Category: Non-California State

LA: Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled

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Source: yahoo.com 12/21/25 THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — The teasing was relentless. Nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends, generated by artificial intelligence, were circulating on social media and had become the talk of a Louisiana middle school. The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school. But the images were shared on Snapchat, an app that deletes messages seconds after they’re viewed, and the adults couldn’t find them. The principal had doubts they even existed. Among the…

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TX: ‘Caught in the middle’: Raymondville police helped by, but can’t encourage, online predator hunters

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Source: valleycentral.com 12/16/25 RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On Thursday, Raymondville police arrested Christian Tijerina, who now faces 15 counts of possession of child pornography. Authorities were called to Tijerina’s residence after the online group Predator Poachers confronted him there. “We’re caught in the middle,” said Sgt. Detective Denise Gomez with the Raymondville Police Department. Gomez specializes in child sex abuse cases and has spent the last eight years on a Child Exploitation Task Force with Homeland Security Investigations. As a mother, Gomez said she supports the mission of Predator Poachers…

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LA: News Reporter Shames Dead Registrants In Article on Murderer’s Conviction

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Source: local12.com 12/18/25 [Note: Showing what we are up against, you can see that immediately after quickly reporting the conviction this article shames the registrants with a list of past crimes and then horrific comments below the article] SABINE PARISH, La. (WKRC) – A man was found guilty of killing two sex offenders. A Sabine Parish jury has found Blake Joseph Kendall guilty on two counts of first-degree murder following a five-day trial in the 11th Judicial District Court. The verdicts, delivered late Friday night, relate to the separate shooting…

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WI: Convicted sex offenders challenge Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS tracking at Seventh Circuit

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Source: courthousenews.com 12/16/25 A class of convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin say the state’s ankle monitor requirement for repeat offenders infringes on their Fourth Amendment rights.   CHICAGO (CN) — A class of convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin maintained to a Seventh Circuit panel Tuesday that the state’s lifetime GPS monitoring requirement runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections requires all repeat sex offenders (those who’ve been convicted two or more times) to wear an ankle monitor for life unless they move out of the state…

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PA: Hysteria and fear reign as residents rally to halt proposed transitional home for sex offenders in Jackson Township

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Source: wjactv.com 12/15/25 A transitional home for sex offenders was proposed in a Huntingdon County community, which led to dozens of residents showing up to a special meeting about it Monday night. At the meeting, several Jackson Township residents shared their concerns about potential transitional housing in the community. However, township and nonprofit leaders reassured the public that this will not be happening. “Right now there’s no licensing and no restrictions in place that would put any kind of rules that [transitional housing] would have to follow,” shared resident Emily…

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PA: ‘Predator protector police?’ Lewistown P.D. responds to calls to arrest alleged pedophile

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Source: local21news.com 12/13/25 LEWISTOWN, Pa. (WHP) — Angry comments, messages, and calls are flooding the inbox of the Lewistown Police Department, over an arrest police say they’re not sure they can legally make. The department said the calls started this past week after YouTuber posted the contact information for the department because it didn’t arrest someone the content creator claimed was a child sex predator. In a long Facebook post, the department explained why it didn’t arrest the person and shared some of the nasty comments had come its way over…

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OH: Civil suit to move residency of convicted sex offender

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Source: wfmj.com 12/12/25 The extraordinary move comes after 21-year-old Virgol Virgol was ordered to register as a sex offender after pleading to seven felony sex crimes involving children. WARREN, Ohio – The city of Warren is asking a judge to force a registered sex offender from his home.    The extraordinary move comes after 21-year-old Virgol ______ was ordered to register as a sex offender after pleading to seven felony sex crimes involving children. because of state requirements for sex offenders, Virgol’s home, which sits within minutes  of an elementary school,…

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AL: Foley Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor And Possession Of Child Pornography

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Source: justice.gov 12/12/25 MOBILE, AL – Kaden Heard, age 31, was sentenced on December 12, 2025, to 121 months in prison for convictions related to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.  Heard entered his guilty pleas on September 19, 2025. According to court documents, Heard was active on a social media application when he began chatting with an individual that he believed to be a 13-year-old female in Phoenix.  Heard expressed a desire to travel to Arizona to engage in sexual activity with the…

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NY: ‘Low risk’ sex offenders convicted again; this designation kept them practically hidden

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Source: cnycentral.com 12/12/25 Two federal child porn cases ended in plea deals earlier this week. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Jeffrey Hart of Saratoga County is now facing between 15 and 40 years in prison. Additionally, Kurt Dobler of Onondaga County is facing 10 to 20 years in prison. Both Hart and Dobler have been previously convicted of child porn charges in New York State. Hart was convicted in Saratoga County for possession of a sexual performance of a child in 2017. Dobler was convicted in Fulton County in 2023…

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PA: PARSOL: SORNA’s internet identifier provision is ruled unconstitutionally vague

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Source: parsol.org 12/9/25 Armstrong County, PA] On Dec. 3, 2025, Judge James J. Panchik of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, ruled SORNA’s internet identifier provision is unconstitutionally vague. The Com. v. Michael Diebold case arises from a new failure‑to‑provide‑accurate‑registration‑information charge filed after the defendant, in litigating a habeas petition in an earlier SORNA case, disclosed a list of 66 websites he used and a Craigslist email exchange about brush‑cutting services. In response, PSP and the Armstrong County DA treated both Craigslist itself and a Craigslist‑generated relay email address as “internet…

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AZ: Court ruling dismisses valid complaints about Arizona’s sex offender registry, expert says

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Source: kjzz.org 12/9/25 A federal judge ruled in November that Arizona’s sex offender registry is constitutional. The Arizona Mirror reported on the lawsuit filed by a man who went by John Doe. He had been convicted of sexual conduct with a minor in 2016. His lawsuit claimed the requirement that he register as a sex offender violated his due process and free speech rights. The suit also tried to do away with the laws that required him to register as a sex offender for life, register his residency in a new…

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OH: National predator-catching group says it helped lead police to Cincinnati man arrested on child porn charges

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Source: wcpo.com 12/10/25 CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati-area man was arrested and is facing multiple child sexual abuse material charges after being confronted by a national predator-catching organization that claims to have helped secure arrests across all 50 states. The arrest came after Alex Rosen’s organization, Predator Poachers, confronted Naylor outside his workplace following online interactions with someone who Naylor allegedly believed was a 13-year-old boy. “Any site you can think of … we’re on,” Rosen said. “There’s no place, even when it’s quote, unquote, encrypted, that a pedophile can hide…

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FL: Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State

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Source: theconversation.com 12/8/25 Most Americans imagine human trafficking as a violent kidnapping or a “stranger danger” crime – someone abducted from a parking lot or trapped in a shipping container brought in from another country. In fact, trafficking rarely takes this form. In most cases, traffickers spend months or even years building trust and creating emotional and economic bonds with their victims. They use a variety of coercion and control techniques such as emotional abuse, forced criminality, financial abuse, and physical and sexual abuse to entrap their victims. Meanwhile, the perpetrators are making…

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UT: Violent Drug-Using Wellington Vigilante Attempts to Murder Registrant

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Source: fox13now.com 12/5/25 WELLINGTON, Utah — A Wellington father was arrested and faces a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a registered sex offender 17 times after he allegedly made comments his minor daughter. Thad James Gurule was arrested on Wednesday. Police were called Monday to a Wellington home in Wellington after a call regarding a man covered in blood standing on the porch. Emergency personnel eventually found the victim a short distance away from the location with multiple stab wounds and lacerations. … Officers identified the alleged…

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Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

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Source: propublica.org 12/4/25 The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.   One of Chicago’s newest police sergeants had been deemed “unfit to serve” after an investigation uncovered evidence that he created a fake Facebook account and spread a nude photo of a woman he was sexually involved with, then lied to investigators about it.  Another new sergeant had been found to have engaged in conduct that “seriously undermines public faith, credibility, and trust in the Department”…

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MN: Minnesota dad murders registrant with moose antler while under ‘after he stalked his 1-year-old daughter’ delusion

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Source: themirror.com 11/24/25 Levi Axtell was charged with second-degree murder for the 2023 killing of Lawrence Scully, an elderly sex offender.   A judge ruled that Levi Axtell, a Minnesota father who was charged with killing an elderly sex offender, could not stand trial after ruling him incompetent. … “The Court finds that Mr. Axtell is currently not competent to proceed because he suffers from ongoing delusions that prevent him from rationally consulting with his legal counsel and participating in his legal defense,” Judge Hanke wrote. … Axtell was 27 when…

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OH: The latest fad: prohibiting registrants from living within 2,000 feet of their victims’ homes

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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

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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.…

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