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IL: Joliet Officials Attempting To Shut Down Sex Offender Housing Unit

·May 31, 2022
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Source: patch.com 5/31/22 JOLIET, IL — Joliet city officials on Tuesday announced that they will attempt to eliminate housing for sex offenders in an attempt to minimize the presence of…

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IL: Attorneys for sex offender release statement about arrest

·April 24, 2022
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Source: ourquadcities.com 4/22/21 Attorneys for a registered sex offender have released a statement following their client’s arrest for unlawful presence. Sterling Police arrested Craig D. ____, 25, of Sterling Wednesday,…

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IL: Roxana rally targets Cone Barn

·April 19, 2022
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Source: thetelegraph.com 4/10/21 ROXANA — Since 2006, Tanea Berry and her husband, Josh, have been neighbors to the Cone Barn at 323 N. Central Ave. in Roxana. They have memories…

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IL: Illinois judge who reversed sex offender’s conviction is reassigned

·January 16, 2022
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Source: nydailynews.com 1/15/22 The Illinois judge who sparked outrage after reversing a sex offender’s conviction has been reassigned. According to the Herald-Whig newspaper, on Thursday Adams County Judge Robert Adrian…

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IL: Changes will deny probation for some child pornographers

·January 1, 2022
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Source: wgem.com 12/29/21 QUINCY (WGEM) - There’s a change to a law that has to do with possession of child pornography. Legislators closed a loophole that allowed family members found…

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IL: Landlords want shared risk to rent to risky tenants in Bloomington-Normal

·October 27, 2021
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Source: wglt.org 10/27/21 McLean County social service leaders say they aren’t yet seeing the impact of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic eviction moratorium – but they’ve been preparing. During…

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IL: Felony child sex offenders evade background checks, state law to make state fair carnival vehicles in Illinois work

·September 26, 2021
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Source: illinoisnewstoday.com 9/22/21 Illinois State Police investigation is “open and ongoing” Agricultural Ministry may terminate carnival company contracts as “indignated” After investigating Target 3 Springfield, Illinois — A registered sex…

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IL: Former GOP House speaker agrees to settlement with man whom he allegedly molested as a child: report

·September 16, 2021
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Source: rawstory.com 9/15/21 On Wednesday, CBS 2 Chicago reported that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has agreed to a "tentative" settlement with the man who alleges he paid him…

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IL: Democrat-Sponsored ‘TEXAS Act’ Would Allow $10K Bounties On Sexual Abusers…

·September 14, 2021
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Source: nprillinois.org 9/14/21 Two weeks after Texas effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a Democratic state lawmaker in Illinois is proposing a law based on Texas’ model —…

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IL: ‘Predator hunter’ leader indicted after alleged sting operation to trap supposed sexual predators

·May 29, 2021
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[nbcnews.com - 5/28/21] An Illinois man who created a Facebook group known to track potential sexual predators was charged in connection with a sting operation that went awry in early…

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IL: Bill would make no-contact orders for sexual offenders permanent

·April 15, 2021
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[newschannel20.com - 4/14/21] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A new bill making its way through the Senate would protect sexual assault survivors from their attackers for life. Senate Bill 2277, sponsored…

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WI: Pros and cons: Housing for released prisoners [including registrants] raises debate

·March 27, 2021
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[thetelegraph.com - 3/27/21] APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Julie Angell was nervous. She was about to get out of prison, but didn’t have anywhere to go. Even with help, the challenges…

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IL: Current policies funnel large number of… [people] …into one building. That needs to change

·March 27, 2021
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[chicago.suntimes.com – 3/25/21] The state’s job is to balance the needs and rights of... [people with a prior conviction] ...with those of all others. A single building in Englewood, a…

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IL: Illinois House bill would change sex offender residence requirements

·March 18, 2021
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[wandtv.com - 3/18/21] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – A bill moving through the Illinois House of Representatives would change how close a registered sex offender could live to a school, playground,…

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IL: Apartment building where sex offenders have stayed should be shut down, Englewood residents say

·March 8, 2021
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[chicago.suntimes.com - 3/8/21] Englewood residents protested outside an apartment building Monday that they said had become a frequent home to paroled sex offenders. The latest to move-in is Cayce ____,…

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IL: Hundreds of Southern Illinoisans are required to register as sex offenders. But are we any safer?

·December 10, 2020
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[thesouthern.com - 11/27/20] SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ sex offender registry, which now includes more than 32,000 people — most of them men, though some women, as well — has rapidly expanded…

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IL: A timeline of how Illinois registered sex offender database was created

·November 26, 2020
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[pantagraph.com - 11/25/20] When Terry Parke, a state representative from Pittsfield, the chief sponsor of the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act, discusses his 1986 bill, he describes it as…