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A group of area lawmakers are up in arms after learning that four registered sex offenders were living next to a nursery school.
The issue came to light on Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Orange County when the Town of Newburgh Police Department released a list of Level-2 and Level-3 sex offenders living in the Town of Newburgh.
A search by the Hudson Valley Post found that four of the offenders were living in the Orange Lake Motel, just 300 feet from the Building Blocks Childcare Center in Newburgh.
The sex offenders include Herman Johnson, Gregory Gonzalez, Derrick Goodman, and Steven Linares, according to the Town of Newburgh Police Department.
4 Sex Offenders Now Live Next to Daycare in Hudson Valley
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On Tuesday, the Town of Newburgh Police Department released a list of Level-2 and Level-3 sex offenders living in the Town of Newburgh. In accordance with the New York State Sex Offender Registration Act (Megan s Law), the Town of Newburgh Police Department is passing along the following information, the Town of Newburgh Police Department wrote on Facebook. There are three levels, based upon an offender s risk of committing another sex crime and harm to the community: Level 1 (low), Level 2 (moderate), and Level 3 (high).