Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Representing Clients in Sextortion and Pornography Crime Scams When you are on the computer or sending emails on your smartphone, it is easy to click on websites and links without even realizing what images and content you are accessing. Sometimes people unknowingly access websites that place unlawful material on their computers, […]

Q. What kind of evidence is required to prove a sexual assault? A. People often believe that physical evidence, like DNA or observable physical injuries, are required to prove a sexual assault, but this is not true. Many defendants have been convicted (sometimes wrongly) based upon the testimony of an alleged sexual assault victim and […]

CONTACT US NOW FOR A CONSULTATION Any time a person is accused of a sexual assault the evidence often comes down in the form of the words of the accuser alone. There might be physical evidence in the case, but often that doesn\’t necessarily prove a sexual assault. Rather it may prove a consensual encounter, […]

While any criminal allegation or conviction will affect your life, being accused of a sex crime can have particularly serious and long-lasting implications. You have to worry about potential penal consequences, such as a prison sentence, and many other ancillary, yet serious consequences that are not court-imposed. To minimize the penalties you face – or […]

A trial begins next week for a TV personality accused of molesting a child of 10 years of age. The 37 year old male, from Old Lyme – Connecticut, was suspended following his arrest in January 2018. Christopher Dionne denies the allegations against him of asking a 10 year old girl if she wanted to […]

Convicted in a child sex sting operation, a New Haven man received a suspended sentence, and will now face ten years on probation, and on the sex offender registry. Marvin Dunkley, 43, was charged after responding to a fake Craigslist ad. The ad, and subsequent phone conversation, involved a woman offering a sexual encounter with […]

As recently reported on The Day, The Connecticut Judiciary Committee has allowed a bill to advance that will allow low-risk sex offenders to be removed from the public sex offender registry. Advocates of the bill state that it will allow law enforcement officials to prioritise high risk offenders instead of monitoring low risk ones. Robert […]

A federal appeals court has ruled that Suffolk County didn’t violate the rights of a registered sex offender which it had visited on two occasions. The ruling found that Long Island County was within its rights to visit the addresses of any sex offenders to ensure that they were correct and current. It was two […]