2 'Violent' Sex Offenders Charged With Failure To Register In Stafford

STAFFORD, CT — Two men with Stafford addresses were charged last week with sex offender registry violations, state police said.

Both were classified in warrants as violent offenders.

At 1:45 p.m. on Friday, Nathaniel Dasilva, 38, surrendered on a warrant at the state police Troop C barracks. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender, posted a $10,000 bond and is scheduled for a Sept. 16 appearance in Rockville Superior Court.

According to state police records, he lives on Tolland Avenue in Stafford.

In 2008, he was convicted on two Uniform Code of Military Justice charges — rape of a child younger than 16 and sodomy of a minor, according to a warrant. The convictions require life on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry, state police said in a warrant.

He did not acknowledge attempts by state authorities to register when a renewal came up, state police said.

On Sept. 5, 56-year-old Mark Bishop was arrested at his East Main Street residence in Stafford and charged with two counts of failure to register as a sex offender. In 2001, he was convicted of forcible first-degree sexual assault, and risk of injury to a child, according to a warrant.

Attempts to get Bishop to renew on the registry failed, according to a warrant.

He appeared on Rockville Superior Court on Friday and his initial $50,000 bond was reduced to a promise to appear. He is due to be back before a judge on Oct. 10, records show.