7 Burlington County Sex Offenders Indicted For Not Registering

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Seven registered sex offenders have been indicted by a grand jury for changing their residences without notifying law enforcement authorities, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced.

Under New Jersey law, registered sex offenders who plan to move to a new residence must notify police in the town where they presently live about the change.

They must also provide their new address to police in the municipality where they intend to move. Sex offenders who relocate to New Jersey from another state must also contact local police and provide their addresses.

The following people were indicted on one count of third-degree failure to register as a sex offender (towns listed are the location of each person’s last known address):

• Demetris Bean, 42, of Browns Mills;
• Shawn Harris, 34, of Edgewater Park;
• Brian Henderson, 37, of Burlington Township;
• Paul Hollingsworth, 37, of Pemberton Township;
• Robert Richardson, 43, Mount Holly;
• Joseph Singletary, 43, of Maple Shade; and
• Michael Tedesco, 48, of Reading, Pa.

Harris, Henderson, Singletary and Tedesco are lodged in various jails on charges unrelated to their failure to register. Bean, Hollingsworth and Richardson are considered fugitives.

Anyone with information as to the fugitives’ whereabouts is urged to call the Prosecutor’s Office at 609-265-5035 and ask to speak to a detective in the Megan’s Law Unit. Information can also be submitted electronically to tips@co.burlington.nj.us.