTRYSIDE CIR NORTHFORD

JAMES BATTIPAGLIA 58 WOODVALE DR NORTHFORD

JOHN CORTES 18 AUGUR RD NORTHFORD

ALFREDO DELUCA 18 NIDA DR NORTHFORD

WILLIAM HART 109 VILLAGE ST NORTHFORD

SIDNEY NELSON 55 FOREST VIEW RD NORTHFORD

CHRISTOPHER RAFFILE 19 SKYLARK DRIVE NORTHFORD

MICHAEL SUNDBERG 2094 MIDDLETOWN AVE NORTHFORD

JOSEPH VON BRITTON 1936 MIDDLETOWN AVE NORTHFORD

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