Grafton police have issued a community alert naming four Level 3 registered sex offenders who live or work in and around town, asking residents to stay informed and talk with their kids about safety. The department shared photos and what it described as Sex Offender Registry Board forms, and urged parents to have age-appropriate conversations with children while reporting any suspicious behavior to local authorities.
In a Facebook post, officers identified Richard A. Mason, Donald Cavallaro, Jeffrey Bickford and Brian Marino Addeo as Level 3 offenders who live or work in Grafton, North Grafton, South Grafton and nearby Northborough. The post included what police described as SORB documents and photo timestamps so residents could see when the images were taken, according to the Grafton Police Department's Facebook post.
Who's on the list
The alert names Richard A. Mason (born 1959) and Donald Cavallaro (born 1977) as Level 3 registrants tied to North Grafton and Grafton, respectively. It also lists Jeffrey Bickford (born 1977) and Brian Marino Addeo (born 1978) as Level 3 offenders in nearby Northborough and South Grafton. Public registry listings that mirror those entries appear on offender databases and local police pages, including Mason and Addeo on OffenderRadar and OffenderRadar, and Northborough Police Department records listing Bickford as a Level 3 registrant for that town.
What Level 3 means
Level 3 is the highest public classification used by the state, applied to offenders the Sex Offender Registry Board determines are at the greatest risk to reoffend and therefore subject to active community notification, according to local police guidance. Residents who want to know more about how to request or verify registry information, and what details are available to the public, are directed to the Sex Offender Registry Board's guidance on public inquiries at the state website.
Legal limits on using registry data
The department also reminded residents that it is illegal to use sex offender registry information to harass, threaten or target anyone on the list. Under Massachusetts law (M.G.L. c. 6, § 178N), misuse of registry data can be punished by up to two-and-a-half years in a house of correction or a fine of up to $1,000, a warning police departments across the region routinely attach to registry access.
Grafton police asked anyone with questions, concerns or tips to call the department's non-emergency line or check the department website for reporting options, and emphasized that the Sex Offender Registry Board remains the official source for classification and verification.
