2018 Halloween Sex Offender Addresses To Be Aware Of In The Lymes

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

EAST LYME, CT — There are 16 sex offenders living in the Lyme, East Lyme and Old Lyme areas 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.

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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 Lyme, East Lyme and Old Lyme according to the state's registry:

GERALD YOUNG, 127 BRUSH HILL RD, LYME

(name removed)

TIMOTHY EDGETT, 146 FLANDERS RD, EAST LYME

BRIAN FAFORD, 47 CHARTER OAK DR, EAST LYME

DONALD FAFORD, 47 CHARTER OAK DR, EAST LYME

(name removed)

MATTHEW YUHAS, 11 CEDAR RIDGE RD, EAST LYME

WILLIAM FRISKEY, 6 CENTER ST, NIANTIC

ANTHONY GARDENER, 1 COREY LN, NIANTIC

ANDREW LONGHENRY, 10 DAMON HEIGHTS RD, NIANTIC

Non-Compliant: DAVID MCKEEN, 265 FLANDERS RD ROOM 236, NIANTIC

WENDELL SOCTOMAH, 40 S BEECHWOOD RD, NIANTIC

MICHAEL COLE, 119 BOSTON POST RD, OLD LYME

ANTHONY LACOURSIERE, 314 CANTY LN, OLD LYME

JEFFERY SCHECKWITZ, 28 STERLING HILL RD, OLD LYME

LEON SWANEY, 84 MILE CREEK ROAD, OLD LYME

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