NEW REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER IN MAPLEWOOD, BRINGS TOTAL TO THREE

New Jersey's Sex Offender Registry added a new person to the list of such offenders in Maplewood, bringing the number to three for our small town.

For years, dating to 2002, only two men were on the list from Maplewood, residing on Jacoby Street and Meadowbrook Place. Each had been convicted of sex-related kidnapping crimes in the 1980's, but appear to have lived lawfully since then.

The third was added just last week, on July 5, and resides on Brookwood Drive. His listing results from a 2009 conviction for endangering the welfare of a child after possessing and trading child pornography online.

We choose not to identify these men or give their exact addresses out of respect for their privacy, although all information is public and available at the N.J. Sex Offender Registry.