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Sex offender charged for sleeping in park
A Costa Mesa man is being charged with violating a city ordinance that prohibits sex offenders from entering city parks, prosecutors said Monday. _____, 25, was arrested after being found sleeping at the Costa Mesa Historical Society building within Lions Park about midnight Sept. 12, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Full Article
CA RSOL Reaches Goal – Gets 500 Petition Signatures
California RSOL met its goal of obtaining 500 signatures on a petition challenging the ordinance passed by Orange County which prohibits all registrants from entering parks, beaches, harbors and other recreational area. The petition was sent to District Attorney (DA) Tony Rackauckas because of his role in promoting the county ordinance as well as lobbying cities within the county to pass similar ordinances. A...
Aljazeera – Pariahs among us: Sex offender laws in the 21st century
Maybe it is not so surprising that all we can think to do with a subject we are simultaneously obsessed with and repulsed by is to shout our alarm about it at every opportunity. Sex crimes: The only kind of offence in the United States that compels all convicted perpetrators to register their name, address, date of birth, fingerprints and a photograph on a public website....
Television Judge Claims CA RSOL Halloween Lawsuit “Hogwash”
Judge Pirro: California Sex Offenders’ Arguments in Halloween Trick-or-Treat Lawsuit Are ‘Hogwash’ Television judge, Jeanine Pirro, voiced her opinion about the CA RSOL lawsuit in Simi Valley on Fox News' Fox & Friends show, stating that the claim that Simi Valley's Halloween ban is unconstitutional is "hogwash." http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/10/05/pirro-sex-offenders-lawsuit-halloween-trick-or-treaters/
California Professor Asserts There’s Likely No Constitutional Grounds Giving Registrants A Right to Participate in Halloween Activities
A professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University's school of law says, "I think it's unlikely to be unconstitutional for the state or the city to prohibit sex offenders from handing out candy to little kids." (more…)
Police captain’s son charged, not jailed
SAN DIEGO - Six weeks after the son of a San Diego police captain was accused of sexual assault, battery and vandalism, he had yet to step foot into jail. An arrest warrant was issued for 23-year-old Alex Guaderrama Friday by the San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. San Diego Police Department told Fox 5 Monday that no arrest had been made and no...
Man charged with grabbing 10-year-old near park
Note: Santa Ana Parks and a 300 foot buffer are off-limits to 290 registrants and, as such, a "Child Safety Zone". SANTA ANA – A 55-year-old Santa Ana gang member has been charged with grabbing a 10-year-old boy who was walking to soccer practice near Delhi Park and smelling his arm, authorities said. Victor Joseph Espinoza is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to...
Anaheim Parks Ban City Council Meeting [updated with Audio]
CA RSOL spoke in opposition to the City of Anaheim's proposed Parks ban October 9. Despite testimony from the Orange County DA and his deputy as well as the mother of Samantha Runnion, the City Council did not pass the proposed ordinance. California RSOL will return to the City of Anaheim the next time it considers this or a similar ordinance. Please come join...
CA RSOL Sends Letter to Mayor and City Council of Anaheim
According to the City Attorney for Anaheim, California, the City Council is set to consider an ordinance banning registrants from entering into all community, neighborhood and "special use" parks located within the city of Anaheim. CA RSOL has written and sent this letter to the Mayor and City Council of Anaheim in opposition to the proposed ordinance. To view comments made during the previous...
Four Orange County cities sued over sex offender laws
A recently-filed lawsuit contends that laws in Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach and Lake Forest banning sex offenders from county parks and other public facilities are unconstitutional. (more…)
Fountain Valley seeks to ban sex offenders from parks
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Registered sex offenders who have committed crimes against children will be prohibited from entering parks in Fountain Valley, the City Council decided Tuesday. The council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance, modeled after a county ban, but defines "park" to include other recreational areas where children may be. The city's ordinance also differs from the county's in that it...
No Halloween for sex offenders? They challenge California city’s restrictions
With Video - An attorney representing five Simi Valley sex offenders who sued the city over limits to their Halloween activities said the lawsuit will be the first of several she expects to file over such restrictions. Lawyer Janice Bellucci heads the 18-month-old advocacy group California Reform Sex Offender Laws. On Friday, she filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that Simi Valley's ordinance violates...
Lawsuit challenges Simi Valley’s Halloween sex offender ordinance
A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to block enforcement of Simi Valley's new Halloween sex offender ordinance, contending it's unconstitutional. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by 10 plaintiffs, including five registered sex offenders who live in Simi Valley. The Simi Valley City Council on Sept. 10 adopted the ordinance that aims to prevent sex offenders from having contact...
Pennsylvania, U.S. Virgin Islands To Substantially Implement Provisions Of The Adam Walsh Act
The Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) recently announced that Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the latest jurisdictions to implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Since the passage of SORNA, which establishes a comprehensive national system for the registration...
SIMI VALLEY ORDINANCE CHALLENGED IN FEDERAL COURT
An ordinance recently adopted by the city of Simi Valley that requires registrants to post signs on their front doors and prohibits them from decorating their homes on Halloween is being challenged in federal court. The lawsuit was filed on September 28 in U.S, District Court, Central District, Western Division. It asserts that the Simi Valley ordinance is unconstitutional and requests that the court...
City of Anaheim – Parks Ban Ordinance on next Agenda
Anaheim City Council Meeting Video. According to the City Attorney the ordinance will be on the next agenda (October 9 ?). CA RSOL has written and sent this letter to the Mayor and City Council of Anaheim in opposition to the proposed ordinance.
Confronted about child porn, man shoots two deputies in San Diego County
A Lakeside, Calif. man confronted about alleged child porn opened fire inside his apartment, shooting and injuring two deputies before shooting himself, according to the man’s girlfriend. The girlfriend told NBC San Diego that she was getting her two daughters ready for school when she found pornographic pictures of her boyfriend and her two daughters engaged in sex acts on his cell phone. Full...
NY: Oswego passes law prohibiting sex offenders from driving taxis
OSWEGO -- Amy Warner is a mom who says she'll sleep easier after the city of Oswego voted unanmiously to pass a law which prohibits sex offenders from driving taxi cabs. "Having young kids who aren't always making the best choices, I don't think it's a good idea putting them in any unnecessary danger," says Warner. Prior to the vote, Jeremy Zielisnki called the...
Perverted Justice: Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason [2011]
“If we had been aware of his record,” says Maureen Kanka, “my daughter would be alive today.” She is referring, in a statement on the website of an anti-crime group she founded, to Jesse Timmendequas, a neighbor in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, who raped and murdered her 7-year-old daughter, Megan, in 1994. Three months later, the state legislature enacted Megan’s Law, which created a...
State responds to Action News investigation into sex offenders
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An Action News investigation revealed a frightening loophole that lets Fresno County sex offenders walk free, even after violating parole. Now, state legislators and the people in charge of the parole system are responding. We showed you two sex offenders Thursday who violated parole with little in the way of consequences. They're both in jail now after allegedly committing new...