You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci and President attorney Elie Miller to our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, July 18 online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or you can call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. No government officials are allowed to attend the meetings. This meeting will be recorded and posted within a…
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Estonia Says “Not So Fast” to Private Sex Offender Registries
Source: news.err.ee 6/19/26 The Data Protection Inspectorate (AKI) is demanding that the website ettevaatust.ee remove criminals’ names, photos and references to court rulings. The agency finds that the site amounts to an unauthorized privately run criminal records database. The website ettevaatust.ee, created by the nonprofit organization Ettevaatust, compiles profiles of sex offenders and perpetrators of domestic violence, allowing users to view offenders’ details along with direct links to the criminal records database. AKI ordered the practice to stop, saying the site effectively functions as an alternative criminal records database. “A…
Read MoreFL: Registered sex offender in line to be next small town city manager
Source: pnj.com 6/17/26 [ACSOL note: this is behind a paywall but we are posting this for the possible value Florida residents may find in it] The small town of Jay is set to appoint a convicted sex offender as its new town manager. Current Town Manager Eric Seib has been working part time since September and on July 3 will officially retire from the position. April Watson, who was made operations manager by unanimous vote of the Jay Town Council on the same night Seib stepped back from full time…
Read MoreNM: State Supreme Court says sex offender parole applies even without prison time
Source: organmountainnews.com 6/17/26 The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that sex offender parole applies to certain convictions even when a defendant does not serve time in state prison. The justices ruled an Otero County man was improperly discharged from a five- to 20-year parole term after his prison sentence was satisfied by jail credit. Organ Mountain News report SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people convicted of certain sex crimes must serve an indeterminate parole term even if they do not serve time in state…
Read MoreOH: Knife, blood, sawhorses found in 18-year-old’s car; charged with homicide of registrant
Source: local3news.com 6/18/26 Kian Andrew Neal, the 18-year-old suspect accused of killing 56-year-old Robert George Locke, has pleaded not guilty. Neal appeared in court on Wednesday, June 17, to enter a plea. He is charged with: Criminal homicide Especially aggravated burglary Abuse of a corpse Tampering with evidence Death under suspicious, unusual, or unnatural circumstances Neal will have a preliminary hearing on July 1 at 3:00pm Collegedale Police officers and other authorities are searching the Birchwood Landfill, where they believe Locke’s body may be located. Officers arrested Neal on…
Read MoreNew Matching Grant Program
There is a new matching grant program created by a generous donation of $5,000 from an anonymous donor. For every dollar donated by someone else, this donor will match the dollar up to a total of $5,000. “We thank our generous and anonymous donor who understands that ACSOL’s actions depend upon private donations,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. Funds donated under this matching grant program will be used toward new legislation that would significantly expand the number of people eligible to petition for removal from the registry. The legislative…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: Victory is Ours!
We did it! We stopped CA Assembly Bill 1568! Victory is Ours! This was a battle well fought by members of the registrant community against a force that was much larger and powerful. How did we win? By showing up, standing up and speaking up. We made phone calls, we sent emails and we delivered letters to state legislators who appeared to be ignoring our efforts to stop the bill. Instead, they passed the bill at every opportunity. Not by a majority, but by unanimous vote, in the Assembly Public…
Read MoreThey Tried to Catch a Predator. They Trapped Themselves Instead.
Source: nytimes.com 6/10/26 Late on a Saturday night in McAllen, Texas, Sanjay Singhania was awoken by a call from a phone number he didn’t recognize. The man on the line said that Mr. Singhania’s son, Akash, was being arrested. The stranger was not trying to be helpful. He sounded amused. Mr. Singhania hung up and tried to call Akash, 25, who lived in Dallas but was visiting Los Angeles. He did not pick up. The family had turned on location sharing on their iPhones, so Mr. Singhania could see where…
Read MorePA: Lawmakers want to revise Megan’s Law to include juvenile sex offenders
Source: msn.com 6/11/26 [ACSOL action alert to Pennsylvania residents: call, write, and show up t0 hearings] Megan’s Law is a federal law that allows the public to have access to the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. However, since 2012 in Pennsylvania, that hasn’t applied to juvenile offenders. Several state lawmakers from Westmoreland County gathered Thursday to express their desire to change that. “We are just getting the word out to let people know that there are gaps,” said Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Hempfield Township. “The key that we’re identifying here is…
Read MoreOH: Sex offenders could be banned from entering Ohio schools, daycares
Source: dispatch.com 6/12/26 [ACSOL action alert: Ohio residents, call, write and show up to House hearings!] The Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill to prohibit certain sex offenders from being on school, preschool, or daycare premises. Current Ohio law only prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school. The bill includes exceptions for legitimate purposes, such as a parent picking up a child or voting at a school polling place. The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would bar most sex offenders from entering schools, preschools and daycares…
Read MoreACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man as a Child Abductor
Source: reason.com 6/11/26 Police arrested and charged Robert Dillon with a heinous crime based on nothing more than a faulty image search. Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agencies who put him through it. In November 2023, police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, responded to a call about an attempted child…
Read MoreGA: Scammers threatening to label victims as sex offenders unless they pay
Source: foxcarolina.com 6/10/26 LBERT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX Carolina) – The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office is warning of scammers threatening false public notices labeling people as sex offenders unless money is paid. The sheriff’s office said these claims are fraudulent. According to the sheriff’s office, … Read the full article
Read MoreSC: Penis Measurements Cannot Justify a Sex Offender’s Indefinite Detention, South Carolina’s Top Court Says
Source: reason.com 6/8/26 The court unanimously ruled that penile plethysmography is unreliable and inadmissible as evidence of recidivism risk. South Carolina is one of 20 states that authorize indefinite civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their prison sentences. Under state law, such continued detention is allowed only when a jury concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that a respondent qualifies as a “sexually violent predator” (SVP), meaning he “suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes [him] likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a…
Read MoreA new website “Support Beyond Stigma” offers family members support for those convicted of CSAM/CP offenses
A new website, Support Beyond Stigma, offers guidance for people whose loved ones have been accused or convicted of offenses involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It provides state‑by‑state legal information, recent news, and practical resources on emotional wellbeing, legal processes, incarceration, reentry, and related challenges. The site was created “for parents, partners, siblings, friends, and others navigating the upheaval that follows an accusation or conviction.” Its mission is to help families understand the legal process, stay informed, access housing and employment resources, and safeguard their wellbeing amid the stigma…
Read MoreWe Won! CA AB 1568 Author Withdraws Bill!
Related link: Janice’s Journal: Victory is Ours! The author of CA Assembly Bill 1568, Assemblymember Juan Alanis has withdrawn that bill from future consideration. As a result, the bill will not be heard on June 16 by the Senate Public Safety Committee and cannot move forward this year. “The registrant community and its allies have stopped Assembly 1568,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “This is a significant victory. ACSOL thanks everyone who made calls as well as sent emails and letters to the state senate in opposition to this…
Read MoreMI: Sex offender reports confrontation, assault by kids
Source: woodtv.com 6/2/26 PLAINWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A registered sex offender in Allegan County said he could not stay silent about the strangers who showed up at his home early Sunday morning. “I thought, ‘You know what? I’m gonna reach out to you guys because … if I don’t do something, (what if) somebody else loses their life because I didn’t take action?’ the husband and father told Target 8 Monday. He wasn’t willing to risk it. “The other sex offenders that live in the area that don’t know (about…
Read MoreVA: Virginia Court Rejects Vague Loitering Law
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 6/3/26 In Commonwealth v. Richard Cox, the Circuit Court of Arlington County struck down Virginia’s sex-offender “loitering” statute as unconstitutionally vague, reinforcing a fundamental principle that is often forgotten when laws target registrants: constitutional protections apply to everyone. The Virginia law made it a felony for certain individuals on the sex offender registry to “loiter” within 100 feet of schools and child day-care facilities. While the legislature chose to criminalize “loitering,” it never defined what that term actually meant. As a result, the court found that ordinary people had…
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