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'Serial Predator' From Mass Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's His Sentence 'Serial Predator' From Mass Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's His Sentence
'Serial Predator' From Mass Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's His Sentence A registered sex offender from Massachusetts with a previous conviction will spend over a decade in prison after trying to pay who he thought was a child sex trafficker for sex with a 14-year-old girl, officials said. Middlesex County resident David Cannon of Lexington, age 61, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to pay for sex with a teenager, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday, April 9.  According to federal officials, in November 2022, Cannon replied to an online advertisement that offered commercial sex with two young gir…

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by Ben Crnic
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Western Mass Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Child At His Home, Gets 2 Years: DA Western Mass Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Child At His Home, Gets 2 Years: DA
Western Mass Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Child At His Home, Gets 2 Years: DA A 68-year-old Berkshire County man has pleaded to multiple counts of indecent assault on a child younger than 14 years old, authorities announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Lochan Kissoon, of Pittsfield, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor in his apartment in June 2021, the Berkshire County District Attorney said.  Kissoon cannot have contact with anyone under the age of 16, and he must register as a sex offender once he's released, authorities said. 

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by Josh Lanier
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Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA
Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA A pre-teen girl who shared her experiences of repeatedly being molested by her 50-year-old stepfather helped him get the maximum allowable sentence, according to officials.  Gerson Pascual-Santana, of New Bedford, was convicted on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 on Wednesday, March 8, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports.  Pascual-Santana will serve three-and-a-half years in jail followed by eight years of probation. He also must register as a sex offender, have no contact with the victim and undergo sex offender treatme…

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by David Cifarelli
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Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA
Out-Of-State Man Gets 4 Years For 'Relationship' With Underage Amherst Girl: DA A 42-year-old Maryland man will spend the next four years in prison and a lifetime on the sex offender registry after pleading guilty to rape and child porn charges, authorities said.  David Gray Jr., of Bel Air, was accused of starting an online relationship with an underaged girl that became all too real, the Northwestern District Attorney said following the verdict Wednesday, Dec. 14.  Gray and the underaged girl from Amherst began exchanging social media posts and then hundreds of emails in 2020, the prosecutor said. When the girl went missing at the end of the year, her mothe…

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by Josh Lanier
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Homeless Man Arrested For Failure To Register As Sex Offender Homeless Man Arrested For Failure To Register As Sex Offender
Homeless Man Arrested For Failure To Register As Sex Offender A homeless man was recently arrested for failure to register with Massachusetts as a sex offender while on an extended stay at a Route 5 motel. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, police arrested Jonathan Rojko whose formal address is the streets of Holyoke. In December 2020, West Springfield Police received a tip that an alleged sex offender, Rojko, had been staying at the Bel Air Motel, 387 Riverdale Road (Route 5), since late-July. As of Thursday, Feb. 10, Rojko does not appear in the Massachusetts searchable registry of sex offenders.  On Jan. 21, police applied for, and were soon granted, a…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Unregistered Sex-Offender Discovered Living In MA Suburbs Unregistered Sex-Offender Discovered Living In MA Suburbs
Unregistered Sex-Offender Discovered Living In MA Suburbs An un-registered sex-offender has been located in a quiet, suburban neighborhood and arrested by police. On Thursday, Nov. 5, police arrested Level 3 sex-offender Gerry A. Lewis, 63, of West Springfield, on a charge of failure to register as a level 2 or level 3 sex-offender, police said. Lewis had allegedly been living on Sibley Avenue in West Springfield for two months without registering his new address, police said. Lewis allegedly moved from Agawam to West Springfield in March, police said. Lewis was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age in 1995,…

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by Kristin Palpini