APRIL 5, 2001

FAILURE TO REGISTER INDICTMENTS

Trenton, NJ — Six convicted sex offenders who remain at large were indicted yesterday 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. 

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.

The six men indicted on Wednesday, April 4 who remain at large are:

Douglas Payne (DOB 2/3/67), whose last known address is the 100 block of Rossell Avenue, Trenton; Dana Fields (DOB 6/22/60), whose last known address is the 800 block of Edgewood Avenue, Trenton; Ruben Rivera (DOB 8/20/69), whose last known address is the first block of Sherman Avenue, Trenton; Wayne Housley (DOB 12/23/79), whose last known address is the first block of Jersey Street, Trenton; Rayshawn Wilson (DOB 6/4/80), whose last known address is the first block of Monmouth Place or the 200 block of Grand Street, both in Trenton; and Johnny Baretto (DOB 2/14/66), whose last known address is the first block of Carroll Street, Trenton.