Four convicted sex offenders were indicted Friday on charges they failed
to register their home addresses with law enforcement authorities as required
under Megan’s Law provisions, Mercer Prosecutor Daniel G. Giaquinto announced today.
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 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 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 Friday for failing to register under Megan’s Law were: Mike M. Victor
(DOB 8/20/81), whose last known address is in the 200 block of Perry Street;
Edward J. Lyman (DOB 12/30/66), whose last known address is in the first block
of Laclade Avenue; Kevin L. Payne (DOB 10/12/76), whose last known address is in
the first block of Prospect Street; and Esteban Romero (DOB 11/28/74), whose
last known address is the 400 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.