A Level 1 sex offender from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to a year in the Niagara County Jail for not telling authorities one of his social media passwords.
____ ____, 48, of Susie’s Lane, must register because of a misdemeanor sex conviction in 2004, defense attorney David J. Mansour said.
In April, ____ pleaded guilty to a felony count of failure to register. He reported two social media accounts last year, but only one password. Mansour said ____ thought the accounts were linked. Full Article
I may have found a clue … it appears he was picked up for Petit Larceny on August 1st 2018 (http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/crime/blotter-police-reports-for-aug/article_a1713f5a-964b-11e8-994a-9bc12cf7abaa.html).
They may have struck a deal, dropping this charge, if he pleads guilty to the failure to register charge?
Still don’t see where it’s written in the NY statute that disclosing passwords is required though …
Done extensive research regarding registration of social media on the sex offender registry. You do not have to register specific social media websites with the registry. You only have to register the user ID and/or screenname. I have received a definition of this law from the Department of Justice. If anybody has any proof that states otherwise, please provide me with the link to that proof.