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PA - Police not likely to enforce city's sex offender law

View the article here 11/12/2008 By Marcia Moore - The Daily Item DA advises following state regulations, chief says SUNBURY -- A Florida man seems to be violating a Sunbury ordinance by living in a city hotel while awaiting word on whether he'll be allowed back home to serve 12 years of probation for a sex crime in Snyder County, but the city police chief said he does not intend to file charges against him. The City Council passed an ordinance in 2006 prohibiting registered sex offenders from living or loitering within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares, playgrounds or any public place children congregate or face a 60-day jail sentence and $500 fine, but Police Chief Steve Mazzeo said his office was advised by Northumberland County District Attorney Anthony Rosini to follow state law rather than try to enforce the local ordinance...continue to full post

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