April 3, 2003
Trenton,
NJ — Two 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, Mercer County Prosecutor
Daniel G. Giaquinto announced.
Giaquinto
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 as to the whereabouts of the defendants should contact
Assistant Prosecutor Cynthia Liccardo, who presented the cases to the grand
jury, at (609) 989-6571.
Giaquinto 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, Giaquinto said.
If
convicted for failing to register their addresses, the men indicted yesterday
could face a maximum sentence of 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
two men indicted on Wednesday, April 16, who remain at large are:
Erk Drury (DOB 2/3/62), whose last known address is the 500 block of New York
Avenue, Trenton, and William Reed
(DOB 6/17/59), whose last known address is the 400 block of Hoffman Avenue,
Trenton.