Source: waaytv.com 1/5/26 The Marshall County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that a Guntersville man has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. Gary Stephen Greenwell, 67, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Due to a prior felony conviction, the statutory punishment for each count was two to 20 years in prison. Greenwell was sentenced to 20 years for each of the ten counts which will be served consecutively. The D.A.’s office says that in…
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KY: Kentucky State Police recognize scammed registrants as a vulnerable group being exploited rather than simply a criminal category
Source: marshallcountydaily.com 12/21/25 (MAYFIELD, Ky.) — Kentucky State Police Post 1 is alerting the public about a recent surge in scam calls, including schemes specifically targeting individuals listed on the Sex Offender Registry. In multiple incidents reported over the past several days, registered sex offenders have received fraudulent phone calls from someone falsely claiming to be KSP Post 1 Commander Captain Joey Adams. The impersonator tells victims they have an outstanding warrant related to their registry status and demands payment for bond money. “This is a scam,” KSP officials emphasized…
Read MoreID: Idaho Put Her on New Child Protection Registry for 10 Years for Using Marijuana for Morning Sickness
Source: huffpost.com 1/2/26 Keeva Rossow is one of hundreds of women who have been punished for purported “child abuse” of a fetus — despite giving birth to a healthy baby. Keeva Rossow had no idea when she arrived at an Idaho hospital to give birth in December 2021 that she may not leave with her daughter. Shortly after Rossow gave birth, a social worker stopped by her hospital room and asked a series of questions, including if she had used controlled substances while pregnant. She told the social worker that…
Read MoreMO: Major Court Victory! 8th Circuit Finds Halloween Signs Unconstitutional
Source: ACSOL The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today declaring that a Missouri state law that required registrants to post a sign on their home on Halloween violates the First Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional. In its decision, the Court agreed that the sign requirement is both compelled speech and not narrowly tailored. As a result, the Court applied strict scrutiny to its review of the Halloween sign requirement. The Court went on to find that there was no convincing evidence that the Halloween signs added anything…
Read MoreNV: Unregistered sex offender dies while being transported to jail for technical violation
Source: kolotv.com 12/31/25 SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. (KOLO) – An unregistered sex offender died while being transported to jail on Wednesday, Dec. 31, according to a Lyon County Sheriff’s Facebook post. The Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force responded to a Dayton area home following an anonymous tip about a sex offender who had failed to register as required by law. Task force members arrested the person. While the person was being taken to the Lyon County Jail for booking, the transporting deputy stopped at the Silver Springs Substation to adjust…
Read MoreWA: Bill proposes changes to sex offender registration for Net Nanny cases in Washington [good news!]
Source: nbcrightnow.com 12/29/25 [Washington state residents, write, call, and show up to support this bill!] OLYMPIA, Wash. – A new bill under consideration in Olympia could impact those convicted in Net Nanny operations involving fictitious minors. SB 5312 proposes to reduce the sex offender registration requirement for individuals convicted in these operations to five years, provided they have no prior sex offense or kidnapping convictions. It also seeks to shorten the community supervision period to three years for those sentenced to an indeterminate sentence and released by the Indeterminate Sentence Review…
Read MoreFL: Questions about how Florida tracks sex offenders who do not have a permanent place to live
Source: winknews.com 12/26/25 The man arrested in connection with the disappearance of a teenager near Fort Myers Beach over the weekend has been released from jail after posting bond early Friday morning. Worden Bourn was arrested on charges of marijuana possession and providing drugs to a minor. He is also a registered sex offender. Bourn’s arrest has raised questions about how Florida tracks sex offenders who do not have a permanent place to live — a category known under state law as “transient” sex offenders. According to the Florida…
Read MoreLA: Judge dismisses lawsuit against St. Tammany Parish over their extremely anti-registrant housing ordinance
Source: nola.com 12/29/25 A federal judge in New Orleans has dismissed a lawsuit that two landlords filed against St. Tammany Parish government over a parish law that strictly regulates housing for registered sex offenders, after the parish and landlord indicated they had reached a settlement and “agreed to resolve this dispute amicably.” Following the St. Tammany Parish Council’s April 2024 adoption of sweeping regulations of housing for registered sex offenders, landlords Abraham and Lorraine Williams sued the parish, arguing the requirements violated state law and the U.S. Constitution. The regulations required annual fees, 24/7 on-site…
Read MoreIL: Chicago bans unhoused registrants from seeking shelter on public buses and trains
Source: chicagoreader.com 12/28/25 Terrance has followed the same routine for years. Once a week, he gets in his car around 7 AM and drives to the Second District police station, a rectangular, two-story building of beige bricks at 51st and Wentworth in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood. Inside, he joins a handful of other people sitting on worn wooden benches in the dimly lit waiting area. After a time, he steps up to meet a detective behind the front desk and hands over a white sheet of paper on which he’s…
Read MoreWI: Sex offenders who are homeless would have to wear GPS monitors under Republican bill
Source: wpr.org 12/22/25 Legislation comes as 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals considers constitutionality of Wisconsin’s GPS requirement for repeat sex offenders Several Republican legislators say they want to close a “gap” in the state’s sex offender registry law they contend leaves communities in the dark about the whereabouts of convicted offenders who are homeless. The bill would require any registered sex offender in Wisconsin to wear a GPS ankle monitor unless they can provide a permanent address. In prepared remarks before the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, state…
Read MoreLA: Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
Source: yahoo.com 12/21/25 THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — The teasing was relentless. Nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends, generated by artificial intelligence, were circulating on social media and had become the talk of a Louisiana middle school. The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school. But the images were shared on Snapchat, an app that deletes messages seconds after they’re viewed, and the adults couldn’t find them. The principal had doubts they even existed. Among the…
Read MoreTX: ‘Caught in the middle’: Raymondville police helped by, but can’t encourage, online predator hunters
Source: valleycentral.com 12/16/25 RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On Thursday, Raymondville police arrested Christian Tijerina, who now faces 15 counts of possession of child pornography. Authorities were called to Tijerina’s residence after the online group Predator Poachers confronted him there. “We’re caught in the middle,” said Sgt. Detective Denise Gomez with the Raymondville Police Department. Gomez specializes in child sex abuse cases and has spent the last eight years on a Child Exploitation Task Force with Homeland Security Investigations. As a mother, Gomez said she supports the mission of Predator Poachers…
Read MoreLA: News Reporter Shames Dead Registrants In Article on Murderer’s Conviction
Source: local12.com 12/18/25 [Note: Showing what we are up against, you can see that immediately after quickly reporting the conviction this article shames the registrants with a list of past crimes and then horrific comments below the article] SABINE PARISH, La. (WKRC) – A man was found guilty of killing two sex offenders. A Sabine Parish jury has found Blake Joseph Kendall guilty on two counts of first-degree murder following a five-day trial in the 11th Judicial District Court. The verdicts, delivered late Friday night, relate to the separate shooting…
Read MoreWI: Convicted sex offenders challenge Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS tracking at Seventh Circuit
Source: courthousenews.com 12/16/25 A class of convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin say the state’s ankle monitor requirement for repeat offenders infringes on their Fourth Amendment rights. CHICAGO (CN) — A class of convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin maintained to a Seventh Circuit panel Tuesday that the state’s lifetime GPS monitoring requirement runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections requires all repeat sex offenders (those who’ve been convicted two or more times) to wear an ankle monitor for life unless they move out of the state…
Read MorePA: Hysteria and fear reign as residents rally to halt proposed transitional home for sex offenders in Jackson Township
Source: wjactv.com 12/15/25 A transitional home for sex offenders was proposed in a Huntingdon County community, which led to dozens of residents showing up to a special meeting about it Monday night. At the meeting, several Jackson Township residents shared their concerns about potential transitional housing in the community. However, township and nonprofit leaders reassured the public that this will not be happening. “Right now there’s no licensing and no restrictions in place that would put any kind of rules that [transitional housing] would have to follow,” shared resident Emily…
Read MorePA: ‘Predator protector police?’ Lewistown P.D. responds to calls to arrest alleged pedophile
Source: local21news.com 12/13/25 LEWISTOWN, Pa. (WHP) — Angry comments, messages, and calls are flooding the inbox of the Lewistown Police Department, over an arrest police say they’re not sure they can legally make. The department said the calls started this past week after YouTuber posted the contact information for the department because it didn’t arrest someone the content creator claimed was a child sex predator. In a long Facebook post, the department explained why it didn’t arrest the person and shared some of the nasty comments had come its way over…
Read MoreOH: Civil suit to move residency of convicted sex offender
Source: wfmj.com 12/12/25 The extraordinary move comes after 21-year-old Virgol Virgol was ordered to register as a sex offender after pleading to seven felony sex crimes involving children. WARREN, Ohio – The city of Warren is asking a judge to force a registered sex offender from his home. The extraordinary move comes after 21-year-old Virgol ______ was ordered to register as a sex offender after pleading to seven felony sex crimes involving children. because of state requirements for sex offenders, Virgol’s home, which sits within minutes of an elementary school,…
Read MoreAL: Foley Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor And Possession Of Child Pornography
Source: justice.gov 12/12/25 MOBILE, AL – Kaden Heard, age 31, was sentenced on December 12, 2025, to 121 months in prison for convictions related to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. Heard entered his guilty pleas on September 19, 2025. According to court documents, Heard was active on a social media application when he began chatting with an individual that he believed to be a 13-year-old female in Phoenix. Heard expressed a desire to travel to Arizona to engage in sexual activity with the…
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