Source: abcnews4.com 8/28/26 MYRTLE BEACH, SC. (WPDE) — A man wearing a T-shirt that read “Kill your local pedophile” was escorted out of President Donald Trump’s campaign rally last week in Myrtle Beach after he shouted at the president during the remarks, according to video recorded by his wife. Brandon Bebo Noe said he intentionally spoke out during the rally. In the video, Noe can be heard yelling, “You sold us out to the Jews and Israelites.” The remarks and the shirt led to Noe and his wife being escorted out of the…
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NJ: Sex abuse claims against Boys & Girls Clubs of America can’t move forward, court rules
Source: newjerseymonitor.com 8/19/26 The Boys & Girls Clubs of America cannot be held liable for alleged sexual abuse perpetrated decades ago by a counselor employed by its Hudson County chapter, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The split decision, in which two justices issued a sharp dissent, was the latest in the ongoing debate about whether New Jersey courts have jurisdiction over civil litigation arising from sex abuse here that involves out-of-state nonprofits, religious institutions, and other entities. Justice Rachel Wainer Apter, who penned the majority decision, said the circumstances of…
Read MoreNC: North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Procedural Mistake Can Keep You On The Registry
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 8/25/26 The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued a disappointing decision earlier this month concerning the ability of people on the sex offender registry to seek removal. In State v. Lingerfelt (August 14, 2026), the Court held that a person who fails to appeal an earlier determination of their federal SORNA tier cannot later challenge that determination in a subsequent petition for removal. The petitioner pleaded guilty in 2003 to two counts of sexual activity by a substitute parent and was required to register. North Carolina law permits…
Read MoreFL: Sex offenders removed from Fort Lauderdale parking lot, but housing problem remains
Source: local10.com 8/14/26 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale police have cleared a parking lot where Local 10 News previously found registered sex offenders and sexual predators staying under probation supervision. One person was arrested and others were given trespass warnings during the recent police operation at a shopping center in the 2400 block of North Federal Highway. But while the parking lot is now cleared, the underlying problem remains. Where are people subject to Florida’s strict sex offender residency restrictions supposed to go when they have nowhere else they…
Read MoreFL: Florida Supreme Court Rules FDLE has No Standing to Set Aside Removal from the Registry
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 8/14/26 For the second time that the issue has come before the Supreme Court of Florida and for the second time that the decision was unanimous, the Supreme Court put an end to the FDLE’s attempt to reverse a Trial Court’s Order removing a registrant from the Florida Sex Offender Registry. Florida Statute Section 943.0435(11) provides a mechanism for people on the registry to be removed from their obligation to register if they meet certain criteria. The petitions are brought in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court…
Read MoreFL: Florida Action Committee Files Landmark Federal Constitutional Challenge to Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org The Florida Action Committee (FAC), a statewide nonprofit organization advocating for evidence-based criminal justice policies, today announced the filing of a sweeping federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s sex offender registration and restriction scheme as unconstitutional. Filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Case No. 4:26-cv-00388-MW-MJF), the lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass, along with fifty counties and municipalities that enforce additional residency and presence restrictions. The complaint argues that Florida’s registry has evolved far…
Read MoreFL: Florida pastor cleared of child molestation charges says he forgives accusers
Source: roysreport.com 8/10/26 A Florida pastor accused in April of molesting four girls has been cleared of the criminal charges and says he forgives those he believes instigated the investigation that led to his arrest. Angelo Musicaro, 56, founding pastor of Worship-Life Church in New Port Richey, spent 10 days in custody before church members raised money for his $600,000 bond. The Florida state attorney’s office has now dropped all four felony charges. State Attorney Bruce Bartlett said that after testimony was given under oath, the facts did not warrant…
Read MorePA: Courts warn of scam texts targeting registrants
Source: pacourts.us 8/3/26 Franklin County President Judge Shawn Meyers is advising the public to stay vigilant against a recently reported scam involving the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The scam involves text messages that “spoof” or mimic the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. In the text, the recipient is advised they are being charged with ‘Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.’ The spoof alleges that an arrest warrant has been issued and bail set for $12,000 to be paid through e-bonds digital bonding or bitcoin. Following…
Read MoreFL: A Mixed Bag: Challenge to Florida’s “SEXUAL PREDATOR” Driver License Branding Dismissed—But Not on the Merits
Source: Florida Action Committee 7/31/26 The U.S. District Court has ruled against the plaintiff in a challenge to Florida’s requirement that the words “SEXUAL PREDATOR” appear prominently on the driver’s licenses of individuals designated as sexual predators. Bad news for this Plaintiff, obviously, but it’s not quite as bad as it seems. The plaintiff, Lane Kirkpatrick, argued that forcing him to carry and present a driver’s license branded with “SEXUAL PREDATOR” violates the First Amendment by compelling him to communicate the government’s message every time he shows his ID. The…
Read MoreAR: Arkansas law creates penalties for librarians distributing content deemed ‘harmful’ to minors
Source: arkansasadvocate.com 7/30/26 A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Arkansas’ 2023 law restricting access to library materials can go into effect, three years after a judge blocked two sections of the law on First Amendment grounds. The three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled that the 18 plaintiffs had no standing to challenge one section of Act 372 and failed to prove that the other section was unconstitutionally vague. The two sections create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors,”…
Read MoreAZ: High court says churches, not judges, define a ‘confession’ when it comes to reporting child abuse
Source: azmirror.com 7/30/26 Advocates warn the broad ruling lets predators use a ‘confessional loophole’ to escape justice The Arizona Supreme Court sided with religious leaders this week who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting child sexual abuse to authorities. And in declaring that any intervention by the courts would violate the First Amendment, the justices made clear they don’t think any changes to Arizona law aimed at forcing clergy to report abuse would be constitutional. “We hold that the First Amendment generally prohibits factfinders from…
Read MoreOK: Influencer Sara Gilson was fatally shot in a murder-suicide involving her “pedophile” estranged husband, Jeremiah “Shawn” Duffey
[ACSOL note: this shows the lengths to which someone could go who has been accused of a sex offense] Source: people.com 7/27/26 Influencer Sara Gilson was fatally shot in a murder-suicide involving her estranged husband, Jeremiah “Shawn” Duffey Weeks before her death, Gilson accused Duffey of being a pedophile and filed an emergency protective order against him after police found he “had inappropriately touched a juvenile female” player on the basketball team he coached In a statement issued to PEOPLE on July 25, the Owasso Police Department confirmed that his…
Read MoreCO: Colorado DOC Allows Some Prisoners Convicted of Sex Crimes to be Released While Delaying Parole Consideration for Others
Source: prisonlegalnews.org 6/1/26 Stonewalling by the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) in providing treatment to people convicted of sexual offenses has allowed some of those people to be released without any treatment and at the same time delayed parole consideration for others. In 1998, Colorado lawmakers overhauled the system of sentencing and monitoring people convicted of sex offenses to include a lifetime supervision policy as a “comprehensive way to protect the public and stop further crimes.” The new system required those convicted of sex offenses to receive treatment while incarcerated…
Read MoreMI Supreme Court: SORA’s “Recapture” Provision Is Unconstitutional for Nonsexual Offenses
Source: Florida Action Committee 7/23/26 In a unanimous decision rendered yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court struck down a key piece of the state’s Sex Offenders Registration Act — the so-called “recapture” provision, which forced people with old, pre-1995 sex offense convictions back onto the registry decades later if they were later convicted of any unrelated felony, sexual or not. James Ellis Jr. pleaded guilty to attempted rape in Illinois in 1983 and served his sentence — six months in jail, two years of probation. He was never required to register…
Read MoreWV: License plate reader cameras found 135 registrants driving
Source: dominionpost.com 7/22/26 During a recent information session, representatives of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said the county’s 20 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras captured some 572,370 unique license plate images over a 30-day period. … “If you’re a registered sex offender, you’re in NCIC. So every time a sex offender drives by these cameras, they go off,” Ralston said, explaining more hits are generated by sex offenders than anything else. By way of example, he showed all the NCIC hits that officers were alerted to between July 1…
Read MoreSC: South Carolina church leaders charged after allowing sex offender to work around children
[ACSOL is posting this as a hysteria example] Source: msn.com 7/21/26 The heads of a South Carolina church allowed a sex offender to work around kids – and were arrested after their furious congregation found out. Leaders at Pawleys Island Community Church said they were well aware of the criminal background of Warren Spence Perry, 70, when they allowed him to start volunteering. Perry had been convicted in 2023 for a sex crime involving a minor three years prior and was required to avoid being in proximity to children as…
Read MoreHow a Paid Expert Reversed His View of a Notoriously Flawed Prosecution in the Rape of a Bestselling Author
Source: propublica.org 7/17/26 Law professor Bennett Gershman told ProPublica that the prosecution of a man for the rape of author Alice Sebold was laced with misconduct. Then he was hired by the city and county that prosecuted the man — and reached a very different conclusion. The upstate New York city of Syracuse seems at odds with itself when it comes to a notorious miscarriage of justice. Nearly five years ago, the district attorney of Onondaga County, William Fitzpatrick, stood up in court and excoriated his county’s decision decades earlier…
Read MoreUPDATED 7/17: Florida sex offender law: Swimming pool rules spark debate
Source: fox13news.com 7/15/26 Click here to watch the related video. Derek Logue speaks out at 04:34 [7/17/26] The Brief: A newly active Florida law bans sex offenders convicted of crimes against minors from living within 1,000 feet of a public swimming pool. Supporters call the law common-sense protection for children. Opponents claim it could increase offender homelessness and make them harder to track. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A controversial new housing restriction went into effect across Florida, prohibiting specific sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of public swimming pools and splash pads. New…
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