Source: cnycentral.com 7/7/26 [ACSOL note: Please take the one-click poll. Let’s show them a lot of people (us) believe registrants deserve a second chance. Currently 88% clicked NO] Take the poll
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MO: Missouri Requests Review by U.S. Supreme Court
Source: ACSOL The Missouri Attorney General (AG) filed today a request for review, also know as petition for certiorari, with the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 283-page document, the AG asked the Court to overturn a decision issued by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2026. In that decision, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the district court that a Missouri state law requiring registrants to post a sign on their home on Halloween was unconstitutional because it was compelled speech in violation of the First…
Read MoreTX: Woman charged with harassing sex offender and his family, sheriff’s office says
Source: youtube.com/@ABC13Houston 7/3/26 Victims admitted that the man is a registered sex offender, but said the alleged harassment has impacted the entire family. Watch the video
Read MoreWI: Department of Corrections sex offender registry specialist admits registries are useless
Source: leadertelegram.com 6/30/26 CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls committee recommended approval of a plan Tuesday that would expand the perimeter on where registered sex offenders cannot reside in city limits. The Chippewa Falls Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to recommend the revised six-page ordinance, which calls for a residency ban within … … “There is no evidence that residency restrictions protect children,” Meister told the committee last month. “Most sexual assaults are committed where the victim knows the perpetrator. The stranger assaults are rare. Ordinances can create that false…
Read MoreFL: Registrants forced to sit in shopping center all night
Source: local10.com 6/29/30 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — By day, River Market is one of Fort Lauderdale’s busiest shopping destinations. Families dine outside restaurants. Customers shop at Whole Foods, Sephora, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lululemon, and other retailers along North Federal Highway between Sunrise and Oakland Park boulevards. But after sunset, Local 10 News documented something shoppers, employees and even the city’s mayor said they had no idea was happening. Over several nights, Local 10 observed multiple people released from prison remaining overnight at or near the shopping center. Several individuals currently…
Read MoreFL: Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempting to Meet A 13-Year-Old to Engage in Sexual Activity
Source: justice.gov 6/29/26 [ACSOL note: this is to show extreme sentencing in Florida] Ocala, Florida – Trevor _____ (57, Ocala) has been sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber to life in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony offense involving a minor as a registered sex offender. A federal jury found Hedge guilty on March 3, 2026. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in May…
Read MoreNews World Americas US Crime News Fundraiser for teenager accused of murdering 56-year-old sex offender is shut down
Source: www.the-independent.com 6/22/26 GoFundMe does not allow fundraisers that involve alleged violent crimes An online fundraiser for a Tennessee teen who is a suspect in the murder of a sex offender has been shut down by GoFundMe. The company shut down an account for Kian Neal, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 56-year-old Robert George Locke, citing its policy against fundraisers involving alleged violent crimes, even in the case of pending investigations, according to News Channel 9. “Unfortunately, we have discovered that GoFundMe does not allow for fundraisers involving alleged violent crimes… Read the…
Read MoreFL: Registered sex offender in line to be next small town city manager
Source: pnj.com 6/17/26 [ACSOL note: this is behind a paywall but we are posting this for the possible value Florida residents may find in it] The small town of Jay is set to appoint a convicted sex offender as its new town manager. Current Town Manager Eric Seib has been working part time since September and on July 3 will officially retire from the position. April Watson, who was made operations manager by unanimous vote of the Jay Town Council on the same night Seib stepped back from full time…
Read MoreNM: State Supreme Court says sex offender parole applies even without prison time
Source: organmountainnews.com 6/17/26 The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that sex offender parole applies to certain convictions even when a defendant does not serve time in state prison. The justices ruled an Otero County man was improperly discharged from a five- to 20-year parole term after his prison sentence was satisfied by jail credit. Organ Mountain News report SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people convicted of certain sex crimes must serve an indeterminate parole term even if they do not serve time in state…
Read MoreOH: Knife, blood, sawhorses found in 18-year-old’s car; charged with homicide of registrant
Source: local3news.com 6/18/26 Kian Andrew Neal, the 18-year-old suspect accused of killing 56-year-old Robert George Locke, has pleaded not guilty. Neal appeared in court on Wednesday, June 17, to enter a plea. He is charged with: Criminal homicide Especially aggravated burglary Abuse of a corpse Tampering with evidence Death under suspicious, unusual, or unnatural circumstances Neal will have a preliminary hearing on July 1 at 3:00pm Collegedale Police officers and other authorities are searching the Birchwood Landfill, where they believe Locke’s body may be located. Officers arrested Neal on…
Read MorePA: Lawmakers want to revise Megan’s Law to include juvenile sex offenders
Source: msn.com 6/11/26 [ACSOL action alert to Pennsylvania residents: call, write, and show up t0 hearings] Megan’s Law is a federal law that allows the public to have access to the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. However, since 2012 in Pennsylvania, that hasn’t applied to juvenile offenders. Several state lawmakers from Westmoreland County gathered Thursday to express their desire to change that. “We are just getting the word out to let people know that there are gaps,” said Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Hempfield Township. “The key that we’re identifying here is…
Read MoreOH: Sex offenders could be banned from entering Ohio schools, daycares
Source: dispatch.com 6/12/26 [ACSOL action alert: Ohio residents, call, write and show up to House hearings!] The Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill to prohibit certain sex offenders from being on school, preschool, or daycare premises. Current Ohio law only prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school. The bill includes exceptions for legitimate purposes, such as a parent picking up a child or voting at a school polling place. The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would bar most sex offenders from entering schools, preschools and daycares…
Read MoreACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man as a Child Abductor
Source: reason.com 6/11/26 Police arrested and charged Robert Dillon with a heinous crime based on nothing more than a faulty image search. Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agencies who put him through it. In November 2023, police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, responded to a call about an attempted child…
Read MoreGA: Scammers threatening to label victims as sex offenders unless they pay
Source: foxcarolina.com 6/10/26 LBERT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX Carolina) – The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office is warning of scammers threatening false public notices labeling people as sex offenders unless money is paid. The sheriff’s office said these claims are fraudulent. According to the sheriff’s office, … Read the full article
Read MoreSC: Penis Measurements Cannot Justify a Sex Offender’s Indefinite Detention, South Carolina’s Top Court Says
Source: reason.com 6/8/26 The court unanimously ruled that penile plethysmography is unreliable and inadmissible as evidence of recidivism risk. South Carolina is one of 20 states that authorize indefinite civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their prison sentences. Under state law, such continued detention is allowed only when a jury concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that a respondent qualifies as a “sexually violent predator” (SVP), meaning he “suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes [him] likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a…
Read MoreMI: Sex offender reports confrontation, assault by kids
Source: woodtv.com 6/2/26 PLAINWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A registered sex offender in Allegan County said he could not stay silent about the strangers who showed up at his home early Sunday morning. “I thought, ‘You know what? I’m gonna reach out to you guys because … if I don’t do something, (what if) somebody else loses their life because I didn’t take action?’ the husband and father told Target 8 Monday. He wasn’t willing to risk it. “The other sex offenders that live in the area that don’t know (about…
Read MoreVA: Virginia Court Rejects Vague Loitering Law
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 6/3/26 In Commonwealth v. Richard Cox, the Circuit Court of Arlington County struck down Virginia’s sex-offender “loitering” statute as unconstitutionally vague, reinforcing a fundamental principle that is often forgotten when laws target registrants: constitutional protections apply to everyone. The Virginia law made it a felony for certain individuals on the sex offender registry to “loiter” within 100 feet of schools and child day-care facilities. While the legislature chose to criminalize “loitering,” it never defined what that term actually meant. As a result, the court found that ordinary people had…
Read MoreCORRECTION: Federal Court Declares Missouri Halloween Sign Law Violates U.S. Constitution
Source: ACSOL [6/3/26 NOTE: This article was updated to reflect the court’s decision impact] The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, issued a decision on May 29 declaring that the Missouri Halloween sign law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The decision also permanently enjoins the Attorney General as well as the City of Hazelwood from enforcing that law. “This decision is significant in that it directly protects the plaintiff in the case from the Halloween sign law,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “This…
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