Berkeley Man Failed To Register As Sex Offender: Police

BERKELEY, NJ — A Bayville man was arrested and charged with failure to register as a sex offender pursuant to Megan's Law, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced March 23.

Mark Brayman, 55, was arrested and charged on March 18 after moving from Berkeley to Toms River and not registering or notifying police. He was taken into custody on March 22, OCPO said.

Since 1994, Megan’s Law requires certain offenders to register with their local police departments whenever they move and/or change their residential address or place of employment. Failure to comply with this obligation is a crime of the third degree.

According to the State Police Sex Offender Internet Registry, Brayman was previously convicted in 1986 in Rhode Island for third degree sexual assault against a 15-year-old female acquaintance. He was also convicted in North Carolina in 1999 for intercourse by force and against the victim's will for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old household member.

Brayman is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing, according to authorities.

Anyone with relevant information regarding this case - or others violating Megan’s Law requirements - should contact Sergeant John Argento of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 929-2027, extension 2903. The information may be provided anonymously. For further information, please visit the State Police Sex Offender Internet Registry at http://www.njsp.org/sex-offender-registry/index.shtml