Source: le.utah.gov 3/14/23 Utah Governor signed bill H.B. 139 to allow lifetime-offenders, convicted in another jurisdiction, the ability to Petition the Courts to be removed from the registry after living in the State for two consecutive years (at least 183 per years), with the intent of primarily residing in Utah, and meeting other conditions. This is available 20 years after release from confinement, or if no confinement from sentencing – as long as you have no class A mis., felony, or capital felony in the last 20 years. There is…
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NH: Sex Offender Accused Of Having Grindr, Facebook Accounts: Concord Log
Source: patch.com 3/7/23 Daniel _____, 38, unknown address in Concord, was arrested at 12:20 p.m. on March 7 on two felony registration of online identifiers charges. _____ reported to Concord police at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 27 to update his sex offender registration — something he needs to do since he was convicted on an aggravated felonious sexual assault charge in December 2001 in Franconia. He told police he was using a vehicle purchased for him and wanted it registered. After updating the registration, _____ spoke to the detective about…
Read MoreOK: Bill would close loophole on sexual predators working in senior living communities
Source: mcknightsseniorliving.com 3/27/23 Legislation preventing sexual predators and human traffickers from working in senior living communities is working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature. Last week, the Oklahoma Senate approved Senate Bill 369 to prohibit long-term care facilities from employing anyone listed on the state’s juvenile sex offender registry, maintained by the Office of Juvenile Affairs, or who has been convicted of human trafficking. The bill applies to assisted living communities, residential care homes, continuing care retirement / life plan communities, nursing facilities, home health settings and adult day centers.…
Read MoreVA: Governor approves compensation payment for man wrongfully convicted of molestation
Source: roanoke.com 3/27/23 David Wayne Kingrea’s long search for justice took another step this month as Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved more than $50,000 in compensation for Kingrea’s wrongful conviction and the year he spent in jail. Kingrea, 49, of the Pilot community in Montgomery County, said Thursday that the money will help him and his wife care for their special-needs son Dylan. What is planned to be a series of payments and community college tuition waivers is to begin in July. “It’s a new beginning once this comes,” Kingrea said.…
Read MoreRI: Many people in the leadership of Warwick, Rhode Island see no benefit from the residency restrictions
Source: warwickonline.com 3/23/23 Although the news might not sit well with some parents, the Warwick Police Department says that the elimination of residency restrictions for Level III sex offenders does not pose a danger to students at local schools. “I do not believe that the elimination of the 1,000’ law will add any more risk to the community,” said Chief Bradford Connor. A 300-foot restriction was introduced in 1996, which was expanded to a 1,000 foot radius in a law approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Gina…
Read MoreUT: Utah Signs Law Limiting Social Media Use
Source: esguniversity.substack.com 3/26/23 On Thursday, Utah became the first state to enact legislation that restricts children and teens from using social media without their parents’ consent. Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two bills into law aimed at limiting when and where anyone younger than 18 years old can interact online, and to stop companies from luring minors to certain websites. Under the law that’s due to take effect on March 1, 2024, social media companies will have to instate a curfew for minors in the state, barring them from using their…
Read MoreWV: SWAT Team Shoots My Innocent Sleeping Client
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Read MoreFL: CALL TO ACTION: HB 1085 Moved to new committees: Infrastructure & Appropriations Subcommittee and Infrastructure Strategies Committee
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 3/16/23 Florida residents, take action quickly! Major Concerns About This Bill: The bill states that all driver’s licenses and identification cards for people on the registry “shall have printed in the color red all information otherwise required to be printed on the front of the license or identification card.” HB 1085, lines 805-821 This bill was passed by a vote of 16 to 2 in the Transportation & Modals Subcommittee on 3.15.2023 as a result of a good deal of misinformation. The sponsor, Rep. Patt Maney, did not…
Read MoreMS: AG Fitch Statement on the Creation of the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry
Source: yazooherald.net 3/20/23 Attorney General Lynn Fitch recently issued the following statement after Governor Tate Reeves signed into law SB 2652, a law creating the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry: … Similar to the sex offender registry, under this new law, people who have been convicted of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable person will be required to register with the Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry or face additional penalties. Read the full article
Read MoreMN: 23 men arrested in Bloomington prostitution sting
Source: startribune.com 3/20/23 Bloomington police arrested nearly two dozen men in a prostitution sting last week, according to the department. Officers from Bloomington’s special investigations unit created a phony ad for an adult sex worker featuring photos of an undercover Bloomington officer, according to a news release from the Police Department. … Part of the purpose of the sting, Hodges said, was to find potential victims of human trafficking. He said he hoped the men arrested could point police to real sex workers whose services they sought in the past…
Read MoreSC: Man sentenced to 30 years for killing 73-year-old registered sex offender in North Myrtle Beach
Source: myhorrynews.com 3/21/22 A 22-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday for murdering a North Myrtle Beach man he found through the sex offender registry last year. Kameron Scott Horton pleaded guilty to killing 73-year-old Darrell Lane Johnson on Jan. 30, 2022. Horton addressed the court after he was sentenced. Kameron Scott Horton is charged with murder in connection to the killing of a 73-year-old man in North Myrtle Beach. Photo courtesy of the J. Reuben Long Detention Center “I understand the severity of what I’ve done.…
Read MoreCO: Does mandatory reporting of child abuse help or hurt? A Colorado task force is taking a second look.
Source: coloradosun.com 3/7/23 A newly launched state task force is only the second in the nation to look closely at reforming policies that have gone unchallenged for decades. Every person with a conscience is against child abuse. But for the first time in decades, policymakers are giving the most widely used intervention in child abuse cases — mandatory reporting — a second look. In Colorado, a task force born of calls to strengthen mandatory reporting laws after a horrific abuse case has grown into something different: a look at whether…
Read More1,000 federal judges seek to remove personal info from internet as threats skyrocket
Source: cnbc.com 3/17/23 More than 1,000 federal judges have asked the U.S. Courts system for help removing personally identifiable information from the internet under a program implemented after a New Jersey judge’s son was murdered at their house. That is nearly one-third of the active and retired federal judges eligible for the program, a spokesman for the U.S. Courts system told CNBC on Friday. The response to the online scrubbing program was detailed in the agency’s annual report, released Thursday. The report also details what it called “a dramatic rise in threats and inappropriate communications against…
Read MoreRI: Federal judge rules sex offender residency law is unconstitutional
Source: turnto10.com 3/17/23 A state law that makes it a crime for Level 3 sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Thursday. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island challenged the statue when it was first enacted in 2015, and it’s been subject to a preliminary injunction barring its enforcement since then. Currently in Rhode Island, state law says sex offenders are barred from living within 300 feet of a school. In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, it…
Read MoreCDC Inflated Data About Teen Girls and Sexual Assault
Source: reason.com 3/16/23 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inflated data about teen girls and sexual assault in a news release about a new CDC report on teenage mental health. In 2021, the percentage of teen girls who reported that they had ever been “forced to have sex” was up 27 percent since 2019, the health agency said, calling it “the first increase since the CDC began monitoring this measure.” The percentage of teen girls reporting this in the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey reporting did rise, unfortunately—but…
Read MoreUS no longer seeking death for man convicted in Sjodin case
Source: news.yahoo.com 3/14/23 U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for a Minnesota man already on death row but awaiting resentencing for the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003 — a case that led to changes in sex offender registration laws. [the national sex offender public website] U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider in North Dakota filed a notice with the court withdrawing his effort to seek the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. — a move he told The Associated Press…
Read MoreAZ: Arizona lawmakers consider sex doll bill
Source: 12news.com 3/16/23 Arizona state lawmakers on Thursday considered legislation banning sex dolls that look like children. The bill, HB2169, would make possessing, trafficking or importing a sex doll that is made to look like an infant or child a class 4 felony in Arizona. Further provisions and penalties are also included for situations where the doll has been made using a picture of an actual child. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, an increasing number of these dolls have been discovered in cases nationwide, including three…
Read MoreWV: Clarksburg sex offender gets 4 years for federal failure to register
Source: wvnews.com 3/14/23 CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A 28-year-old sex offender from Terra Alta, Preston County, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for federal failure to update sex offender registration. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh on Tuesday gave ______ credit for time served since Christmas Eve. Read the full article
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