>Beating Megan’s Law: How violent sex offenders can legally live in towns without the public knowing
Recently released sex offenders can live for months near schools, day care centers and playgrounds, with no requirement that community members — or even police — be notified.
New Jersey’s Megan’s Law requires that offenders be classified after their release from prison, a process that can take several months to complete.
Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Richard J. Buzby Jr. said he learned in the early fall that a man convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls had moved into nearby Tuckerton near two playgrounds and several school bus stops. (Mikle, Gannett)