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Mother Outraged At Sex Offender's Trial

Canadyan Ordered To Charge GPS Bracelet

POSTED: 12:38 pm EDT March 24, 2009
UPDATED: 4:36 pm EDT March 24, 2009

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A dramatic scene unfolded in a Natick court on Tuesday when the mother of a sexually abused child chastised the judge for allowing a sexual offender to slip his GPS bracelet.

NewsCenter 5’s Bianca de La Garza reported that John Canadyan, a level 3 sex offender convicted of assaulting Rachel Falino’s 9-year-old daughter, was allowed to live at a homeless shelter in Boston without wearing a court-ordered GPS monitoring bracelet.

“He’s a violator!” screamed Falino in court. “He violated his parole, and that’s all you can say is sorry? For me?”

Canadyan was given several months to comply with a court order to find new housing or find a way to charge the GPS device. Canadyan had been living at the New England Shelter For Homeless Veterans since being released from prison in December.

“It’s not fair,” said Falino after the court proceeding. “I get a sorry. He should have got two-and-a-half years in jail from the first time back in February when he violated his parole.”

Annette Presti said that she’s shocked to see another sexual offender allowed to violate a parole order. Presti’s daughter and granddaughter were killed by a level 3 offender who had weeks before violated his own parole terms.

“I see probation as a problem in this state,” said Presti. “I have written a letter to the commissioner and he has never, ever responded to me -- even for my own case -- so we are angry.”

Canadyan was ordered to charge the bracelet daily at a location in downtown Boston and to actively look for employment.

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