The registrant community is in shock today after learning that a 71-year-old registrant was brutally murdered by a 29-year-old stranger. The violent attack that led to murder began in the registrant’s own home after the stranger falsely identified himself as a CPA going door-to-door looking for new business. Tragically, the registrant opened the front door of his home, giving the stranger an opportunity to begin his attack. Although the registrant was able to escape from his home, he was unable to gain help from a car that he tried to…
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CA: Fremont murder suspect allegedly admits to targeting sex offenders
Source: kron4.com 9/23/25 A man accused in a deadly Fremont stabbing last week allegedly admitted to police that he was targeting registered sex offenders as potential victims. Varun Suresh, 29, of Fremont, has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of a 71-year-old man that occurred Thursday in the 600 block of Upper Vintners Circle. He also faces charges for residential burglary and armed individual causing great bodily injury. … Investigators said Suresh had targeted the victim “because of the victim’s age and previous offenses,” according to Fremont police.…
Read MoreMO: Missouri defends Halloween sex offender sign requirement at Eighth Circuit
Source: courthousenews.com 9/16/25 Missouri is trying to revive a mandate for sex offenders to post a sign on Halloween stating they don’t have candy or treats at their residence after the law was blocked last October. ST. LOUIS (CN) — An Eighth Circuit judge compared a Missouri law requiring sex offenders to post signs on Halloween saying they don’t have candy to a North Dakota law requiring landowners to post signs warning if there is quicksand on their property during a hearing Tuesday challenging the sign law’s constitutionality. “In…
Read MoreACSOL Online Meeting October 18, 2025
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci, President attorney Elie Miller, and board members Roger Hunnicutt and Sherri Moreno for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, October 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…
Read MoreShould Paying for Sex Be a Crime? A debate between Melanie Thompson and Kaytlin Bailey
Source: reason.com 9/16/25 Melanie Thompson of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and Kaytlin Bailey of Old Pros debate the resolution, “Paying for sex should be a crime.” Thompson is arguing in favor of the resolution. She is the chief advocacy and outreach officer at the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International, an organization working against the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Bailey is arguing against the resolution and is the founder and executive director of Old Pros, a non-profit media organization that uses storytelling to advocate for sex workers’ rights. She is…
Read MoreAttorneys Present Arguments Regarding Missouri Halloween Sign Law Before 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Source: ACSOL Attorneys representing Thomas Sanderson, a person required to register, and the State of Missouri formally presented oral arguments yesterday before three judges of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The focus of the oral arguments was a state law that requires all persons required to register to post a sign on their home on Halloween. During oral argument, the State of Missouri continued to assert that the sign requirement is conduct, not speech, and therefore not protected by First Amendment. The state also asserted that the sign requirement…
Read MoreWI: Amber Alert cancelled for Ruby Lehmann, suspect in custody
Source: wisn.com 9/13/25 Authorities have cancelled the Amber Alert for 6-year-old Ruby Lehmann on Sept. 13, just before 6 p.m. Lehmann is safe, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office and the suspect, Jordan Coyle, is in custody. The Amber Alert for Lehmann went out Thursday, after she went missing from her grandmother’s house in Almond, Wisconsin. Officials in Portage County believed Ruby was with Jordan ______, 34. Jordan is a registered sex offender. Family told law enforcement he’s the girl’s uncle. According to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office on…
Read MoreUK: Sex offender chemical castration pilot expands
Source: bbc.com 9/16/25 Chemical suppressants for sexual offenders will be trialled in north-west and north-east England as part of efforts to cut reoffending, the justice secretary has said. The government had pledged to widen the existing pilot in four prisons in the south-west to 20 prisons following recommendations from the independent sentencing review to explore its use in May. The medication limits “problematic sexual arousal” and restrains offenders who could be a risk to the public, David Lammy said. The expansion means about 6,400 sex offenders will be able to access medication alongside psychological…
Read MoreMI: Michigan GOP bill aims to ban pornography online, including content on “disconnection between biology and gender”
Source: cbsnews.com 9/15/25 A group of House Republicans has introduced a bill in Lansing that intends to ban all pornography online, including descriptions of “a disconnection between biology and gender.” House Bill 4938, named the “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act,” was introduced Thursday and has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee. “Don’t make it, don’t share it, don’t view it,” lead sponsor Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford, a Republican from District 66, said in a social media post about the bill along with a request to add porn distributors to the…
Read MoreME: AI-generated child sexual abuse images are being created in Maine. Police can’t investigate
Source: themainemonitor.org 9/15/25 Across the country, 43 states have outlawed sexual deepfakes, and 28 banned AI-generated child sexual abuse material. A Maine man went to watch a children’s soccer game. He snapped photos of kids playing. Then he went home and used artificial intelligence to take the otherwise innocuous pictures and turn them into sexually explicit images. Police know who he is. But there is nothing they could do because the images are legal to have under state law, according to Maine State Police Lt. Jason Richards, who is…
Read MoreFL: Putnam County passes one of Florida’s toughest sex offender ordinances after ‘Predator Camp’ outcry
Source: Florida Action Committee re: actionnewsjax.com 9/12/25 Months after a storm of community outrage over what neighbors called a “predator camp,” Putnam County has enacted one of the strictest sex offender ordinances in the state of Florida. The controversial park at the center of it all — CCM Park on Balsam Street — once housed more than 22 registered sex offenders living in proximity. The situation sparked public concern, a series of investigative reports, and ultimately, sweeping legislative action. Action News Jax Nicholas Brooks revisited the site this week and…
Read MoreFL: Florida Supreme Court to Review “Sexual Predator” Driver’s License Labeling
Source: Florida Action Committee 9/9/25 A case with major implications for the constitutional rights of those on the registry is now headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Attorneys for Michael Crist have filed a notice seeking review of an appellate decision that upheld Florida’s requirement that people classified as “sexual predators” have that exact phrase printed in bold letters on their driver’s licenses. Crist, who was accused in 2019 of trying to cover the label with a sticker, argued that the mandate violates the First Amendment by forcing individuals to…
Read MoreCA: Bay Area sex offender with cancer denied mercy release
Source: mercurynews.com 9/9/25 A state inmate convicted of child molestation in Marin County in 1989 has been denied early medical release because of terminal cancer. Victor Wayne Cooper, 69, lived in Novato when the crimes occurred. He allegedly molested a 6-year-old Novato girl, the daughter of an acquaintance, over a five-month period. Cooper was convicted of four counts of lewd acts against the girl. A judge sentenced him to 60 years to life in prison. Cooper had two prior rape convictions. Last year, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…
Read MoreAL: Alabama defends law limiting where sex offenders can go
Source: courthousenews.com 8/1/25 An Alabama law restricting sex offenders’ movements is under legal scrutiny after a federal appeals court hearing Friday that could reshape how the state regulates their interactions with minors. The case centers on a provision of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act that restricts where registrants can be present, potentially criminalizing routine activities like work, attending church or family gatherings. Amended in 2017, plaintiffs claim the provision redefined “reside” and “overnight visit,” imposing sweeping restrictions that could transform routine activities into criminal acts. Three…
Read MoreAutomated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn
Source: wired.com 9/3/25 A new specimen of “infostealer” malware offers a disturbing feature: It monitors a target’s browser for NSFW content, then takes simultaneous screenshots and webcam photos of the victim. Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim’s webcam or blackmails them with nudes they’re tricked or coerced into sharing, has long represented one of the most disturbing forms of cybercrime. Now one specimen of widely available spyware has turned that relatively manual crime into an automated feature, detecting when the user is browsing pornography on their PC, screenshotting it, and taking…
Read MoreAustralia: Even in Death, the Punishment Continues: The Registry That Doesn’t Let Go
Source: www.canberratimes.com.au 9/4/25 A sexual assault victim has mounted a campaign to stop voluntary assisted dying in prison, feeling “robbed” her perpetrator died on his terms. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was permitted to die voluntarily because of a terminal cancer diagnosis, becoming the first prisoner in NSW to access the system. He was seven years into a 30-year prison term with a non-parole period of 20 years for a string of sex crimes. A victim – the man’s daughter – revealed the pain the…
Read MoreUK: A scheme helped prevent sex offenders committing more crimes – then it closed. Why?
Source: bbc.com 9/3/25 It took me some time to find the front door of the Safer Living Foundation. There was no nameplate, and the building was one of many anonymous red-brick Victorian terraced houses in Nottingham. It was January 2025, and I was wrapped up against the cold as I walked up and down the street trying to find the right address. There was a very good reason for this anonymity. The foundation works with people convicted and imprisoned for sexual offences after they have been released back into the…
Read MorePredators trailer explores To Catch A Predator’s complicated legacy
Source: yahoo.com 8/19/25 On the surface, To Catch A Predator may seem like it was a moral net-positive. The Dateline series helped apprehend multiple criminals before they could target more children. That, at least on paper, sounds like a good thing. Predators, a new documentary delving into the repercussions of the popular show, however, argues that its legacy is a lot more complicated than that. “A cultural sensation from its inception in the early 2000s, Dateline NBC’s candid-camera investigative series To Catch A Predator ensnared sex offenders and lured them to a film set, where…
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