Source: nj.com 9/4/26 Police are cautioning the public against conducting private “stings” after a group of people posing as minors online allegedly tried to arrange an in-person meeting with a man in Teaneck. … Kriegel used the case to caution the public against conducting private “stings,” saying they can interfere with active investigations, compromise evidence and create legal complications that jeopardize prosecutions. The stings can also put suspects and bystanders at risk, the police chief said. Anyone who suspects a child is being targeted for exploitation should contact law enforcement…
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Consider being part of research on relationships between behaviors and attitudes like pornography use
Source: Florida Action Committee Dr. Ethan Marshall, an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Houston-Downtown, is conducting a research study called CAPUT. It examines relationships between behaviors and attitudes, including questions about pornography use, among individuals with a prior sexual offense conviction. The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete online. Click here to read more
Read MoreOnly 12 Days Left for Early Bird ACSOL Conference Discount
There are only 12 days left for you to take advantage of the early bird discount for the ACSOL conference in Los Angeles on Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3. The conference will feature individual speakers, including Janice Bellucci, Catherine Carpenter and Chance Oberstein as well as panels addressing both daily and long-term challenges faced by registrants and their families. “I have been to all of the in-person conferences up to now, and each was an excellent experience. I highly recommend registrants and their families attend,” one registrant has…
Read MoreWA: Sexting bill would shield teens from adult sex offense rules
Source: nationalcybersecurity.com 9/2/26 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislation aimed at keeping youths who send sexually explicit texts from being charged and registered under adult sex offender laws has been sent to Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill that passed in the state Legislature on Wednesday night would create a new group of crimes reserved specifically for minors who are caught with explicit images of other minors. Most of the new crimes would be set as misdemeanors — a status that would exempt convicted youth from having to register as sex offenders. Sexting,…
Read MoreFL: Judge ignores teen’s plea to spare her sex-offending coach from prison
Source: palmbeachpost.com 8/31/26 The families of both Ruben Tirado and his 14-year-old victim asked a judge to spare him from prison. She didn’t Faced with more than a decade in prison, a sex-offending football coach called upon the family of his 14-year-old victim to ask a judge for mercy. “He made a mistake, yes, but he’s not a monster,” said the girl’s father, speaking on behalf of his wife and daughter. “He’s not a rapist. He’s not a sex offender. He fell in love with the wrong person. That’s all.” Circuit…
Read MoreTV Personality and Physician Dr. Bruce Hensel to Join ACSOL Conference
Dr. Bruce Hensel will speak at the ACSOL conference on Saturday, October 2. He is an American physician and television personality, best known for his role as the chief medical correspondent for KNBC in Los Angeles for nearly 30 years. He gained popularity through his “Ask Dr. Bruce” segment, where he addressed medical questions from viewers. Dr. Hensel is currently required to register due to a misdemeanor conviction. “ACSOL welcomes Dr. Bruce Hensel as a speaker at this year’s conference,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “He has much to…
Read MoreTier 2 Forever: A Registry Trap (podcast)
Source: patreon.com 8/30/26 This week on Registry Matters: we dig into how mandatory sex offense treatment has drifted from therapy into a profitable surveillance and revenue operation — a class you pay for that keeps you monitored. Then a North Carolina church takes its own sheriff to court over whether a registered person can sit in a pew on Sunday morning. And we break down how one missed 2019 appeal permanently locked a North Carolina registrant into a Tier 2 designation with no path to removal. Read the full article…
Read MoreSC: Man and wife escorted from Trump Myrtle Beach rally over shirt with vulgar message
Source: abcnews4.com 8/28/26 MYRTLE BEACH, SC. (WPDE) — A man wearing a T-shirt that read “Kill your local pedophile” was escorted out of President Donald Trump’s campaign rally last week in Myrtle Beach after he shouted at the president during the remarks, according to video recorded by his wife. Brandon Bebo Noe said he intentionally spoke out during the rally. In the video, Noe can be heard yelling, “You sold us out to the Jews and Israelites.” The remarks and the shirt led to Noe and his wife being escorted out of the…
Read MoreHome Possession of AI-Generated Porn Depicting Fake Children Remains Constitutionally Protected, Seventh Circuit Rules
Source: reason.com 8/27/26 From U.S. v. Anderegg, decided Tuesday by Seventh Circuit Judge John Lee, joined by Judges Doris Pryor and Joshua Kolar: Steven Anderegg is charged with producing, distributing, and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and transferring such material to a minor under the age of sixteen. According to the government, Anderegg produced these images using Stable Diffusion, a generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) software that allowed him to create hyper-realistic images of prepubescent children engaging in sexually explicit acts. The appeal in this case deals…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: The Power of Knowledge and Networking
There is great power in both knowledge and networking. The power of knowledge includes acknowledging that we are facing challenges as well as identifying methods to successfully overcome those challenges. The power of networking includes meeting others who face similar challenges and discussing how it feels to be on the registry or a family member of a person required to register. Both knowledge and networking will be available in an abundant supply during this year’s conference on October 2 and October 3. The first in-person conference that ACSOL has conducted…
Read MoreCA: Nowhere to live–SVP hysteria continues with Antelope Valley claiming SVP dumping grounds
Source: msn.com 8/26/26 A home in Lancaster is at the center of a brewing debate when it comes to sexually violent predator placement in the Antelope Valley, as a 63-year-old convicted child sex offender is set for possible release in the community, to reside in the home. Neighbors, county and state leaders gathered in front of the Hi Vista house on Wednesday, hoping to stop Harold Wachter from living there. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said if Wachter were to move in, he would be the fourth sexually violent…
Read MoreACSOL Conference Schedule Features Guidance on Employment, Parole, Travel and Removal from the Registry
The schedule for the ACSOL conference is now available below. “As the schedule reflects, the conference will include guidance for registrants and their families on a wide range of issues including employment, parole, travel and removal from the registry,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “In addition, registrants and families will have opportunities to meet informally with social workers and attorneys, and network in person with others similarly situated.” The ACSOL conference will be held on October 2 and October 3 in Los Angeles. The conference location is the Embassy…
Read MoreCA: California Dems trigger outrage after siding with convicted child sex offenders in shocking vote
Source: foxnews.com 8/26/26 California Senate Democrats rejected Republican Sen. Suzette Valladares’ effort to close a “loophole” allowing some people convicted of sex crimes against minors to seek public office, including school board seats. At issue is AB 2691, a proposal to add sexual assault and human trafficking to the felony convictions that disqualify Californians from elected office. Valladares’ amendment sought to undo Democratic-led changes that allow people convicted of certain sex crimes against minors to remain eligible to seek public office. “Right now in California, someone convicted of sexually abusing a child can still…
Read MoreNJ: Sex abuse claims against Boys & Girls Clubs of America can’t move forward, court rules
Source: newjerseymonitor.com 8/19/26 The Boys & Girls Clubs of America cannot be held liable for alleged sexual abuse perpetrated decades ago by a counselor employed by its Hudson County chapter, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The split decision, in which two justices issued a sharp dissent, was the latest in the ongoing debate about whether New Jersey courts have jurisdiction over civil litigation arising from sex abuse here that involves out-of-state nonprofits, religious institutions, and other entities. Justice Rachel Wainer Apter, who penned the majority decision, said the circumstances of…
Read MoreUber’s lawyers getting death threats over sexual assault cases
Source: abajournal.com 8/17/26 Lawyers representing Uber Technologies have told a judge they received death threats after the New York Times published an article in August critical of their legal strategy and claiming that they were attacking the credibility of the women accusing drivers of sexual assault. “I’ve been defending companies in mass torts for 20 years, and I’ve never feared for the safety of my colleagues doing this job the way I have in the past week,” Kirkland & Ellis partner Allison Brown told U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on…
Read MoreCA: Justice Department Finds ‘Unbroken Pattern’ of Sexual Abuse in Two California Women’s Prisons
Source: reason.com 8/20/26 A Justice Department report documents California’s failure to protect incarcerated women from sexual assault going back decades. The Department of Justice (DOJ) put California on notice last week that the state’s decades-long failure to protect incarcerated women in two state prisons from rampant sexual abuse likely violates the Constitution. An August 13 report by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concluded that there was an “unbroken pattern of often violent, sexual misconduct by staff against prisoners from 2000 through 2024, continuing to the present” at the Central California Women’s…
Read MoreNC: North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Procedural Mistake Can Keep You On The Registry
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 8/25/26 The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued a disappointing decision earlier this month concerning the ability of people on the sex offender registry to seek removal. In State v. Lingerfelt (August 14, 2026), the Court held that a person who fails to appeal an earlier determination of their federal SORNA tier cannot later challenge that determination in a subsequent petition for removal. The petitioner pleaded guilty in 2003 to two counts of sexual activity by a substitute parent and was required to register. North Carolina law permits…
Read MoreUK: Thousands of sex offenders in England and Wales could get chemical castration
Source: theguardian.com 8/22/26 Exclusive: Voluntary use of sex drive-suppressing medication to expand to 20 prisons and expert says it could be rolled out widely by late 2028 Drugs that help control the libidos of people who have committed sexual offences could be rolled out for thousands of male prisoners in England and Wales from December 2028, an expert has said. Prof Belinda Winder, who has evaluated the use of sex drive-suppressing medication in prisons, said about one in four sex offenders – equating to 3,750 current prisoners – would be considered for…
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