____ ____ was sent to prison twice for parole violations related to being a sex offender even though he has never been convicted of a sex offense and the woman who originally accused him of rape recanted. ____ is one of about 800 convicts in Colorado who have been “administratively” classified as a sex offender and must abide by stringent rules when paroled as though they were convicted of rape or child molestation. Full Article
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NH: State’s sex-offender registry overreaches (Editorial)
The N.H. Supreme Court is pondering the fate of a man convicted, several decades ago, of sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter. The man has served out his prison sentence, undergone years of counseling and been deemed “rehabilitated” by the court. Now in his 60s, he is disabled. None of which would be fodder for the state’s highest court, except that since he was released from prison in 1990, the state has repeatedly enacted laws calling for those convicted of sexual assault against children to register with the police, so a…
Read MoreWA: Wanted sex offender lists false address to shock of family in that home
VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) – Deputies are searching for a convicted child molester in Clark County, and investigators know ____ ____ isn’t at the address he gave to them. Upon his recent release from jail on drug charges, _____, 38, listed his address as a home in Vancouver. That was a huge shock to the family who actually lives there, since they have no idea who he is. Full Article
Read MoreWA: Woman says her husband is mistaken for a sex offender
A Rancho Reata woman claims that a recently released photo of a sex offender is causing trouble for her husband. The two men reportedly look alike, and neighbors are confusing Kristin Daniel’s husband for a convicted sex offender who lives about a mile away. Full Article
Read MoreNY: Dozens charged in child porn case in NYC area
NEW YORK (AP) — Seemingly respectable members of the mainstream — a police officer, a paramedic, a rabbi, an airline pilot, an architect, a Boy Scout leader — were caught using the Internet to collect and trade child pornography, federal officials said Wednesday. Full Article
Read MoreTX: Under trafficking law, sex with minor can mean life in prison
____ ____ was a 43-year-old prison guard who met a young girl online and had a sexual relationship with the 14-year-old for about a year. A few years ago, such a crime would’ve put him behind bars for two to 20 years for sexual assault of a child. But a Hays County jury this week gave ____, now 45, life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a relatively new trafficking law targeting people who transport young victims for sexual purposes. Full Article
Read MoreFL: Sex offender sentenced to 20 years in prison
SARASOTA COUNTY – A Sarasota sex offender was sentenced to 20 years in prison after using unregistered email addresses to contact teenagers on a social networking website. Full Article
Read MoreFlorida sex offender granted asylum in Canada
A Florida sex offender, who claimed asylum in Saskatchewan, has been granted protected person status. In 2008, ____ ____ was convicted of having unlawful sex with a minor. According to American media reports, the boy was 16-years-old and played on her son’s baseball team. ____ fled to Canada in 2010 before she could be sent to prison. She was sentenced to 30 years in jail and is still wanted in the United States. ____ claimed her sentence was cruel and unusual punishment and after arriving in Saskatchewan, she asked for asylum. Full…
Read MoreNY: County Outsources The Job Of Monitoring Sex Offenders
A suburban county on Long Island, N.Y., is taking a novel approach to monitoring sex offenders: It’s giving the job to a victims’ advocacy group. The measure was approved unanimously earlier this year; lawmakers call it a cost-effective way to keep citizens safe. But a local lawyer calls it a “vigilante exercise,” and convicted sex offenders are organizing to challenge the legislation. Full Article
Read MoreTX: Anson landlord willing to fight city for sex offender tenant
The city of Anson is stirring over a controversy dealing with a landlord and his tenant who is a registered sex offender. On Saturday, the landlord said he was surprised when he got a citation stating that his tenant broke city law by living within 1,000 feet of a local middle school. Full Article
Read MoreMO: Sex offender presses for chance to be off registry
JEFFERSON CITY — Miniature hockey skates slide across the ice, scarring the surface. A boy jerks his hips back and forth, his eyes trained on his dad who is skating backward smoothly. Six-year-old Julian does his best to imitate the movements. Full Article
Read MoreNY: Violent offender registry bill passes NY Senate
ALBANY, N.Y. — A bill that would create a statewide registry of violent felony offenders has passed the Senate. “Brittany’s Law” would require certain convicted felons to register with the state’s Department of Criminal Justice Service after being released from prison and have their names added to a statewide violent felony offender registry, similar to the sex offender registry. Full Article
Read MoreLA: Lafitte Police Department honored for sex offender arrest
Fisher Middle High students recently made a huge banner and a batch of fresh, homemade fudge brownies to say thank-you to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and to the Lafitte Police Department for their arrest of a sex offender. The banner, signed by 100 Fisher students, and brownies were personally delivered by five Fisher Middle students. Full Article Admin Note: Initially we were not sure if this was satire. Appears to be real?
Read MoreInternational Megan’s Law moves through Congress
The International Megan’s Law cleared a major hurdle Friday when the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed it. Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th Dist.) has worked to pass the bill, which would expand the system of registering and tracking sex offenders to the international community, since 2008, when he first introduced the legislation. It was previously approved by the House in 2010. Full Article
Read MorePA: Megan’s Law sex offender list grows under new state rules
…Neither the judge, nor the prosecutor, nor ____’s defense lawyer raised the possibility that he would one day be required to register as a sex offender, a transcript of the proceeding shows. That’s not surprising since at the time, the crime ____ admitted to — second-degree misdemeanor indecent assault — didn’t invoke Megan’s Law, which aims to protect the public from sex offenders by publishing their photos, addresses and other information on a website. … But that has changed due to a controversial new law pushed by Congress. Ten months after…
Read MoreOK: Removes 2,400 Registered Sex Offenders After Supreme Court Ruling
Oklahoma has removed 2,400 sex offenders from its registry since a state Supreme Court decision six months ago. The legislature passed a law in 2007 increasing the number of years sex offenders have to register and it was applied to people already convicted, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court said the law could only apply to people going forward. Full Article
Read MoreOH: Ex-Sex Offender Comes in Solid Third Place in Cuyahoga County Executive Race
Tim Russo ran one hell of a race. A race worthy of a vote. I am not afraid to say that, yes, I voted for a sex offender to run Cuyahoga County. There were many more people out there who punched a ballot with Russo’s name on it. He gathered 9,171 votes in the race, well behind Armond Budish, who was pretty much anointed the new king of the Democratic Party at the county level before a ballot was even cast, and Shirley Smith who currently serves as a state…
Read MoreTX: Burned body, missing sex offender linked
The investigation into the death of a man found in a burning storage building behind a home on County Road 495 continued today as detectives try to determine how he died. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said he had not received official word as to the man’s identity, but the Tyler Morning Telegraph has learned the person listed at the residence is a 36-year-old registered sex offender, whom authorities have not been able to locate since the fire. Full Article
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