As of this week, two new registered sex offenders have been housed at the county trailer for homeless registered sex offenders in the parking lot of the jail in Riverside, according the the state sex offender registry.
Randy Green, 57, was convicted in 1996 of raping an 11-year-old-girl. He was sentenced to two to six years in state prison.
Robert Trocchio, 47, was convicted of 1st degree sodomy in 1982.
Special notice:
Last month, RiverheadLOCAL published a list of all level 2 and 3 registered sex offenders living within the Town of Riverhead and in Southampton town in zip code 11901. We will add to that list as we learn of registered level 2 and 3 sex offenders moving into the community, including those being housed by the County of Suffolk in the trailer in the parking lot at the jail.
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Protect your family. Remain aware of the identities, conviction records and physical descriptions of the homeless registered sex offenders being housed by Suffolk County in our community. Most important, educate your kids about this issue.
Opinion:
Our laws and criminal justice system are clearly inadequate to avert tragedies like the murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway, California. A convicted sex offender, who was found guilty in 2000 of molesting and beating a 13-year-old girl, has been charged with Chelsea’s murder. He served five years in jail, after a judge sentenced him to less than half the maximum sentence allowed, in spite of the recommendation of a court-appointed psychiatrist that he receive the maximum sentence.
We have at least 20 level 2 and 3 registered sex offenders being warehoused by the county in our community. The county says they pose no danger to our community, in part because they are transported daily to social services offices throughout the county (the offices serving the regions where these homeless men “originated.”) It has never been clearly explained what happens on weekends and holidays, when the social services offices are closed. Nor do we know how many of the men are dropped off at the social services center on East Main Street in Riverhead. In addition, once dropped off at these centers, they are left unsupervised. Social Service offices are very often utilized by mothers and children seeking assistance from the county. Does it make sense to drop off convicted homeless sex offenders at these locations?
As the father of teenage girls who attend high school within walking distance of the trailer, I am very concerned for the safety of children in our community and dismayed that Riverhead is being used by the county in this way.
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