US Marshals are searching for several Suffolk County sex offenders who disappeared after Hurricane Sandy.
The federal law-enforcement agency launched Operation Shore Restore in December to track down offenders who were displaced during the superstorm, authorities said.
“These local agencies during the Hurricane were pretty taxed,” said Charlie Dunne, the US Marshal for the Eastern District of New York. “So marshals want to come in and help other law-enforcement get a handle on where these sex offenders are.”
There are about 1000 individuals on Suffolk County, and marshals focused on 500 offenders in the operation.
Authorities found 450 of the offenders living in their registered homes, while forty had relocated because of the storm. They were found living with family members, in hotels, or even in homeless shelters because their residences were damaged in the storm.
“There were ten we felt had absconded as a result of the hurricane, and left,” said Dunne.
Seven so far have been located and arrested, but three have not been found yet.
It was not immediately released how serious the crimes were that the offenders had been convicted of before they were released.
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