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…
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FL: 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…
Read MoreFL: 181 people arrested in human trafficking operation [Registry crime prevention failure–no registrants mentioned arrested!]
Source: tampabay28.com 10/30/25 TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrests 181 people in human trafficking operation, including a high school instructor. Sheriff Chad Cronister held a press conference on Thursday to discuss the details of their most recent human trafficking operation. In total, 181 people were arrested, and one 17-year-old victim was rescued. Read the full article
Read MoreFL Action Alert! Florida bill banning registrants from residing near pools, beaches, lakes, rivers
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 10/30/25 [Janice’s note: Florida residents, please click here to take action now] House Bill 45 and Senate Bill 212 seek to add to the 1,000 ft residency restrictions of childcare facilities, schools, parks and playgrounds by including “public swimming pools” and “public bathing places”. These residency restrictions result in 80% or more of Florida being off limits for registrant housing. Registrants who have committed one of the enumerated offenses; involving a victim under 16 years of age; and after 2004 for a Florida offense or 2010 for an…
Read MoreGA: All ‘Level 3 sex offenders’ in Chatham County are incarcerated on Halloween
Source: wsav.com 10/29/25 [The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) apparently wants to incarcerate level 3 registrants every Halloween for the rest of their lives.] Watch the video
Read MoreAR: Man Accused of Soliciting Teen Girl Walks Because of Federal Overreach
Source: reason.com 10/29/25 The DOJ tried to claim jurisdiction because he drove on a road. In its zeal to ratchet up more sex trafficking prosecutions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) overreached—and it backfired. Now, a seeming sexual predator may escape conviction because the feds couldn’t just leave local crime to local authorities. The DOJ tried to invoke jurisdiction because the potential predator—an adult man who tried to pay his friend’s teen daughter for sex on multiple occasions—used money, used a car that was made out of state, and drove…
Read MoreNJ: Former N.J. cop facing child sex abuse charges found dead from self-inflicted wound
Source: yahoo.com 10/28/25 A former Hamilton police officer charged with recording child sexual abuse was found dead early Tuesday in a state park in Hopewell Township, authorities said. Brian DiBiasi, 40, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the southern area of Washington Crossing State Park, near the Delaware River, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. DiBiasi and his wife, Elizabeth DiBiasi, 43, were arrested in… Read the full article
Read MoreVA: Virginia Court Reverses $1M Libel Judgment for School Board Chair Called “Sexual Predator/Harasser” by Activist
Source: reason.com 10/28/25 The speaker’s comments, the Virginia Court of Appeals held, “comments constitute non-actionable opinions based on fully disclosed facts.” Eugene Volokh | 10.28.2025 3:02 PM From Pestrak v. Sawyers, decided last week by the Virginia Court of Appeals (Judge Vernida Chaney, joined by Judges Frank Friedman and Stuart Raphael): In December 2017, Petrak, who led the “Prince William Committee (PWC) for Quality Education” and had previously pursued recall efforts to oust Sawyers from his Chairman position, publicly responded to a prior 2014 comment made by Sawyers on Facebook. Sawyers had commented…
Read MorePA: Stuck in 1995 Rally Marks 30 Years of Failed Policies
Source: parsol.org 10/28/25 HARRISBURG, PA – October 28, 2025 – The Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (PARSOL) Advocates gathered at the Pennsylvania Capitol Rotunda today to mark thirty years since the enactment of Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law and to call for modernization of the state’s sexual offense laws which were signed into law by then- Governor Tom Ridge on October 21, 1995. “Our lives have changed since 1995. You’ll all recognize Microsoft’s groundbreaking system, Windows 95. But is anyone still using that? Pennsylvania’s registry laws are stuck in 1995 while everything else…
Read MoreTX: McLennan County sheriff’s deputies arrest members of Oklahoma vigilante group that targets sex offenders
Source: ktre.com 10/21/25 WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Three reported members of the Oklahoma Predators Prevention Group (OPP), an online vigilante group that entraps suspected sex predators, were arrested by the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office after a recent case involving a Central Texas man. Russell Goodwin, Ryan Koch and George Liebsch were all charged with unlawful restraint-exposure to substantial risk of serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony. The sheriff’s office said two of the members have “extensive criminal histories spanning several years.” The investigation began in August when the three OPP members traveled from…
Read MoreNY appeals court reverses sex offender risk ruling
Source: nydailyrecord.com 10/20/25 A state appeals court has rescinded a lower court ruling setting the risk level of a sex offender because the prosecution never requested the determination and the judge failed to explain the basis for his ruling. In Yates County, state Supreme Court Justice Jason L. Cook, in November 2023, determined that defendant Stephanie A. Ridley was a level three risk under the state Sex Offender Registration Act. The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Fourth Department, unanimously reversed Cook’s finding “in the interest of justice and on…
Read MoreOH: Former Ohio public defender dies by suicide after arrest
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com 10/20/25 David Stebbins, a former federal public defender who played a prominent role in many Ohio death-penalty cases, died by suicide on Oct. 2, according to records in the office of Franklin County Coroner Nathaniel Overmire. Stebbins was arrested in late September on charges of pandering child pornography, according to records at the Franklin County Clerk’s office. Stebbins, 77, had represented many clients on Ohio’s death row, and supervised more-junior public defenders doing so. According to a charging document, Stebbins in May transmitted images of a boy engaged in sexual activity. He was…
Read MoreMI: Michigan Sex Offender Registries Performance Audit Report shows problems
Source: audgen.michigan.gov 10/2025 [Sample information:] Inaccuracies in MSOR information for 9 (20%) of 45 samples active registrants and improper cancellation of 7 (16%) of 43 sample registrants Documentation was missing or incomplete for 4 (7%) of 60 sampled out-of-state registrants were no longer domiciled, temporarily residing, working, or attending school in Michigan Potentially 2,742 registrants have address discrepancies Read the report
Read MoreCO: Colorado Child Porn Law Didn’t Ban Deepfake Porn Until Recent Amendments, Court Holds
Source: reason.com 10/14/25 From In the Interest of Juvenile: S.G.H., decided yesterday by the Colorado Supreme Court, written by Justice Carlos A. Samour, Jr.: S.G.H., a young teenager, … is accused of using a generative-AI tool to blend authentic images of three classmates’ actual faces and clothed bodies with computer-generated images portraying naked intimate body parts to make it appear as though the classmates are nude…. Every state has laws prohibiting the nonconsensual distribution of authentic intimate images, and the federal government recently enacted a similar measure. But “few laws in the United…
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