NEW MILFORD — A 56-year-old convicted sex offender was rearrested Tuesday for failure to register and failure to appear in court.
Angel Laporte, of Meadowland Drive, Gaylordsville was transported to New Milford Police Department from the custody of the New York City Department of Corrections Tuesday on three warrants.
Laporte was held on a total of $120,000 in bonds for arraignment Wednesday in Superior Court in Bantam.
He is facing a charge of first-degree failure to appear in response to a conviction of risk of injury to a child, public indecency and first-degree violation of probation stemming from a June 2002 incident in Newtown.
Laporte is also facing a charge of second-degree failure to appear on charges of public indecency and second-degree breach of peace stemming from a July 2007 incident in Ridgefield.
Laporte is also facing a charge of failure to register/ non-violent sex offense.