Cops: Sex offender strikes, arrested after failing to register address





	Michael Schoefer. SCPD (click for larger version)

January 22, 2010 | 11:06 AM
Police today arrested a registered sex offender for failing to register an address change and for forcibly touching a 20-year-old woman.

Special Victims Section detectives arrested Michael Schoefer, 51, a Level 3 sex offender, for failing to register an address change within 10 days as required by New York State. During the course of the investigation, detectives determined that a Port Jefferson woman alleged Schoefer touched her in September 2009.

Schoefer was charged with Forcible Touching, a Class A Misdemeanor and Failure to Register which was upgraded from a Class E Felony to a Class D Felony because of a prior conviction for failing to register.

Schoefer, who is undomiciled, was known to frequent Northport, Smithtown, Stony Brook, Port Jefferson and Riverhead. He has been registered as a sex offender since 2007 and has several arrests and convictions for a variety of charges including Sexual Abuse, Stalking, Forcible Touching, Criminal Mischief, Public Lewdness and Resisting Arrest.

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Schoefer was held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and will be arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.

— SCPD

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