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NY Sex Offenders Don't Have To Disclose Facebook Accounts To Law Enforcement, Court Says NY Sex Offenders Don't Have To Disclose Facebook Accounts To Law Enforcement, Court Says
NY Sex Offenders Don't Have To Disclose Facebook Accounts To Law Enforcement, Court Says People convicted of sexual offenses in New York will not have to disclose their status and will be permitted to use their Facebook accounts provided they don’t use a false name. The New York State Supreme Court unanimously made the ruling on Thursday, June 27, after a man from Ticonderoga was charged for failing to disclose to state officials that he used the social media website. His case has since been dismissed. The question arose regarding Arthur Ellis, Jr., who was convicted of a sexual offense in 2011 in Essex County and was obligated to disclose that he had a Facebook account when he…
Northern Westchester Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney Northern Westchester Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney
Northern Westchester Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney The 42-year-old Northern Westchester woman who fraudulently posed as an attorney and represented a client in court has been sentenced to several years probation. Peekskill resident Delilah Torres has been sentenced to five years probation after being found guilty of a felony count of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing after she falsely portrayed herself as a lawyer in Pleasantville Village Court. Westchester County District Attorney, Jr. Scarpino said that Torres first appeared in court in Pleasantville on June 26 last year, when she identified herself as the attorney for h…