Arrest Raises Questions On Recent Sex Offender Registry Changes
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. › March 20, 2010
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LEWISTON -- The Tuesday arrest of a Mexico man on charges of possessing child pornography drew attention to a 2009 law change that allows convicted sex offenders to petition the state to have their names removed from a public sex-offender registry.
State and local police said Thursday that the arrest of Larry L. Smart, 66, of 53 Roxbury Road, is an example of what they feared could happen once convicted sex offenders were allowed to stop registering with local law enforcement.See the full content of this document
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Arrest Raises Questions On Recent Sex Offender Registry Changes
Authorities believe Smart is the only person to be charged as a repeat offender after being removed from the registry.
In 1988, he was convicted of gross sexual misconduct in Oxford County Superior Court, a Class A felony involving a child under the age of 14. He was 42 years old at the time ...See the full content of this document
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