A former Chesterton man and registered sex offender has been charged with failure to register for the sex offender registry, the Porter County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said.

David B. Sullivan II, 26, was charged on Nov. 3 after the Porter County Sheriff’s Police said that he failed to register a new address within the statutorily mandated 72-hour period.

According to the probable cause affidavit filed by Sgt. John Kuehl of the PCSP, Sullivan’s last address—at 702 Greenwich, Apt. E-1, provided on Aug. 13—appears to be a vacant lot, while the last time an address provided by Sullivan was actually verified—in Chesterton—was on April 25.

“It is unknown at this time where Sullivan is living,” Kuehl stated in his affidavit.

On Oct. 5, however, Kuehl received a telephone call from an acquaintance of Sullivan who advised that “Sullivan is moving around from friend to friend and hasn’t lived at any of the addresses that he has registered,” Kuehl stated.

In October 2004 Sullivan was sentenced to seven years in the Indiana Department of Correction—with credit for 294 days of incarceration at the Porter County Jail—after pleading guilty to one count of child molesting, a Class C felony punishable by a term of two to eight years; one count of sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony; and burglary, a Class C felony, in connection with the forced entry in November 2003 of the One Stop gas station at 1175 Broadway in Chesterton.

Sullivan had originally been charged with two counts of child molesting in connection with an incident at a birthday party in unincorporated Porter County in September 2002; two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor in connection with a separate incident at a residence in Chesterton in May 2003; and two counts of burglary in connection with the One Stop job and the subsequent forced entry in December 2003 of Gelsosomo’s Pizzeria at 371 Indian Boundary Road.

Failure to register for the sex offender registry is a Class D felony punishable by a term of six months to three years.

Also charged on Nov. 3 with failure to register for the sex offender registry was William Lee Babin, convicted in February 1992 in Lake County of child exploitation and conspiracy to commit murder.

According to the probable cause affidavit, also filed by Sgt. Kuehl, Babin was residing in Lake County but working at Eagle Services Corporation with addresses in Chesterton and Valparaiso. A registration reminder postmarked June 11 was returned to the PCSP, though, with the notation “moved, left no address, and unable to forward.”

As of Oct. 21, Babin had failed to register in both Porter and Lake counties. “On Oct. 2, 2009, I placed a call to the place of business listed on Babin’s work registration,” Kuehl stated. “I was advised that Babin was still working at Eagle Services Corporation and indicated that they would pass a message to him. As of this date, Babin still has not contacted this officer.”

Babin, a former Lake County police officer, was convicted of taking sexually explicit photos of a girl and then conspiring to have her murdered to prevent her from testifying against him.

Posted 11/12/2009