Source: ohiohouse.gov 11/19/25 … Under current law, sex offenders are prohibited from living near schools and childcare centers but can legally reside near their victims. House Bill 102 addresses this issue by prohibiting registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of their victims’ homes and loitering within 1,000 feet of their victims’ residence. … Read the full article
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IL: Guard at sexual offender treatment facility sentenced for child pornography dissemination
Source: myjournalcourier.com 11/19/25 RUSHVILLE — A former security guard and therapy aide at a center for the treatment of sexual offenders has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for disseminating child sexual abuse material. Billy R. _____, 45, of Rushville was arrested in March on two counts of dissemination of child pornography and 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Billy pleaded guilty Monday in Schuyler Circuit Court to the two felony counts of dissemination of child pornography and the remaining 10 counts were dismissed, according to court records.…
Read MoreFL: Former Miami-Dade cop dead of apparent suicide days before child pornography sentencing
Source: nbcmiami.com 11/18/25 [ACSOL comment: Another tragic and unnecessary loss] Former Miami-Dade Police Sgt. James ____ died by apparent suicide in the Federal Detention Center-Miami Monday just days before he faced a minimum 15-year sentence for producing and possessing child sexual abuse videos, his attorney has confirmed to NBC6. The attorney, Michael Catalano, said the Bureau of Prisons informed him on Monday that James was found alone in the top bunk in his cell, dead of an apparent suicide by strangulation. It is the second apparent suicide of an inmate…
Read MoreFL: ‘Missy’s Law’ filed with hopes to prohibit the release of sex offenders while awaiting sentencing
Source: wctv.tv 11/18/25 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Florida bill, intended to prohibit the release of sexual offenders on bail while they await sentencing, was filed Tuesday. “Missy’s Law,” filed by Representative Sam Greco, is named after 5-year-old Missy Mogle, who was found unresponsive at a southeast Tallahassee home in May. Since then, her mom, Chloe Spencer, and stepdad, Daniel Spencer, were both arrested after being accused of cruelly neglecting and abusing the young girl. … The legislation wrote that it would be “requiring a court to remand a person found guilty…
Read MoreFL: Florida to seek death penalty against child rapist; asks SCOTUS to reconsider execution precedent
Source: floridaphoenix.com 11/12/25 AG Uthmeier cites accusations against nanny who recorded himself molesting at least 5 children. While announcing that Florida will seek the death penalty for a 36-year-old nanny indicted for raping multiple young children, including a three-year-old, Attorney General James Uthmeier called on the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to reverse a decades-old decision declaring it unconstitutional to execute child rapists. Uthmeier stressed during a Brooksville press conference that Nathan _______, accused of videoing the rape of five children under 12 in Hernando County — with more rapes…
Read MoreAZ: Judge rejects claim that the Arizona sex offender lifetime registration violates constitutional rights
Source: azmirror.com 11/11/25 The state is justified in tracking residencies and online identities of convicted child sex offenders, the court ruled A federal judge shot down a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s sex offender registration laws, ruling that the state is justified in tracking the residencies and online identities of people convicted of crimes against children. “It is plain that Arizona has a significant governmental interest in protecting children and preventing sex offender recidivism,” Judge Stephen McNamee wrote in a Nov. 6 order. Two years ago, a man convicted…
Read MorePA: Bill seeks to close ‘loophole’ for AI-generated child sexual abuse materials
Source: penncapital-star.com 11/10/25 A two-hour state Senate committee hearing explored the use of artificial intelligence to create images and videos depicting children — sometimes real, sometimes “synthetic” — in sexually suggestive poses or acts. Possession of these kinds of images is already illegal in Pennsylvania, but the technology continues to develop faster than legislation can keep up. Protecting children “from the harmful aspects of AI” is an ongoing goal for Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery), whose newly authored bill was the focus of Monday’s Senate Majority Policy meeting. “We want to…
Read MoreFL: Registrant arrested for crossing a school parking lot (entrapment by geography)
Source: tapinto.net and FAC 11/10/25 MELBOURNE, FL – Melbourne police arrested a 46-year-old Cocoa man Nov. 6 after officers said he was walking through the parking lot of Melbourne High School in violation of a local ordinance restricting registered sex offenders from entering certain areas. Why was the man arrested near Melbourne High School? According to an affidavit signed by Officer Emily Renken, Renken and Officer McGaha were patrolling South Babcock Street at about 9:07 p.m. when they saw a man in a black hoodie and black shorts walking through the parking lot…
Read MoreAK: Alaska Supreme Court bans disgraced federal judge from practicing law in the state
Source: alaskabeacon.com 11/7/25 [ACSOL note: this is an article on a conviction for abuse of authority] The Alaska Supreme Court has disbarred former U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred, banning him from practicing law in the state, “effective immediately.” The court’s decision was announced Friday, a little over three months after the Alaska Bar Association recommended the action. … He resigned last year after investigators found that he had a “sexualized relationship” with a clerk who became a prosecutor and lied about it to a senior judge and investigators, and maintained a hostile workplace…
Read MoreAL: Alabama bill would further restrict communications for sex offenders–Take Action
Source: alabamareflector.com 11/7/25 [Alabama residents take action! Call, write, and show up!] An Alabama legislator has prefiled a bill that would allow parole officers to restrict the communications of people convicted of a sexual offense against children and require them to undergo treatment. HB 26, sponsored by Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, authorizes parole and probation officers to restrict people listed on the sexual offense registry from using a post office box or electronic media, including computer tablets and cell phones and smart phones. It also allows the court or the…
Read MoreFlorida action alert: Take action now to oppose HB 45 / SB 212
Source: Florida Action Committee [Janice’s note: Florida residents (people in other states can also take action), please take action now to stop these terrible bills] The Florida bill banning registrants from living within 1000 feet from public pools, beaches, lakes, and rivers will be taken up before the House Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee subcommittee in just under two weeks. We NEED our members to contact the legislators at the bottom of this message to express their opposition to this… Click here to take action
Read MoreOH: Ohio bad bill alert: sex offenders couldn’t get little libraries, pool video under local lawmaker’s bill
Source: dispatch.com 11/5/25 Registered sex offenders in Ohio couldn’t operate a little library or request video from public swimming pools under a new bill co-sponsored by Coshocton’s state representative. House Bill 514, introduced by Reps. Mark Hiner, R-Howard, and Sean Brennan, D-Parma, would ban anyone convicted of sexual offenses or crimes against children from keeping a library box on their property. Programs such as Little Free Library help people buy or build library boxes that promote book exchanges in a community or neighborhood. … Hiner got the idea from Mount Vernon, which operates…
Read MoreTX: Fort Worth has few restrictions on where sex offenders can live. Will that change?
Source: star-telegram.com 11/5/25 Registered sex offenders in Fort Worth can, mostly, live where they want to — but that may change soon. The Fort Worth Public Safety Committee met on Nov. 4 to continue discussing potential restrictions on where registered sex offenders can live within city limits. The committee originally took up the issue at their October meeting after city council member Charles Lauersdorf said that he was motivated to explore new restrictions when he learned that a registered sex offender who had been convicted of aggravated assault on a…
Read MoreFL: Florida arrest fuels debate over dropping the term ‘child pornography’ from state law
Source: cbs12.com 10/30/25 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida lawmakers are considering whether to strike the term “child pornography” from state law — replacing it with “child sexual-abuse material,” or CSAM. The push for change comes as a South Florida man faces more than two dozen felony charges for possessing and uploading explicit videos of children — files detectives say he called his “drug.” … The language debate The arrest comes as Florida lawmakers debate how these crimes should be defined under state law. Under current statute, Smith is charged…
Read MoreNM Hysteria alert: Sex offenders suddenly discovered being rehabilitated across from Farmington day care after 25 years!
Source: KOAT on youtube.com 10/31/25 Watch the hysteria
Read MoreMO: Missouri AG outlines Halloween rules for sex offenders [no signs required thanks to ACSOL!]
Source: kttn.com 10/29/25 As Halloween nears, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding residents about the state’s strict safety measures designed to protect children during trick-or-treating. Missouri law establishes specific restrictions for registered sex offenders on October 31. These regulations are intended to ensure the safety of children and maintain community peace. Under state law, offenders must adhere to the following requirements: No contact with children during Halloween-related activities. Offenders are prohibited from hosting, participating in, or attending any event involving minors. Turn off all outdoor lights and decorations by 5…
Read MoreCO: Colorado Supreme Court weighs whether lifetime sex offender registration amounts to ‘punishment’
Source: coloradopolitics.com 10/31/25 Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared wary last week of deeming lifetime sex offender registration “punishment,” even as they heard about the inescapable consequences for a person’s liberty and privacy. Under Colorado law, “sexually violent predators” are subject to lifetime sex offender registration. To qualify, they must be 18 years or older, convicted of certain offenses, commit the offense against certain types of people and, finally, be “likely to subsequently commit one or more” sexual offenses. Although the legislature has not deemed lifetime registration to be “punishment,” Colorado’s…
Read MoreFL: Florida cases seeking death penalty for child sex abuse could test precedent in Supreme Court
Source: abajournal.com 10/30/25 Two Florida prosecutions could test the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in 2008 that held that the death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional. Prosecutors in Palm Beach County, Florida, filed notice earlier this month that they intend to seek the death penalty for Josue Mendez-Sales, and his roommate, Pablo Cobon-Mendez, who are accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports in a story published by the Tampa Bay Times. And in Putnam County, Florida, prosecutors indicated in June that they will…
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