The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) is dedicated to protecting the Constitution by restoring the civil rights of registrants and their families. In order to achieve that objective, ACSOL will educate and litigate as well as support or oppose legislation. The ACSOL website and recordings are provided as a service to registrants, registrants’ families, and others for general information only. The information on the website and in the recordings are not designed to provide legal or other advice or to create an attorney-client relationship. You should not take, or refrain from taking, action based on their content. Prior results and case studies do not guarantee a similar outcome in future representations. ACSOL accepts no responsibility for any loss or damages that may result from accessing or reliance on content on the ACSOL website and recordings and disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all liability with respect to acts or omissions made by registrants, registrants’ families and others on the basis of content on the ACSOL website.
Important News / Announcements
Janice's Journal
General News Feed
CO: Douglas County judge wrongly blocked man from de-registering as sex offender due to alleged ‘smirk,’ appeals court finds
Source: coloradopolitics.com 8/21/25 A Douglas County judge acted improperly by refusing to grant a defendant’s request to de-register as a sex offender a quarter-century after his offense because the man allegedly “smirked” at a hearing, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. David Arthur _____ pleaded guilty in 2001 to one felony and one misdemeanor count related to sexual assault on a child. After completing...
NY: Woodstock Uproar Highlights Bigger Question: What Happens After Sex Offenders Leave Prison
Source: chronogram.com 8/22/25 During the public comment period near the end of a Woodstock town board meeting on July 8, resident Michael Veitch stood to speak. “One of the main failings of the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts and others was the failure to disclose the presence of known pedophiles to the parents of the children who came in contact with them,” he...
OH: Final conspirator in scheme to exploit Ohio sex offenders get four-year sentence
Source: zanesvilletimesrecorder.com 8/21/25 ZANESVILLE – Inmates within the Georgia prison system organized a defrauding scheme in 2024 to defraud sex offenders and across the country, including two male victims in Ohio. Marquis Lamar Conner Sr., 43, of Decatur, Georgia, was the last of four defendants to go before the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas for sentencing Aug. 18. Per request, Conner argued for his...
TX: Amarillo police share recent findings after [wasteful] sex offender compliance check operation
Source: newschannel10.com 8/19 25 AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Amarillo Police Department has shared its recent findings after conducting a sex offender compliance check operation. Officials say the operation spanned from July 23 to August 1. The Amarillo Police Department’s Special Victims Unit (SVU), in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies, recently completed the operation aimed at ensuring adherence to registration and compliance requirements...
Parents: Stop Giving Your Kids (And Everyone Else’s) To The Government
Source: thegarrisoncenter.org 8/17/25 At a 1992 debate, an audience member hit incumbent US president George H.W. Bush, as well as candidates Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, with an interesting question. I personally recall the moment, and found it somewhat odd at the time, but I’m trusting AI on the exact quote, so don’t ask for my oath on its accuracy: “I ask the three...
ME: Tier III Lifetime Sex Offender Registrant Booted from Board of Maine Autism Society After Maine Wire Inquiry
Source: themainewire.com 8/19/25 The Autism Society of Maine (ASM), a non-profit, dismissed board member Nicholas Pike, 29, on Monday after an inquiry by The Maine Wire inquired about why a Tier III lifetime sex offender registrant was serving on its governing body. “The Autism Society of Maine has dismissed a Board member after learning they are listed on the Maine Sex Offender Registry. This...
AL: Pastor Robert Wagley’s Arrest: The Legal Questions
Source: atoday.org 8/19/25 On August 14, 2025, Mobile County deputies arrested Pastor Robert Michael Wagley of the St. Elmo Seventh-day Adventist Church on three counts of intimidating a witness. According to jail records and witness accounts, several church members who had assisted law enforcement in a separate criminal investigation were subsequently stripped of their church duties and escorted off the property. The sheriff’s office alleges these...
AZ: Arizona to launch Sex Offender Management Board to tackle treatment, reform
Source: azfamily.com 8/19/25 PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A recently passed law is funding Arizona’s first-ever Sex Offender Management Board, which is aimed at getting justice for victims and preventing cases in the future. The board will be made up of 25 people who are experts on sexual abuse and deviancy. It will include psychologists, law enforcement officials, and victims’ rights representatives. They will make legislative recommendations regarding...
Hegseth May Be Required to Create Public Military Sex Offender Registry
Source: prospect.org 8/20/25 Service members and their families would have to be notified about registered sex offenders on military bases. After scraping his way through a bruising confirmation hearing that saw interrogations over allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and drunken behavior, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth may soon be tasked with overseeing the creation of the first-of-its-kind military sex offender registry. That is part of...
The Tuna Net Analogy
Source: ampersandsrj.substack.com 8/18/25 The deck of the tuna clipper was alive with activity. A spotter scanning the horizon spotted commotion up ahead. The cacophony of seabirds always gave away the position of the catch. The engines rumbled as the captain steered the boat. The crew worked furiously, and within minutes, the net was dropped into the ocean, forming a wide circle around the flashing...
FL: Florida can keep ‘sexual predator’ marking on driver’s licenses, appeals court rules
Source: floridapolitics.com 8/18/25 The case arose after a sexual predator was sent back to prison after his probation officer found a smiley-face sticker covering the label on his license. Florida can continue branding convicted sexual predators on their driver’s licenses. In a divided ruling, the 5th District Court of Appeal has upheld the constitutionality of requiring state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards to have “SEXUAL PREDATOR”...
Denied for old crimes: The complex challenge of long-term care for America’s aging PFR
Source: mcknights.com 8/18/25 As a case manager for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stephanie Jerstad once had a client die in transitional housing after being rejected by 212 different nursing homes in Illinois and Indiana. None of them would take the man because he was on a sexual offense registry for a long-ago offense. Admission was repeatedly denied despite professional evaluations of his appropriate...
ACSOL Online Meeting September 20, 2025
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci and an ACSOL board member for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday September 20 online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or you can call in using a...
MO: Court of Appeals Schedules Oral Argument in Missouri Halloween Sign Case
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today scheduled oral argument in the Missouri Halloween sign case. The argument will take place on Tuesday, September 16, on the 28th floor of the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse located at 111 S. 10th Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The Court scheduled oral argument in a total of five cases that day beginning at 9 a.m. The Halloween sign...
LA: Louisiana files lawsuit against Roblox, calling it a platform for sexual predators
Source: lailluminator.com 8/14/25 Louisiana is suing Roblox, the popular online gaming site, claiming it has distributed child sexual abuse material and fails to protect or notify users of sexual predators. Attorney General Liz Murrill filed the lawsuit Thursday in Livingston Parish at the 21st Judicial District Court. The lawsuit alleges Roblox endangers Louisiana children as an unchecked forum for sexual predators to connect with children and...
Sex Offenders and The Church
Source: churchleaders.com 8/15/25 Let’s talk about one of those Elephant in the Room subjects that no one wants to talk about. I’m referring to the issues of sex offenders and the local church. Fortunately in recent years we have begun to discuss it, but there’s a long way to go). Early in my career in the field of Criminal Justice I spent several years...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is Deporting Cruise Ship Crew Over Child Pornography Allegations Without Evidence
Source: reason.com 8/13/25 Advocacy groups say more than 100 cruise ship crew members have been deported in recent months, and they're not being shown the evidence against them or given any due process. When Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents marched the housekeeper down the gangplank of the Victory I cruise ship in the Port of Detroit on the morning of July 11, she didn't...
CA: Senate Bill 680 Scheduled for Appropriations Committee Review
Source: ACSOL The CA Assembly Appropriations Committee will review Senate Bill 680 on August 20. The review of this bill will be part of a marathon session that includes consideration of more than 200 bills. No testimony will be heard during this session that begins at 9 a.m. in Room 1100 of the legislative office building (1021 O Street). If Senate Bill 680 is...
AR: Man facing child porn charges killed in jail, AR cops say. 5 inmates arrested
Source: kansascity.com 8/14/25 A man facing child porn charges was killed in an Arkansas jail, and now five inmates are accused of murder, police say. Terry Craig, 44, was booked into the Monroe County Detention Center after noon on Friday, Aug. 8, on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials, and possession of a firearm by certain persons, Arkansas State Police said in...
TX: Lubbock PD employee accused of assaulting elderly registered sex offender during check-in
Source: krqe.com 8/14/25 [ACSOL Note: our policy is not to post articles about people accused of a crime, but given the facts of this situation we think we should post the article anyway.] Daniel Diaz-Gonzalez, 42, a civilian Lubbock Police Department employee, was arrested on Wednesday and accused of assaulting an elderly person, Chief Seth Herman said. Court documents obtained by EverythingLubbock.com revealed some additional details...