16 Sex Offenders Live In The Lymes As Of October 2019: UPDATE

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

There are 16 sex offenders living in the Lymes as of October 2019, 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. This is a useful tool to help you be aware of who's living in your neighborhood.

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 list of the 16 registered sex offenders living in East Lyme, Old Lyme and Lyme.

East Lyme

• DONALD FAFORD 47 CHARTER OAK DRIVE
• BRIAN JOSEPH MINGO 397 BOSTON POST ROAD
• TIMOTHY ALLEN EDGETT 170 FLANDERS RD
• WILLIAM FRISKEY 6 Center Street
• ANTHONY T GARDENER 1 Corey Lane
• ANTHONY LITTLE 11 Grand Street
• ANDREW LONGHENRY 10 Damon Heights Road
• DAVID PAUL MCKEE 265 Flanders Road
• PHILLIP SMYTH 135 Flanders Road

Lyme

• GERALD R YOUNG 127 Brush Hill Road
• (name removed)

Old Lyme

• MICHAEL D COLE 119 BOSTON POST RD
• ANTHONY L LACOURSIERE 314 CANTY LANE
• JEFFERY A SCHECKWITZ 28 STERLING HILL ROAD
• LEON R SWANEY 84 MILE CREEK ROAD

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