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FL: Fort Lauderdale relaxes restrictions on where sex offenders can live

·June 20, 2019
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[sun-sentinel.com - 6/18/19] Fort Lauderdale city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to relax the city’s residency restrictions on sex offenders. Offenders will now be allowed to live close to bus stops…

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FL: Homeless Sex Offenders Must Move Again

·June 12, 2019
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Ever since the Julia Tuttle Causeway became an encampment for sex offenders more than a decade ago, officials have been trying to shoo the group away from the rest of…

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FL: Fort Lauderdale opening more neighborhoods to sex offenders with change in strict law

·June 7, 2019
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[sun-sentinel.com - 6/7/19] There are no homes at 2700 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Although the only buildings standing are a McDonald’s and a Chick-fil-A, 110 people have registered…

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FL: Homeless sex offender listed intersection near middle school as his address

·May 23, 2019
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[wftv.com - 5/22/19] The sexual offender registry is designed to help residents know where sexual offenders live. Channel 9 found out that within a 1-mile radius of Lake Eola Park,…

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FL: Approves Database to Publish Details of People Who Pay for Sex

·May 7, 2019
·65 Comments

The Florida legislature passed legislation within the past week, Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 851, to establish a public database that tracks people convicted of, or who have pleaded…

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FL: Housing elderly sex offenders

·May 2, 2019
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Since 82-year-old ____ ____ hit his head in a fall eight months ago, he can't remember to take his medicine. His ex-wife, ____, calls him 11 times a day to remind…

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VA: A look at why Gov. Northam vetoed a bill related to sex offenders in emergency shelters

·May 2, 2019
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[wjla.com - 4/30/19] Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has vetoed legislation that would allow officials to temporarily block convicted sex offenders from using emergency shelters. Northam said Tuesday it is "unconscionable"…

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FL: Do Central Florida theme parks screen for sex offenders?

·April 27, 2019
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[wesh.com - 4/25/19] Could sex offenders be sitting next to your child on a ride, or standing in line behind them at Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando? In February,…

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FL: Oppose HB 987: Public Lodging Establishments

·April 19, 2019
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - 4/17/19] On April 10th, The Florida House of Representatives amended House Bill 987: Public Lodging Establishments, to require Persons required to register as sex offenders report to…

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FL: Cops Re-Arrest 26 Sex Offenders in ‘Operation Karma.’ Their Crime? Not Updating Their Car Info.

·March 22, 2019
·29 Comments

The Polk County Sheriff's Department in Florida is touting its successful completion of "Operation Karma," a three-day sting in which cops arrested 26 registered sex offenders for violating various legal…

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FL: Bill to ban child sex dolls advances in Florida legislature

·March 15, 2019
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A Florida bill to ban childlike sex dolls passed its third Senate committee on Wednesday and is headed to the Senate floor. Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, sponsored SB 160 amid…

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FL: Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Proves Inescapable

·March 5, 2019
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It was the kind of headline guaranteed to generate clicks even over the winter holidays and amid a federal government shutdown: “Number of Sex Offenders Living in Florida Is Growing,”…

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FL: Powerful lobbyist Ron Book arrested on DUI charges

·February 25, 2019
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[tallahassee.com - 2/25/19] Ron Book, one of Florida's most influential lobbyists who also represents the city of Tallahassee, has been arrested on DUI-related charges in Broward County, several South Florida…

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FL: Florida detective kills self after he’s accused of owning child porn

·February 22, 2019
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[orlandosentinel.com - 2/21/19] JACKSONVILLE — Authorities say a decorated Florida police detective killed himself just before he was to be arrested on charges that he possessed child pornography. The Florida…

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FL: Miami-Dade Sex Offenders ‘Forced to be Homeless’

·February 20, 2019
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[thecrimereport.org - 2/19/19] Since he was released from prison almost five years ago, John has never had a place he can call home. Suffering from Parkinson’s disease, he spends nights…

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FL: Comprehensive ‘Florida First Step Act’ Excludes Registrants

·February 1, 2019
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Sen. Jeff Brandes is spearheading the state’s criminal justice reform initiative. SB 642 is his 10th justice reform-related bill pre-filed for the upcoming Florida session. Full Article

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FL: Man Sentenced to Death for Killing another Inmate

·January 30, 2019
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[mypanhandle.com - 1/29/19] JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. - On Monday, Rocky Ali Beamon was sentenced to death in Jackson County, Florida, for First Degree Premeditated Murder. The conviction and sentence come…

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Florida State Senator Lauren Book introduced Senate Bill 540 that includes the establishment of a “Soliciting for Prostitution Registry”

·January 29, 2019
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[flsenate.gov - 1/25/19] SB 540: Human Trafficking GENERAL BILL by Book Human Trafficking; Requiring the owner or operator of a public lodging establishment to train certain employees and create certain…

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