CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER LOSES JOB.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Child molester Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paederast, pederast degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior Sidney Landau lan·dau n. 1. A four-wheeled carriage with front and back passenger seats that face each other and a roof in two sections that can be lowered or detached. 2. A style of automobile with a similar roof. , one of California's first convicts singled out for publicity under ``Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. ,'' said neighbors who tried to harass harass (either harris or huh-rass) v. systematic and/or continual unwanted and annoying pestering, which often includes threats and demands. This can include lewd or offensive remarks, sexual advances, threatening telephone calls from collection agencies, hassling by him out of town only managed to harass him out of a job. Now he probably will have to stay. ``Now I'm stuck here, back on welfare,'' he said. ``It will be three or four months before this all dies down.'' Landau, 57, was fired Monday from the first job he held after serving an eight-year prison term. State legislation passed in November allows police to notify their community if a high-risk sex high-risk sex Safe sex practices, see there offender with multiple convictions moves in. The law is named for Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed, allegedly by a neighbor whose sex-offense record wasn't revealed. Landau was convicted twice of molesting young boys. When he was paroled to live with friends here in December, police took full advantage of the law, passing out fliers with his picture and criminal record. Parents picketed his house with signs and bullhorns. Some neighbors would dial 911 every time he stepped out of the house. Publicity escalated this week with reports of his predicament as well as his past. ``I did a wrong thing and I paid for it,'' Landau said. ``Now I am trying to start over and I can't. Some people just want me to put a gun to my head.'' When he went to work on Monday, Landau said, his boss fired him and drove him home. Co-workers had complained, he said. ``Nobody wanted me there,'' Landau said. He declined to name his employer. Corrine Loomis, a police investigator, said it was a local thrift store and that she was concerned. ``We want them as best they can to assimilate as·sim·i·late v. 1. To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion. 2. To transform food into living tissue by the process of anabolism. back into society,'' she said. Landau had planned to stay just long enough to earn enough money to move. ``People here would be very glad to see him get a job and move out of the neighborhood,'' said Dennis Hakeman, who lives next door. ``This will make it harder for him to leave.'' |
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