Alleged Torah thief charged with failing to register as sex-offender


Liberty – The Woodbourne man arrested in the theft of a Torah from a Monticello synagogue was charged Thursday with failing to register as a sex offender and violating a protective order, Liberty police said.

Christopher Colvill, 41, was charged with failing to register and verify his physical address, a felony, and second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor.

He has been jailed since his Jan. 24 arrest at a Woodbourne address where police recovered a $35,000 Torah stolen over New Year's weekend from the Landfield Avenue Synagogue.

Before the arrest Colvill, convicted in 1998 of first-degree sodomy, had been listed in the state sex-offender registry as living at a Village of Liberty address, police said.

Liberty police also charged Colvill with violating a protective order in December by going to the residence of a female who had a protective order against him.

He was arraigned in Town of Liberty Court and returned to Sullivan County Jail pending his next court appearance.


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