Sex Offender Gets 3 Years For Failure To Register In Manchester: Prosecutor

TOMS RIVER, NJ -- A Toms River sex offender has been sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to failing to register his address change as required by Megan's Law, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday.

David Earl McBride, 52, with a last known address of Toms River, pleaded guilty Dec. 14 to the charge of failure to register, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. McBride moved from Toms River to Manchester on or about April 25, 2015, and did not register the change with Manchester police, Della Fave said.

McBride is a Tier 3 sex offender who was convicted of an April 1988 sexual assault, according to the New Jersey State Police database. He is required by law to register his change of address with both towns a minimum of 10 days before he moved, under Megan's Law.

Superior Court Judge Melanie S. Appleyby additionally sentenced McBride to continue his obligations to register once released from prison and to follow all guidelines of probation imposed on him.

Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Ehsan F. Chowdhry of the Megan’s Law Unit had argued for a five-year prison term, Della Fave said.

McBride has been in the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $10,000 bail, no 10 percent option, since his arrest May 23, 2015, Della Fave said.