Source: msn.com 4/12/23 The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday calling for the immediate resignation of Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, rather than waiting for his planned May 15 departure date. Fletcher announced his resignation on March 29 after admitting to an affair with a Metropolitan Transit System employee who is suing him for alleged sexual assault and harassment. He has denied the allegations. Chairwoman Nora Vargas introduced a non-binding resolution of no confidence in Fletcher for Tuesday’s special meeting and requested that Fletcher immediately resign. The…
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TX: After 30 years, a father is exonerated in ‘satanic panic’ sex case
Source: tpr.org 4/11/23 With a few strokes of a pen, Judge Christine Del Prado dismissed the case against 74-year-old Melvin Quinney — giving him his good name back. “Mr. Quinney I have signed the dismissal,” said Del Prado “And I thank you sir for your attendance. You are now discharged from this court.” Applause broke out from onlookers in the same court that 32 years ago had convicted Quinney of indecency with a child and sentenced him to 20 years. This was the final courtroom step in Quinneys exoneration —…
Read MoreMI: Court: Sex offender registry not cruel and unusual
Source: thealpenanews.com 4/11/23 ALPENA — An Alpena man’s lifetime appearance on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, the Michigan Court of Appeals said. … ____’s argued through his attorneys, Christine Pagac and Steven Helton, that his lifetime listing on the registry was unduly harsh because the trial court hadn’t proven he demonstrated an ongoing risk to the community and because the lower court hadn’t done an individualized assessment of his risk of reoffending. The appellate court ruled the registry listing was not harsh because…
Read MoreMN: Minnesota sex offender released after turning life around
Source: benningtonbanner.com 4/10/23 BENNINGTON — In a case that touched on the meaning of rehabilitation in the criminal justice system, a Bennington judge ended the probation of a Minnesota woman — Rosa Maria ____ — guilty of luring a minor and sexually assaulting the victim. That decision came Monday, after a hearing last week in which ____ ‘s attorney argued that she had cleaned up her act and rehabilitated her life. ____ , now 27, the mother of two young toddlers, appeared via video link in a Bennington courtroom last…
Read MoreCA: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Call Emergency Meeting Urging Nathan Fletcher’s Immediate Resignation
UPDATE: San Diego County Supervisors Call on Nathan Fletcher to Resign Immediately 4/12/23 Source: nbcsandiego.com 4/9/23 The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning calling for Nathan Fletcher’s immediate resignation from office and pass a resolution of no confidence him, according to a release from Supervisor Jim Desmond’s office Sunday night. Desmond’s office reminded constituents that while the board does not have the ultimate power to remove Fletcher, the resolution would serve as a powerful statement for him to resign. Read the…
Read MoreUPDATED on 4/24: Support CA SB 809 by calling in today or tomorrow or showing up
UPDATE 4/26/23: CA Senate Judiciary Committee Approves SB 809 [ACSOL 4/26/23] UPDATE 4/24: The 4/25 hearing for SB 809 is still scheduled! However, when you click here to look at the schedule you will see there are 3 priority “special order” bills that will be heard starting at 9 AM. It is unlikely that they will be finished before the 12-1:30 lunch break, but when those 3 bills are completed then the committee will immediately start on the rest of the bills. As you can see in the list, SB…
Read MoreFL: Brevard settles lawsuit over sex offenders’ access to County Commission meetings
Source: floridatoday.com 4/8/23 Brevard County has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit involving the right of convicted sex offenders to attend County Commission meetings. As part of the settlement, the county agreed to pay damages of $2,500 each to the plaintiffs ― sex offenders Charles Munsey Jr., Vincent Rinaldi and Charles Violi ― plus pay $150,000 for plaintiffs’ attorney fees. The lawsuit filed in January 2022 in U.S. District Court was triggered by a 2006 Brevard County ordinance that, with some exceptions, prohibits people on the sex offender registry from…
Read MoreCA: San Diego MTS board launches independent probe into Fletcher sexual misconduct allegations
Source: latimes.com 4/6/23 Elected leaders overseeing MTS call for public transparency with the inquiry into allegations that a former employee was sexually harassed by Nathan Fletcher and wrongfully fired. San Diego — Elected officials overseeing the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced Thursday they’re launching an independent investigation into legal allegations by a former employee that she was sexually assaulted by county Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and then improperly fired by the agency. The oversight panel also directed MTS staff not to provide any legal defense for Fletcher, who recently stepped down as…
Read MoreCA: Over 300 Undercover L.A. Police Sue City over Leak to Watchdog
Source: breitbart.com 4/5/23 Over 300 undercover Los Angeles Police Department officers are suing the city for leaking their photographs to a watchdog group. As the Los Angeles Times noted last month, Mayor Karen Bass expressed outrage when it was discovered that the city had accidentally leaked the images of hundreds of officers, jeopardizing their investigations — and their lives. Read the full article
Read MoreMD: Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland
Source: apnews.com 4/5/23 BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope of abuse spanning 80 years and accused church leaders of decades of coverups. The report paints a damning picture of the archdiocese, which is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the country and spans much of Maryland. Some parishes, schools and congregations had more than one abuser at the same…
Read MoreCA: How Much Did San Diego Pay While Nathan Fletcher Allegedly Preyed on Staff?
Source: nbcsandiego.com 4/5/23 It’s believed that Fletcher, a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, will be paid as much as $26,000 while on medical leave prior to his resignation date of May 15 The now-disgraced San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, who announced last week that he had stepped down as chair of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and planned on resigning from the county board in mid-May, will have to make do without a very expensive security detail and a very healthy paycheck. To date,…
Read MoreMO: MO Supreme Court sends Boone County sex offender case back to circuit court
Source: komu.com 4/4/23 JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to send a Boone County woman’s case back to circuit court after she said she should be removed from the sex offender registry. The 4-3 decision by the Court reversed the circuit court’s judgment and sent back the case for further proceedings. Read the full article
Read MoreCA: ‘Resign immediately’ from San Diego board: Desmond calls on Fletcher to step down now, not May 15, amid misconduct accusations
Source: sandiegouniontribune.com 4/3/23 SAN DIEGO — San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond on Monday became the first board member to call for Nathan Fletcher to step down immediately, saying the accusations of sexual misconduct against the beleaguered fourth district supervisor detract from important county business. “While this is a pending civil case, it’s clear that Mr. Fletcher should end his County employment immediately,” the Republican supervisor said in a statement in his newsletter, noting that Fletcher will keep being paid his county salary and benefits for weeks while he is absent. ……
Read MoreNH: With guns drawn and loudly knocking on door, U.S. Marshals follow typical procedure to arrest registrant for not registering
Source: conwaydailysun.com 4/3/23 CONWAY – With guns drawn, U.S. Marshals Service agents arrested a sex offender at Millbrook Vill On Monday, the Sun spoke to Deputy U.S. Marshal Andrew Grillo about the arrest of Jeffrey ____, 29, of Canaan, at the apartments. “He was wanted out of Grafton County for failing to appear on an arraignment for failing to register as a sex offender,” said Grillo, … … Federal agents and Conway police surrounded the apartments located at 175 Grove St., shortly before noon on Thursday. The marshals approached the…
Read MoreID: The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund says prevention is more important than focusing on penalties for offenders
Source: idahonews.com 4/3/23 BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Many children in Idaho will be the victims of abuse and/or neglect. The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund says one in eight Idaho children will be the victim of sex abuse. Rather than focusing on penalties for offenders, Idaho Children’s Trust Fund Executive Director Roger Sherman says the focus should be on prevention. He says, “we as a community need to get behind all of the parents to provide positive work to provide the kind of skills folks need to give people the kind…
Read MoreAZ Action Alert: GOP bill would add all low-risk sex offenders to Arizona’s online registry
Source: azmirror.com 4/3/23 All low-risk sex offenders would be required to be listed on the sex offender registry under a Republican proposal that critics say is retroactive and would take away the discretion of law enforcement to review risk assessments. Currently, the sex offender registry website must include any offender whose risk assessment has been determined to be a Level Two or Level Three, or any person assessed to be a Level One offender and whose victim was under 12 years old. The proposed law, Senate Bill 1583 would punish…
Read MoreMarjorie Taylor Greene shocks Lesley Stahl by saying Joe Biden supports pedophilia
Source: lgbtqnation.com 4/3/23 During an appearance on CBS’s television magazine 60 Minutes, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called Democrats – and even President Joe Biden – supporters of pedophilia. “Greene complains that the news media harp on things she did in the past,” Stahl says in a voiceover. “Like, as in this video, chasing after a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting… and things she says that are over the top, like…” “‘The Democrats are a party of pedophiles,’” Stahl says, quoting Greene from an April 2022 interview. “I…
Read MoreWorking with sex offenders in your congregation Zoom Seminar 4/27/23
Source: gcsynod.org 3/31/23 Barbara Keller, Consultant for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct at ELCA, is leading a one hour zoom seminar for rostered ministers on “How to Work with Sex Offenders in Your Congregation.” Thursday, 4/27/23, 1pm MST/PDT, noon MDT. Register by emailing [email protected]. Participants who have additional questions can remain on zoom to ask questions. They will receive handouts and zoom information, the call will be recorded for future use. Read the full page
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