Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 1/15/26 [ACSOL encourages everyone to make some calls to fight this insanity] HB 45 and SB 212 are dangerous, extreme, and counterproductive. SB 212 would banish more than 30,000 Floridians from “being” within 200 feet of a body of water and both bills would make 80% of Florida uninhabitable, displacing thousands of families from their homes and causing thousands to lose stable employment. These bills undermine public safety by increasing homelessness, instability, unemployment, and monitoring challenges. The bills will: Push thousands into homelessness by making the majority of…
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FL: South Florida registered sex offender’s citizenship revoked: U.S. Attorney
Source: nbcmiami.com 1/20/26 A Peruvian-born registered sex offender who was living in South Florida has had his U.S. citizenship revoked after he obtained it by fraud, authorities said. Renzo William _______, 25, had his citizenship revoked and Certificate of Naturalization canceled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said Tuesday. Renzo, who had been living in Fort Lauderdale, was also sentenced to 100 days of home detention and one year of probation after pleading guilty to unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, prosecutors said. Court records, on…
Read MoreMO: Attorney General Requests New Hearing in MO Halloween Sign Challenge
Source: ACSOL The Missouri Attorney General filed a petition today with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals asking for reconsideration of the Court’s decision issued on January 2. That decision agreed with plaintiff that the Missouri state law at issue requiring all registrants to post a sign on their home on Halloween was unconstitutional. In its petition, the Attorney General argues that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeal judges that ruled in favor of plaintiff misapplied controlling U.S. Supreme Court precedent as well as a decision by the 5th Circuit…
Read MoreSC: Prosecutors want 20-year sentence for ex-South Carolina lawmaker for sharing child sex abuse videos
Source: abcnews.go.com 1/13/26 Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year sentence for a former South Carolina legislator who pleaded guilty to distributing child sex abuse videos on social media COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence a former Republican South Carolina legislator to 20 years in prison for sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media as he advocated for several laws meant to protect kids. RJ May is asking the judge for mercy and a five-year sentence, saying he was addicted to…
Read MoreWA: Legislators Furious Hysteria Over Re-Entry Housing Facility for Sex Offenders
Source: newstalk870.am 1/13/26 According to information released by 8th District legislators Senator Matt Boehnke, and House Reps Stephanie Barnard and April Connors–as well as Kennewick Police–the sex offender home is coming to Kennewick. The operator of a similar facility in Walla Walla has applied to have one in Kennewick Since 2017 Joe Fields has operated Joe’s Place in Walla Walla, where as many as 9 registered mostly low-level sex offenders are voluntarily housed. That facility began just after creation of the state’s STAR Program or Succesful Transition and Re-Entry Program. It is supposed to get offenders on…
Read MoreSC: Bills aim to stiffen penalties for CP, including a minimum penalty
Source: foxcarolina.com 1/8/25 COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – As South Carolina lawmakers prepare to head back to the statehouse, there’s now a push to crack down on penalties for child predators. FOX Carolina Investigates previously uncovered how hundreds of offenders convicted of having child pornography are able to avoid prison time. In South Carolina, if someone has child pornography, also called child sexual abuse material, they are charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. The law carries three degrees depending on the severity of the crime. For first degree, which is the…
Read MoreFL: Zoning committee approves ordinance that allows Jacksonville daycare to reopen within 2,000 feet of sex predator
Source: news4jax.com 1/7/26 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Land Use and Zoning committee approved an ordinance that allows a day care to reopen within 2,000 feet of a sex predator. The current city code requires a 2,500-foot distance between the two. The request that the day care owner is making would shrink that distance to 1,980 feet, putting the offender just outside the radius. “There is a great need for day care in the neighborhood,” Paul Harden, the attorney for the day care, said. “This provides day care for folks who work…
Read MoreIL: Lakemoor man accused of creating homemade bomb with intent to blow up alleged sex offender
Source: lakemchenryscanner.com 1/7/26 Prosecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they believe he intended to blow up an alleged sex offender. Joseph A. Savino, 43, of Lakemoor, was charged with one count of possession of an explosive or incendiary device, a Class 1 felony. The Lakemoor Police Department responded on October 18 to the 31800 block of Darrell Road in Lakemoor for a report of a burglary. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Theis said a caretaker arrived at…
Read MoreAL: A new record? Guntersville sex offender gets 200 years in prison for 10 counts of child porn posession
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…
Read MoreKY: 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…
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