Updated 2020 Sex Offender Registry For Farmington

FARMINGTON, CT — There are 11 registered sex offenders living in Farmington as of October 2020, according to the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry.

The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection maintains the registry and updates information regularly, but information can change quickly. Information is often provided by offenders themselves as required by law.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries play a limited role in preventing child sexual abuse and stress that most perpetrators are known to the child.

The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the National Sex Offender Public Website, estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.

The Justice Department estimates 60 percent of perpetrators are known to the child but are not family members but rather family friends, babysitters, child care providers and others, and 30 percent of child victims are abused by family members. Nearly a quarter of the abusers are under the age of 18, the department estimates.

According to the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws, publishing a registry "continues the demonization of those with sexual crime convictions, creating the impression that these individuals are still 'sex offenders.' Research shows that 95 percent of those on the registry will not reoffend, and they are trying to assimilate into their communities as productive members of society."

Here is the full list of registered sex offenders living in town, according to the state's registry (an asterisk* indicates non-compliance):

UNIONVILLE

1. JOSEPH BETTI, 30 SUNSET DR
2. REINALDO CINTRON, 1738 FARMINGTON AVE
3. RICHARD ROGERS, 110 WEBSTER ST
4. DAVID YESCOTT*, 10 WHISPERING ROD RD

FARMINGTON

1. LARS ATWELL, 1137 Meaderboro Road
2. SCOTT HART, 14 CASE ST
3. KAROL HERNAS, 17 HOTCHKISS RD
4. CRAIG LORENZ, 75 BIRDSEYE ROAD
5. LARRY ROSENBERG, 377 SCOTT SWAMP RD
6. CHRISOPHER SMITH , 19 LAKESHORE DR, UNIT A2
7. COLE SUTTON, 14 CARDINAL DR

Click here to see the full state registry.