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NY: No jail time for Cuba Gooding Jr. in forcible touching case
Source: nbcnews.com 10/13/22 Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. resolved his New York City forcible touching case Thursday with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April. Prosecutor Coleen Balbert said Gooding has stayed out of trouble and completed six months of alcohol and behavior modification counseling, allowing him to withdraw his...
Canada: Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law
Source: ctvnews.ca 10/11/22 WHITEHORSE -- A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow issued a declaration under its Community Emergency Act banning Christopher Schafer from the fly-in community nearly 800 kilometres...
MI: Jury Convicts Man For Vile Act With Elmo Doll
Source: thesmokinggun.com 10/12/22 A jury yesterday convicted a Michigan man of aggravated indecent exposure for using a Tickle Me Elmo doll to masturbate while he was inspecting a residence on behalf of a potential purchaser. Kevin ____, 60, was found guilty of the misdemeanor following a one-day trial in Oakland County Circuit Court. The jury acquitted ____ of malicious destruction of property, also a...
Amended Complaint Filed in SORNA Regulations Lawsuit
Source: ACSOL An amended complaint was filed in federal district court yesterday in the lawsuit challenging SORNA regulations which became effective in January 2022. The amended complaint adds three plaintiffs using the pseudonyms "John Does 2, 3 and 4." The amended complaint also includes the two original plaintiffs -- John Doe 1 and ACSOL. According to the amended complaint, John Does 1 through 3...
FL: ‘Nationally-recognized’ teacher arrested in Fort Lauderdale for sex assault on minor after Tinder meet
Source: local10.com 10/10/22 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A teacher who has worked in schools in Miami-Dade and Broward and who received a presidential award is facing charges in Broward County Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy who went on to write a college entry essay about it in school, police said. Fort Lauderdale police officers arrested Carlos _____, 46, on Oct. 3,...
How vigilante ‘predator catchers’ are infiltrating the criminal justice system
Source: washingtonpost.com 9/22/22 It began with a live-streamed shaming in an Olive Garden parking lot. It ended with an Indiana cop on trial for child solicitation. By Jessica Contrera DANVILLE, Ind. — The jury was waiting. They’d cringed when they learned what kind of case they’d hear in this Indiana courthouse. Child solicitation. But don’t worry, the county prosecutors assured them. There would be...
The first batch of ACSOL 2022 Conference videos are ready to view if you signed up
Dear Conference attendees - We posted the first batch of ACSOL 2022 conference videos! They are ready for you to view privately on YouTube whenever you like! You should have just received an email today (Oct 10) containing the link to these videos. If you did not receive it, look in your spam/junk folder. If you still don't see it, send an email to...
Sexual crime conviction in 1999 cancels out 29 years of service to country
Source: narsol.org 10/7/22 By Captain Charles Munsey . . . Today, October 5, I started out as I routinely do — cup of coffee, morning devotions, a quick breakfast, and then on the road to take care of chores. First, I stopped by my daughter’s home in Rockledge to drop off something for her and converse with her and my grandson for a while....
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TX: More than a dozen sex offenders in Lamesa ordered to move
Source: kcbd.com 10/6/22 LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - More than a dozen registered sex offenders are living too close to children, that’s according to the Lamesa Police Department. The chief of police confirmed that 19 residents received notices stating they were in violation of the city’s code of ordinances. Eugene Gaspar is a registered sex offender who said the department gave him 90 days to...
German Court Grants Protection to former Florida Sex Offense Registrant on Human Rights Grounds
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 10/7/22 Taken from the FAC article: SOURCE: Steven Whitsett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Sending registrants back to prison for mere administrative violations of Florida’s sex offender registry violates human rights law. How’s that for a bit of good news? After paying my “debt to society” by completing a lengthy prison term in Florida and two years of supervision, I decided that I didn’t owe...
FL: Gainesville city commissioners consider changes to city’s sexual offender ordinance
Source: mycbs4.com 10/6/22 Gainesville, FL — Gainesville City Commissioners passed a motion to craft a proposed amendment to the current Sexual Offender and Sexual Predator Ordinance in place to mirror the state statute. "I think it just makes a consistency and so it's legally defensible. You know, that we're not sort of afield of what is already accepted through the courts and through the...
How can sex offender registries be constitutional?
Source: quora.com There are two short answers: (1) For the most part, the courts have found them to be constitutional because a) they weren't created with the intent of inflicting punishment and b) they are not punitive enough in effect to override the government's “legitimate interests.” I would argue substantively that both of these contentions are false. It wouldn't require a monumental effort. Generally,...
OH: Woman quits haunted house job in Columbia Station over registered sex offender co-workers
Source: news5cleveland.com 10/3/22 COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio — A registered sex offender may have been scaring your children for fun at a Northeast Ohio haunted house. It’s a tip received by News 5 Investigators, and in less than 24 hours, we learned two felons were fired. Kim Neubauer says she worked at the Spooky Ranch in Columbia Station for one day this season before quitting. "I did...
11th Circuit upholds Alabama’s sex offender registry law after waiting seven years
Source: talkingpointsmemo.com 8/3/22 The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a case on Monday more than seven years after the matter was first filed, and hours after TPM published an article about the delay. The 81-page ruling was per curiam, meaning that all three judges on the panel – Ed Carnes, Jill Pryor, and Kenneth Ripple, visiting from the 7th Circuit...
CA: Bay Area Man Accused Of Molestation Taught In 30 Cities: PD
Source: patch.com 9/30/22 SAN RAMON, CA — A guitar teacher, who is also a registered sex offender, was arrested Thursday on allegations that he committed lewd acts against a child during a lesson in San Ramon. The Vallejo man offers lessons in 30 Bay Area cities and is suspected to have harmed more victims, authorities said. Rex Lee ___, 69, was arrested on suspicion...
CA: Gavin Newsom signs law to seal criminal records of hundreds of thousands of Californians
Source: sacbee.com 9/30/22 California will soon seal conviction and arrest records for certain ex-offenders that maintain a clean record, a move supporters call the most far-reaching reform of its kind in the nation. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday night from Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, allowing people convicted of a felony to have their records automatically sealed if they complete their...
IA: Former Iowa City schools counselor awarded $12 million after being wrongfully imprisoned for 6 years for sex offense
Source: press-citizen.com 9/30/22 Donald Clark won $12 million in a lawsuit he filed against the state of Iowa on Thursday, years after being exonerated and released from prison on false charges that he sexually abused a student while working as an Iowa City elementary school counselor. A jury awarded Clark $8 million in past emotional distress damages and $4 million for future damages after...
General Comments Oct 2022
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CA: Adult Re-Entry Annual Resource Fair Oct 20, 2022 near Sacramento
Source: Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE.net) and Sacramento Community Based Coalition Date and time: Thursday, October 20, 2022, 10:00 am to noon Location: Former Mather Air Base, east of Sacramento, near Rancho Cordova Sacramento Community Based Coalition 10170 Missile Way Mather, CV 95655 Free lunch served Services: Employment Education Housing Healthcare Substance Use Treatment Support Services Must be 18 or older For questions...
Today (9/30) is the Last Day to Sign Up to Attend the 2022 ACSOL Conference Live
Today, September 30, at 5:00 pm Pacific Time (8:00 pm Eastern Time) is the deadline to sign up to attend the annual ACSOL conference live. It will not be possible to sign up for the conference on the day of the conference, October 1, due to technical constraints. Click here to sign up now to attend live After you sign up, you will be...