ORANGETOWN, NY – The Orangetown Police Department have been notifying residents that Patrick Griffin, a convicted sex offender, has moved to Pearl River.

Patrick Griffin, 61, considered a level two threat, which means he is at “moderate risk of a repeat offense” has moved from Tupper Lake to South Main Street in Pearl River.

According to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Griffin had sexual contact with a 6-year-old and 9-year-old girl in April 1998 in Coxsackie (Greene County, New York). He was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse in November that year and sentenced to a term of between 18 months to three years in prison.

New York State has a listing of all level 2 and level 3 registered sex offenders and can be obtained by going to New York State’s official website for sex offender data. You may search by zip code or by entire county.

(First reported by the Rockland Daily Voice)