FAILURE TO REGISTER INDICTMENTS
TRENTON
– Five convicted sex offenders were indicted Wednesday on charges they failed
to register their home addresses with law enforcement authorities as required
under Megan’s Law provisions, First Assistant Prosecutor Charles E. Waldron
announced today.
In
addition, three other Trenton men indicted March 1on identical charges remain at
large, Waldron noted.
Waldron
said that the protections afforded by Megan’s Law are dependent upon these
registrations, adding that anyone who has information on the whereabouts of the
men should notify law enforcement officials immediately.
Anyone
with information should contact Assistant Prosecutor Cynthia Liccardo, who
presented the cases to the grand jury, at (609) 989-6571.
Waldron
explained that defendants who are convicted of sex offenses and are incarcerated
are required to register their home addresses at that time. If those convicted
are instead sentenced to probation, they are required to register their
addresses when filling out probation documents.
Convicted
sex offenders who have been determined to be “repetitive and compulsive”
must reregister their addresses every 90 days under Megan’s Law, while other
convicted sex offenders must reregister annually. Convicted sex offenders are
also required to register with police every time they move, Waldron said.
If
convicted for failing to register their addresses, the men indicted today could
face a maximum 18 months in jail.
Megan’s
Law, enacted Oct. 31, 1994, is a series of statutes requiring community
notification when certain convicted sex offenders are released.
Those
indicted Wednesday for failing to register under Megan’s Law were: Javard Lane
(DOB 5/31/78), whose last known address was in the first block of Jarvis Lane;
Anthony Bronner (DOB 4/23/59), whose last known address was in the 800 block of
Greenwood Avenue; Jose Perez (DOB 5/27/76), whose last known address was in the
700 block of Greenwood Avenue; Aaron Wilson (DOB 4/10/72), whose last known
address was the first block of Wolverton Street; and Rufus Elliott (DOB
10/27/71), whose last known address was the 800 block of East State Street.
The
trio indicted March 1 was: Frederick J. Thompson Jr. (DOB 10/25/64), whose last
known address was in the 1100 block of North Hermitage Avenue; Lamar Wendell
Hill (DOB 10/2/78), whose last known address was in the 100 block of Brunswick
Avenue; and Anthony McClinton (DOB 8/20/77), whose last known address was in the
400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue.