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PA: ‘Predator protector police?’ Lewistown P.D. responds to calls to arrest alleged pedophile
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....
CA: Fresno County Supervisor’s Hate-Filled Rant: Registrants Should be Convicted, Then Executed
Source: omny.fm 12/11/25 Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld stated recently on a radio talk show that registrants should first be convicted, then executed. The supervisor made this comment about 15 minutes and 20 minutes into a lengthy interview about a Fresno county ordinance that would limit the number of registrants who can live in a single family home. The link to the interview is...
OH: Civil suit to move residency of convicted sex offender
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...
Holiday Message from One Registrant
I am writing to you with humility, clarity, and purpose. I am a Tier 3 Registered Sex Offender. That is a fact of my life, and I do not hide from it. What I write to you about today is not denial, but meaning, what comes after a sentence, after punishment, and after society decides whether a human being is allowed to exist again...
AL: Foley Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor And Possession Of Child Pornography
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...
ICE Arrests Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Pedophiles, Sex Abusers, and Murderers
Source: dhs.gov 12/22/25 WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from across the country including those convicted of felony second-degree sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault of a disabled victim, and manslaughter. “Some of the disgusting animals arrested yesterday sexually abused children and disabled victims,” said a DHS Spokesperson. “Sanctuary politicians protect these ......
NY: ‘Low risk’ sex offenders convicted again; this designation kept them practically hidden
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...
Criminal: Child pornography conviction is vacated
Source: valawyersweekly.com 12/11/25 Where the district court did not evaluate each element of a three-part test when it concluded that a prison was part of the special territorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant’s conviction was vacated. Background After a bench trial, the district court convicted Jesse Perez of producing and possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1466A at the...
PA: PARSOL: SORNA’s internet identifier provision is ruled unconstitutionally vague
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...
AZ: Court ruling dismisses valid complaints about Arizona’s sex offender registry, expert says
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...
CA: As California prisons face ‘wave’ of sex assault lawsuits, new audit highlights slow discipline
Source: calmatters.org 12/9/25 Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state prisons’ inspector general. The audit, released last week, is a twice-a-year summary of how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation addresses complaints about its staff members. Overall, the inspector general...
Janice’s Journal: The Epstein Shadow
As the year 2025 comes to an end, it is time to reflect upon a significant but unspoken factor that has influenced the registrant community this year. That factor is the Epstein Shadow. What do I mean by that term? Throughout this year, information regarding Jeffrey Epstein has been shared and continues to be shared with the public. The flow of that information has...
OH: National predator-catching group says it helped lead police to Cincinnati man arrested on child porn charges
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...
CA: Vacatur of Child Pornography Conviction Requires More Than Showing of Past Abuse
Source: einpresswire.com 12/10/25 [Vacatur is a legal remedy that allows courts to nullify or set aside previous judgments, ensuring fairness and accuracy in legal proceedings by addressing errors or new developments.] Div. Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a 2021 statute allowing a convict to seek vacatur of his or her conviction if the crime “was a direct result...
Sextortion scams led 38 US teens to die by suicide over five years: ‘I have yr nudes and everything needed to ruin your life’
Source: nypost.com 12/10/25 Thirty-eight teenage boys in the US have died by suicide since 2021 after falling victim to “sextortion” scammers, a top cybercrimes investigator has told The Post. Two networks have been identified as the main ones behind the sick schemes: Nigeria’s Yahoo Boys, who do it for profit, and the US-Europe-centered 764 gang, who are, more worryingly, sexual sadists, according to Paul...
Constitution Civil Due Process Civil Rights Speech and Religion Judicial Interpretation Torts and Liability State High Courts Split on Laws Letting Survivors of Sexual Abuse Sue After Expiration of Statutes of Limitations
Source: statecourtreport.org 11/24/25 State supreme courts have emphasized different constitutional provisions to decide whether bills reviving time-barred civil causes of action for child sexual abuse claims are constitutional. In recent years, several state legislatures have passed statutes making it easier for survivors of sexual abuse to bring civil suits against their abusers and related non-perpetrator defendants. On one hand, these laws have given many...
Tim Ballard’s Reputation is in Shambles. The Americans He Helped Arrest Want Answers.
Source: theappeal.org 12/9/25 Tim Ballard, the disgraced “anti-sex-trafficking” expert, was the subject of a hit 2023 biographical film and serial sexual misconduct allegations in the same year. After Ballard’s fall, the people he helped arrest in Washington want to know why no one seems willing to take a second look at their cases. Back in 2014, a Washington State Patrol sergeant named Carlos...
Action Alert: Please Join Effort to Remove Anti-Registrant Merchandise from Etsy.com
Please join ACSOL and others in an effort to persuade Etsy to remove anti-registrant merchandise from its website. The merchandise at issue includes messages on clothing and bumper stickers such as "Shoot Your Local Pedophile" and "Dead Pedophiles Don't Reoffend." "These and other statements on merchandise incite violence and therefore are not protected by the First Amendment," stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. Messages...
New reports present findings on sexual victimization reported by inmates
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) BJS has released Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2023–24 and Sexual Victimization in Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2023–24. These reports present findings from the fourth National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) in state and federal prisons and local jails. This NIS is part of BJS’s National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which collects allegations of sexual victimization directly...
How Federal Supervision Nearly Derailed Noel’s Second Chance
Source: reformalliance.com 12/1/25 When Noel Barrientos came home from federal prison in 2018, he believed the hardest part of his sentence was behind him. He had served three and a half years for a white-collar offense, and was eager to rebuild his life, reconnect with his two young daughters, and start a career. But Noel was placed on federal supervision, which meant his newfound...