Accused child molester wearing GPS arrested again

Accused child molester wearing GPS device arrested again for same crime in Norton

ANKLE BRACELET DOESN’T DETER ATTACK BY BAILED MAN, NORTON POLICE SAY

Paul McKay was still wearing a court-ordered a GPS monitoring device when he was arrested again Wednesday — accused of molesting another teenage girl in town.

By Maureen Boyle
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
Aug 22, 2008

NORTON —
When Paul McKay was in court last week, accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, the judge released the 44-year-old man on the condition he post $20,000 in bail and wear a GPS monitoring device.
McKay was still wearing that ankle bracelet when he was arrested again Wednesday — accused of molesting another teenaged girl in town.
“I can’t remember anything like this before,” said Norton Sgt. Todd M. Jackson.
McKay, 44, of 30 Juniper Road, North Attleboro, was arraigned Thursday on a charge of indecent assault and battery in connection with an Aug. 19 incident near cranberry bogs off Bay Road in town.
His bail on the earlier charge was revoked and McKay was ordered held without bail on the new charge.
In the latest case, he is accused of picking up a 17-year-old Taunton girl at her home Aug. 19 then driving to the bog area and molesting her.
McKay was a friend of the girl’s family, police said.
He was arrested Wednesday at his home by Detective Todd Bramwell following an investigation into the allegations of the Aug. 19 incident.
Detective Sgt. Thomas Petersen and Norton Officer. Brian Greco assisted in the case along with North Attleboro police Detectives Michael Elliott and Daniel Arrighi.
The case mirrors McKay’s arrest days earlier.
Jackson said the suspect was arrested Aug. 11 on charges of indecent assault and battery involving a 14-year-old girl.
In that case, McKay — who was described again as a family friend — was accused of molesting the teenaged girl Aug. 1.
After he was arrested Aug. 11 following an investigation, he was arraigned in Attleboro District court where bail was set at $20,000 cash.
In addition to the bail, he was ordered to stay away from the girl and wear the monitoring device.
McKay is not in the state sex offender data base, Charles McDonald, spokesman for the state sex offender registry.
To be in the state data base, a person must be convicted of a sex offense, registered as a sex offender or registered with the registry and awaiting classification.
Experts say sex offenders registries are a good tool for a community but many sex offenders aren’t on the registry because they haven’t been caught.
Studies also show that in many cases, the offenders know the victims.
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics found that in 90 percent of the rape cases involving children under age 12, the child knew the offender. In cases where the victim was 18 to 29, two third of the victims knew the rapist, the bureau found.
Maureen Boyle can be reached at mboyle@enterprisenews.com.

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