Please read
following and click "I accept" at the bottom
of this page to access the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet
Registry.
Introduction
New Jersey
law authorizes the Division of State Police to make available
to the public over the Internet information about certain
sex offenders required to register under Megan's Law.
The sex offender Internet registry law can be found in
the New Jersey Code at 2C:7-12 to -19. This information
is being made available on the Internet to facilitate
public access to information about persons who have committed
a sex offense, to enable you to take appropriate precautions
to protect yourself and those in your care from possible
harm. Public access to registry information
is intended solely for the protection of the public, and
should never be used to threaten, intimidate or harass
another (see "Prohibitions on
Misuse of Registry Information" below).
The registry
is not a complete and comprehensive listing of every person
who has ever committed any sex offense in New Jersey,
nor does it make information about every sex offender
living in New Jersey available on the Internet. In accordance
with New Jersey law, individuals who have been convicted,
adjudicated delinquent or found not guilty by reason of
insanity for a sex offense must register under New Jersey's
Megan's Law. The specific offenses for which registration
is required can be found in New Jersey Code at 2C:7-2.
Individual registrants are then assessed to determine
whether they pose a relatively low, moderate or high risk
of re-offense, based on application of elements such as
the characteristics of the sex offense or offenses they
committed, their offense history and other criteria such
as response to treatment and community support. Under
New Jersey law, before community notification takes place,
offenders receive a final classification order from the
court following the opportunity for a hearing. The Law
Enforcement Guidelines for the Implementation of Sex Offender
Registration and Community Notification Law can be
obtained from the Division of Criminal Justice web site,
for more information on the registration, assessment and
community notification procedures.
The sex offender
Internet registry includes information pertaining to sex
offenders determined to pose a relatively high risk of
re-offense (tier 3 offenders) and, with certain exceptions,
information about sex offenders found to pose a moderate
risk of re-offense (tier 2 offenders). The Internet registry
excludes any information about offenders determined to
present a low risk of re-offense (tier 1 offenders). Although
there is currently a legal challenge in federal court
which prevents the Internet registry from including registrant
home address information, the remaining information about
moderate and high risk sex offenders which is authorized
for disclosure under the law is available in this web
site, including: the offender's name and any aliases used
by the offender; any Megan's Law sex offenses committed
by the offender, including a brief description and the
date and location of disposition of any such offense;
a general description of the offender's modus operandi,
if any; the determination of whether the risk of re-offense
by the offender is moderate or high; the offender's age,
race, sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair, eye color
and any distinguishing scars or tattoos; a photograph
of the offender and the date on which the photograph was
entered into the registry; and the make, model, color,
year and license plate number of any vehicle operated
by the offender required. Should judicial rulings in the
pending litigation permit disclosure of additional home
address information at some time in the future, the registry
will be revised to incorporate that information and to
provide for additional searches based on geographical
criteria such as a registrant's municipality and zip code.
The Internet registry is continually updated, with information
about additional registrants added as court orders are
issued authorizing Internet disclosure about those individuals.
Accuracy
of the Information Contained in this Web Site
Although the
individuals listed on the sex offender Internet registry
are initially identified through fingerprinting and photograph
submission to the Division of State Police, it should
be understood that positive identification of any individual
whose registration record has been made available on the
Internet registry can be verified only through the review
of a properly executed fingerprint card. By placing this
information on the Internet, no representation is being
made that the listed individual will commit any specific
crime in the future, nor is any representation being made
that if the individual commits an offense, that one of
the listed offenses will be the offense committed.
The Division
of State Police, working in conjunction with the "Megan's
Law" Units in each County Prosecutor's Office, verifies
and updates this information regularly, to try to assure
that it is complete and correct. Although efforts have
been made to ensure the information is as accurate as
possible, no guarantee is made or implied. The information
may also be subject to change and re-verification. You
are cautioned that information provided on this site may
not reflect the current residence, status or other information
regarding an offender. If you believe that any of the
information found in these records is in error, please
contact the Division of State Police, Records & Identification
Section, P.O. Box 7068, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628,
Phone (609) 882-2000, or the prosecutor in the county
where the offender resides.
Prohibitions
on Misuse of Registry Information
Consistent
with this public safety purpose of Megan's Law, the Internet
registry law expressly prohibits the use of registry information
for the purpose of applying for, obtaining, or denying
health insurance, insurance, loans, credit, education,
scholarships or fellowships, benefits privileges or services
provided by any business establishment (unless for a purpose
consistent with the enhancement of public safety), or
housing or accommodations. The law also makes it a crime,
punishable by a term of imprisonment between three and
five years and a fine of up to $15,000, to use registry
information to commit a criminal offense, and makes it
a disorderly persons offense, punishable by a fine of
up to $1,000, to use registry information to commit any
disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense.
These charges would be in addition to any charges related
to the underlying criminal act committed.
WARNING!
Any person who uses the information contained herein to
threaten, intimidate or harass another, or who otherwise
misuses that information may be subject to criminal prosecution
or civil liability.