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Suffolk passes sweeping sex offender law

The Westhampton sex offender resident trailer housed within

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | The Westhampton sex offender resident trailer housed within a chain linked fence at the former Bomarc base in Westhampton. (Feb. 5, 2013)

The Suffolk Legislature Tuesday night passed an emergency bill that supporters said will end a yearslong debate about where to house homeless sex offenders while creating the "toughest monitoring and enforcement program in the nation."

The bill will intensify monitoring of the county's 1,016 registered sex offenders and close down trailers on the East End that house 38 homeless offenders and...

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