Crime & Safety

Ronkonkoma Resident Arrested for Failing to Register Internet Service Providers and Emails

80-year old did not follow New York State Sex Offender Registration Act.

A retired school psychologist from Ronkonkoma was arrested Thursday for failing to register Internet service providers and email addresses as required by the New York State Sex Offender Registration Act.

Vincent Festa, 80 of 170 Foster Rd. in Ronkonkoma, a Level 3 sex offender, was using email addresses and Internet service providers that he failed to register as required by law. A search warrant was executed at Festa's home on April 13 during which computers, hard drives and assorted storage media were seized.

Festa was charged with one count of Sex Offender Registration Violation, a Class E Felony.

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He is a registered sex offender stemming from convictions for sexual crimes against young boys that occurred during the early 1990s, according to Suffolk County Police.

He surrendered to detectives Thursday morning, processed at the Fourth Precinct and released on bail.

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