Sex offender held in a rape of disabled man

Salem News
3-4-2010
Sex offender held in rape of disabled man
By Julie ManganisStaff writer
BEVERLY — A Level 3 sex offender has been charged with forcing a disabled man to engage in sexual acts in a rooming house apartment, according to court documents.
Wayne Dion, 57, who was convicted of child rape and dissemination of obscene material to minors back in 1997, is considered at the highest risk of reoffending by the Sex Offender Registry Board.
He is now being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, after his arrest Monday on a charge of rape.
On Monday afternoon, police were called to 9 Park St., where Dion has been living, and met a 36-year-old disabled man who told police that Dion had forced him to engage in sexual acts, according to a police report.
The younger man said he had known Dion for two to three months and said Dion had repeatedly offered him marijuana if he would engage in sexual activity with him.
The younger man told police that he refused.
Police knocked on Dion's door and got no answer, though they could hear a television. According to the report, police went to the building manager when no one answered, because they were concerned that Dion might be in medical distress; he has diabetes and uses a machine to help him breathe at night because of sleep apnea.
He wasn't there.
Police arrested him when he showed up at the police station to re-register as a sex offender. It was unclear from the report what prompted that visit.
Prosecutors at Dion's arraignment Tuesday asked Judge Robert Brennan to hold Dion without bail as a danger to the community. Brennan allowed the request to hold Dion until a full hearing on March 8.
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