Fifteen registered sex offenders across Sullivan County were arrested during a two-week crackdown targeting people accused of falling out of compliance with New York's registration requirements. Ten of them were remanded to jail without bail, while four others were released under the state's bail reform laws, and one man, held on $30,000 bail, is now sitting in the Sullivan County Jail.
Inside Operation C.R.E.E.P.
The sweep, dubbed Operation C.R.E.E.P. — short for Coordinated Registrant Enforcement & Enhanced Prosecution — was carried out by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force, according to Daily Voice. Deputies fanned out to visit registered sex offenders living throughout the county, checking their compliance with New York's Sex Offender Registration Act, commonly known as Megan's Law. Investigators ultimately identified 15 people they say violated requirements involving updated photographs, annual address verification, or other registration obligations.
Randall Brown, 57, of Fallsburg, was charged with failing to provide a required photograph and was sent to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail, the outlet reported. He was the only named suspect held on bail rather than remanded outright or released under reform rules. Four other suspects — James Brush, 35, of Barryville; Ernest Westfall, 48, of Wurtsboro; Gregory Joyce, 34, of Livingston Manor; and Samuel Terwilliger, 37, of Jeffersonville — were each accused of failing to complete their required annual address verification and were released under New York's bail reform laws.
Who Else Was Taken Into Custody
Donald Whitted, 65, of Ferndale, also faced an accusation of failing to complete annual address verification, per the same report. Ten suspects in total were arrested and remanded to jail without bail, among them Gary Fulton, 48, of Narrowsburg, who faced four counts of failure to register and being a fugitive from justice, and Clarence Donnelley, 62, of Liberty, who faced a charge of failing to provide a required photograph.
Other suspects remanded without bail included William Everett, 38, of Harris, accused of failing to provide a required photograph, and Charles Foreman, 46, of Rock Hill, who faced charges of failing to provide a required photograph and complete annual address verification. Brian Keebler, 58, of Bloomingburg, faced the most expansive set of allegations among those named — failure to provide a required photograph, failure to complete annual address verification, and failure to report a change of sex.
Michael Eason, 44, of Liberty, and Marvin Perry, 37, also of Liberty, each faced a charge of failing to provide a required photograph. Billiejack Szezoark, 37, of Thompsonville, faced the same accusation. Alex Amoroso, 59, of Yulan, was accused of failing to register and failing to complete annual address verification.
What the Sheriff's Office Is Saying
Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff credited Deputy Ryan Lowe with coordinating the operation, and also credited other members of the Sheriff's Office involved in locating and apprehending the suspects, according to Daily Voice. Deputy Lowe told Mid Hudson News, “Most of them were not in compliance with their annual photo,” adding that a majority of those arrested were also out of step with the annual address-verification requirement.
The Sheriff's Office says it currently monitors 133 registered sex offenders throughout Sullivan County, a figure that frames the scale of the two-week push against the broader population it tracks. Under New York law, offenders are required to report annually where they live by signing and returning a verification form to the state's Division of Criminal Justice Services within 10 days of receiving it, per the agency's sex offender registry overview. Separately, state statute requires that the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction photograph the registrant and promptly forward a copy to the state, according to New York State Senate records.
Statewide, 43,064 sex offenders were registered in New York as of the end of 2025, per the state's criminal justice agency. Compliance sweeps targeting registry violations aren't unique to Sullivan County — Humboldt County, California, ran a similar operation over June and July that resulted in six arrests among 197 registered offenders, with investigators there determining 167 registrants were in compliance, 13 suspected of being out of compliance, and 12 unreachable, according to the Lost Coast Outpost.
