Sex Offender Convicted Of Abusing Teen Reports Move In Newburgh

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Orange residents regarding the residency of 58-year-old Gerald Pipkins, who has moved to an apartment on Benkard Avenue in Newburgh.

The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Pipkins as a Level 2 threat, which means he is at "moderate risk of a repeat offense."

According to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Pipkins abused a 13-year-old girl in 1999, and was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse for having contact with a person less than 14 years old. He was arrested by New York State Police and sentenced to a year in local jail. He is now under the jurisdiction of the Newburgh City Police Department.

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