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Village seeks end to sex-offender loophole

Massapequa Park is an incorporated village in the

Photo credit: Brittany Wait | Massapequa Park is an incorporated village in the Town of Oyster Bay on the South Shore of Long Island in Nassau County. The village has a population of 17,008, according to the 2010 U.S. Cenus. (July 21, 2012)

In an effort to strengthen the village's sex offender laws, Massapequa Park officials on Monday will weigh removing a clause that permits some registered offenders to return to "established residences or domiciles" after their stints behind bars.

"We are looking to carve out that exemption," Mayor James Altadonna Jr. said in an interview yesterday. "We have no tolerance for criminals or pedophiles...

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