COMMUNITY ADVISORY: Richard W. Beliveau, Level 3 Sex Offender

LEVEL 3

SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

The Yarmouth Police Department is releasing the following information pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6.Sec 178C through 178P, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to release information that will enhance public safety and protection.

The individual who appears in this notification has been convicted of a sex offense that requires his/her registration. This person has been designated a LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER by the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB). The Board has determined that this individual is at a high risk to re-offend and that the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest is served by active community notification.

Law Enforcement agencies have no authority to direct where a sex offender lives or works.  Unless court ordered restrictions exist, this offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he/she chooses.  Sex offenders have always lived in our community; however, it was not until the passage of this law (which mandates sex offender registration) that law enforcement agencies could share this information with the public.  Any abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders will not be tolerated and could potentially jeopardize our authority to keep the public informed.

THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE

Name:                   Richard W. Beliveau   

                            65 South Street

                            South Yarmouth, MA 02664 

Work Address:      UNEMPLOYED

Age:            35

Sex:            MALE

Race:           WHITE

Height:        5’7”

Weight:       145

Eye Color:   BROWN

Hair Color:  BROWN

SON:           22943                                              Photo Taken: 09-05-07

Offenses:     Rape of a Child/Indecent A&B on Child under 14

Date of Conviction:         07-02-96

Sex offender registry information shall not be used to commit a crime or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender. Any person who uses information disclosed pursuant to M.G.L. C. 6, sec 178C – 178P for such purpose shall be punished by not more than two and one half (2 ½) years in a House of Correction or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1000.00) or both (M.G.L. C.6, s 178N). In addition, any person who uses Registry information to threaten to commit a crime may be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months (M.G.L. C. 275s 4).