An Olivehurst Grandmother is furious after learning that a sex offender is living just feet away from her neighborhood elementary school.
“I’m concerned about people not being aware of the sex offenders in the area,” said Robyn Gorham.
Gorham says she was stunned to find out how many sex offenders lived just down the street from Cedar Lane Elementary, where her grandson is set to attend.
“There are parents here and I don’t think they’re aware of what’s right in our neighborhood,” said Gorham.
A quick search on the Megan’s Law website shows there are 11 sex offenders living within 3/4 of a mile from the school. Gorham is particularly concerned about one offender convicted of lewd acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, whose home is registered just feet away from the school’s fence.
“The fence is in between the driveway and where the kids are playing, so anybody can say ‘hi’ and put their hand through the fence,” she said.
Gorham adds, “I always thought it was a law that they couldn’t register their address so close to the school?“
So is there a blanket law that keeps all sex offenders at a certain distance away from a school?
“There is no general, applicable law — Jessica‘s Law or Megan’s Law — in California that applies to every sex offender in California the same way,” said Sacramento criminal attorney Mark Reichel.
Read more about how ACSOL’s fight against residency restrictions has made this grandma angry
I’ll bet that idiot hasn’t though about there being murderers, drug dealers, and other people in her neighborhood. Its amazing in America murder isnt considered as bad as a sexual crime………..
Yeah well somebody needs to tell Gorham that the law was ruled unconstitutional. So we decided we don’t really care what freaks like her have to say about it.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!!
Can I get a map to help me stay safe from busy body, pearl clutching, Gladys Kravitz bitches like her?
“Abner! Abner! There’s a sex offender at the Steven’s house!”
Another case of the uneducated public not knowing that those on the registry have rights, just like she does.
A perfect time for a California news story on the flip side of the coin, yes registrants are out and about in public, yes, they have served their time, yes they are allowed to live and work and enjoy their lives like anyone else and yes, we are tired of the uneducated public thinking we should all be sent to Siberia.
…and so grandma, tell us, how many of those list on your computer have done terrible things to the kids around the school before you became aware of this tragedy? Maybe none?
At liberty to live and work as the rest of the people without supervision. The database augmented registration regime does “not impose affirmative disability or restraint in itself.”
ALL LIES from the council of truth. SOR registration forms do absolutely impact the FUNDAMENTAL individual right to remain silent to questions from administrative branch. The admin branches claim the collection and storage of registrant’s data are key to public safety & assist LEO. The alternate civil purpose ” recidivism prevention” is an informed sentencing opinion.
Restoration of rights is in law once the sentence (strict liability) served has essentially been ignored. The same goes for use of ex post language ” a person who was in prison for…… ”
Face it the the republic is dead, overrun by database machines in the hands of Tyrants.
Justice Gorsuch recently wrote when referring to government overreach and delegation of power that those convicted of sex offenses (on the registry) are the “canary in the coal mine”….. warning us of danger….. breaches of the Constitution that should concern everyone.
“Reach through the fence”… Watch many horror films do you? Teach your grandkids stranger danger out of ignorance? How many neighbors are child abusers? DUI convictions? Drive while distracted on the phone? Maybe schools should be isolated so much no one can get to anyone there. Isn’t there a soap opera or talk show you should be watching?
A campaign to inform the public about the truth and the truth in these type of issues has to occur or we will continue to butt our heads against the paranoia, misconceptions, and all.
And how many of you have posted a comment on the mentioned website https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/09/19/sex-offenders-schools-laws-broken/ or the YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXm1JjTgfI ?
Comments here are truly appreciated so we can discuss them but who reads these except for “us”?
Those who are Not on the stupid “sex offender registry” should move to where there are no red dots on this map.
https://gawker.com/5036029/manhattans-registered-sex-offender-map
Has anyone reminded grandma that it is illegal to use the registry for anything but her own use? If she is out stirring up the community, protesting, etc., she can be found guilty too. At some point, government will realize the cost to maintain the registry is prohibitive to keeping all of us safe.
As a side note, I wonder if she voted for the man who grabbed a woman’s private parts? And then bragged about it.
You know it really is becoming clearer to me that only abnormal people really use the registry in the same manner the woman from the article does. People like her need to be in the record for when this issue eventually makes it to the supreme court.
I just would like to note again and remind everyone…WITHOUT JANICE this woman would have had her way against us and many, many of us would be forceably thrown out of our homes.
I feel badly about somethings also…for instance, I thought the Oakland IML case, put together by Janice, was well written, on point, cogent and…with all the obvious deep thought and effort that went into it…was a winner, was poised to change a broad are of United States Law…
Were there any justice in the world this is what would have happened…the is what Ms. Bellucci deserved…all the love and respect and accolades possible.
But it was not to be.
Still, her victories in regards are Presence Restrictions was in fact bigger and more important to us.
Long may our flag (Janice and Chance) wave!
Best Wishes, James I
Like i said before. The registers list is no good! I watched a you tube vid and the cop in the video said the reg list needed to be tweeted a little.But he still want it! Cause in his words. He has little kids who walk to school. And would want to know if a sex offender was living close to the school.Than i was thinking what would that matter if some sex offender was living by a school. Is that father going to start walking with his kids to the school which would be the smart thing to do.Same for that useless grandma that got 5 mins of trying to get the people to get out the pitch forks and start trouble. If the old bag is that worried get off your a$$ and take your grand brats to school and pick them up! What is so funny if i was to meet that old bag she would not even know i am on the sex list. The only way i know of is to mark the person like the Nazis did too the jews. The reg list only marks the house. If you drive to a different state and stay in a motel the list is useless.same as if you stayed in your own state No one will know you or that you a sex offender. Then i watched a vid of some guy who said he was abuse and he wants the list too. So it can punish people.cause he can never get over his (note Feelings) This why law makers make so dumb laws it based on feelings and money! But Feelings do get hurt! But people need to let go and move on with life! But the sex victims are seeing that the cops dont pay them for stepping up.So they going to sue the schools and churches Just like larry ness bs in michigan. So they blame larry ness and now blame the school to get money for (Feelings) what a great sex list. Vampire out! Night all keep your neck covered
” Gorham is particularly concerned about one offender convicted of lewd acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, whose home is registered just feet away from the school’s fence. ”
This is why they include the offense on the website along with the red and blue map pins. It’s not done to make an “informed decision.” It’s done on purpose to make us all appear more menacing and an “on-going” existential, credible threat. The public reads “what they did” and it creates intentional hysteria, panic and chaos. Then the lawmakers and LEOs can sit back and reap the benefits from all the unwarranted fear and outrage directed towards RSOs. This granny is Exhibit: A. She feel for it hook, line and sinker.
They lost their argument for it being a “public safety tool” once they began to list the offense. Now it’s just intentional shaming along with antagonizing the public with provocation.
I am on registry. I think it would be practical to say for the first 10 or 15 years, if the case involved a minor, not living across the street from an elementary or middle school or with a view of school property might make sense. After that out it’s just more practical to deal with general situations. The average 25-year-old is more risky than a person on the registry 2 decades after their crime. The violent and repeat offenders people imagine are already severely punished and managed. Cases like exposure to adults should not suffer this unnecessary enforcement.