Mark Brayman (Photo: Ocean County Jail)
Prosecutors in Ocean County say a registered sex offender has been jailed after moving from Berkeley Township to Toms River without notifying authorities.
Mark Brayman, 55, of Bayville, was charged March 18 with failing to register as a sex offender, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. He was arrested March 21 by Toms River police without incident and has been lodged in the county jail ever since.
Brayman “moved from his address in Berkeley Township to Toms River without registering or notifying any law enforcement agencies,” the statement said. Since 1994, Megan’s Law requires certain sex offenders to register with their local police departments whenever they move or change their residential address or place of employment. Failure to comply with this obligation is considered a third degree crime.
State Police records classify Brayman as a Tier 2 offender, placing him at a “moderate risk” of re-offending. He was convicted in 1986 of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old acquaintance in Rhode Island. In 1999, he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old in North Carolina. His address was listed in a police database as the Holiday Harbor Motel on Route 9 in Bayville.
Anyone with relevant information regarding this case – or others violating Megan’s Law requirements – is asked contact Sgt. John Argento of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027, extension 2903.
