Health officials issue warning on LI sex offender

January

The state Department of Health has taken the unusual step of warning anyone who has had sexual contact with a convicted sex offender from Long Island to get tested for HIV and other diseases. “Robert Musmacker”:http://www.health.state.ny.us/press/releases/2009/2009-01-28_possible_exposure_to_stds.htm, 36, of Nassau County, was arrested last month when police found him with a 16-year-old boy.

A Suffolk County grand jury has indicted him on charges of reckless endangerment and related crimes for sexual conduct involving a minor, and he was ordered held on $1 million bond.

He was previously convicted of molesting a six-year-old.

Musmacker is HIV-positive. Health officials warn that anyone who had sexual contact with him or with a person who had contact with him should get tested for HIV and other diseases, including Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.

For information on HIV testing and locations of clinics, call the statewide HIV testing hotline at 1-800-541-2437.

Free testing for HIV is available on an anonymous or confidential basis.

An HIV test is the only way to find out if a person has HIV. People infected with HIV may have no symptoms for 10 or more years and may not know they are infected.

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