Source: nbc4i.com 4/21/26 New legislation in the Ohio Senate would make some significant updates to Ohio’s existing laws against child sex offenders. Senate Bill 393, sponsored by Ohio Sens. Jane Timken (R-Jackson Twp.) and Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville), would increase penalties for offenders based on the age of their victims and the amount of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in their possession. It would also establish artificially generated CSAM as a felony offense and give prosecutors more options in how to handle sexting and other sexual conduct between minors. Last…
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OH: Commentary: This Middleburg Heights law targets ‘violent’ offenders. Here’s why it will fail
Source: cleveland.com 3/16/26 CLEVELAND, Ohio — Let me start with an uncomfortable disclaimer: This column is going to poke holes in a policy that its supporters say was designed to protect children. I understand why that makes people uneasy. When lawmakers say they’re acting to keep kids safe, most of us want to believe the solution must be a good one. But public safety policy shouldn’t be judged by its intentions. It should be judged by whether it actually works. Let’s consider a recent ordinance passed by Middleburg Heights City…
Read MoreOH: 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 after pleading to seven felony sex crimes involving children. because of state requirements for sex offenders, Virgol’s home, which sits within minutes of an elementary school,…
Read MoreOH: 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 boy. “Any site you can think of … we’re on,” Rosen said. “There’s no place, even when it’s quote, unquote, encrypted, that a pedophile can hide…
Read MoreOH: The latest fad: prohibiting registrants from living within 2,000 feet of their victims’ homes
Source: ohiohouse.gov 11/19/25 … Under current law, sex offenders are prohibited from living near schools and childcare centers but can legally reside near their victims. House Bill 102 addresses this issue by prohibiting registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of their victims’ homes and loitering within 1,000 feet of their victims’ residence. … Read the full article
Read MoreOH: Ohio bad bill alert: sex offenders couldn’t get little libraries, pool video under local lawmaker’s bill
Source: dispatch.com 11/5/25 Registered sex offenders in Ohio couldn’t operate a little library or request video from public swimming pools under a new bill co-sponsored by Coshocton’s state representative. House Bill 514, introduced by Reps. Mark Hiner, R-Howard, and Sean Brennan, D-Parma, would ban anyone convicted of sexual offenses or crimes against children from keeping a library box on their property. Programs such as Little Free Library help people buy or build library boxes that promote book exchanges in a community or neighborhood. … Hiner got the idea from Mount Vernon, which operates…
Read MoreOH: Former Ohio public defender dies by suicide after arrest
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com 10/20/25 David Stebbins, a former federal public defender who played a prominent role in many Ohio death-penalty cases, died by suicide on Oct. 2, according to records in the office of Franklin County Coroner Nathaniel Overmire. Stebbins was arrested in late September on charges of pandering child pornography, according to records at the Franklin County Clerk’s office. Stebbins, 77, had represented many clients on Ohio’s death row, and supervised more-junior public defenders doing so. According to a charging document, Stebbins in May transmitted images of a boy engaged in sexual activity. He was…
Read MoreOH: Medina sign about sex offender address causes controversy
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Read MoreOH: 135 Arrested in ‘Operation Next Door’ Crackdown on Sex Workers renamed to “Human Trafficking Survivors”
Source: ohioattorneygeneral.gov 9/29/25 A statewide human trafficking operation conducted last week by more than 100 law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of 135 people seeking to buy sex – including from minors, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. “Operation Next Door was named to highlight the proximity and prevalence of human trafficking,” Yost said. “Too often, we are lulled into the false narrative that these crimes happen only in the shadows. This is simply not true – human trafficking occurs in plain sight and, unfortunately, may even be…
Read MoreOH: U.S. Supreme Court paves way for proposed Ohio state constitutional amendment to end qualified immunity to move forward after 2 years of being blocked
Source: wkyc.com 4/24/25 CLEVELAND — Legal analysis: The United States Supreme Court has ruled against Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, regarding his review over citizens’ ballot initiatives. Legally Speaking, this ruling effectively ends a two-year hold-up on a proposed change to the state constitution that would make it easier to sue police officers. With 3 sentences, the highest court in the land protected Ohioans’ right to propose changes to our state constitution… by rejecting Yost’s request to put a pause on a lower court’s order. … For this proposed amendment,…
Read MoreAL, KY, MS, OH, VA considering administrating Capital Punishment rape/sexual assault/sexual battery
Source: deathpenaltyinfo.org The States of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Virginia are considering administrating Capital Punishment towards those convicted of rape/sexual assault/sexual battery to those who have a living victim. Read the bills [AL, KY, MS, OH, VA registrants and supporters, fight this with writing, calls, and showing up]
Read MoreOH: More than 60 people displaced after Akron apartment building deemed unsafe, including 20 sex offenders
Source: cleveland19.com 2/18/25 AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) – More than 60 people are without a home on one of the coldest days of the year. According to the city of Akron, the façade of the Parkside Apartments on S. Main, St. came crumbling down on Feb. 9. On Feb. 13, the Summit County Division of Building Standards deemed the building to be an imminent danger to residents and the surrounding community. During their inspection, they also found a fire panel wasn’t working and issued an immediate evacuation. On Feb. 14, the…
Read MoreOH: *IN JEST*, Lawmakers Just Proposed Making It Illegal For Men To Have Unprotected Sex Unless They Intend To Make A Baby, And YES, This Is REAL
Source: yahoo.com 2/15/25 It’s a ballsy move, but two Ohio State Representatives have introduced a bill that would make it illegal for men to have unprotected sex if it’s not intended to make a baby. If the “Conception Begins at Erection Act” passes, men in Ohio could be charged with a felony if they “discharge genetic material” without intending to get a woman pregnant. Read the full article
Read MoreOH: Some say residency restrictions lack efficacy, fairness to sex offenders
Source: local12.com 2/16/24 A Local 12 investigation is prompting a city to take action against sex offenders violating restrictions about where they can live. The stories have revealed that there are hundreds of people on Hamilton County’s sex offender registry who are violating the law by living too close to schools and relatively little is being done to stop them. Local 12 found that even in Norwood, which has passed tougher restrictions than the state provides and where violators are aggressively pursued by the city attorney, there were still five…
Read MoreOH: Want to Watch Porn in Ohio? New Bill Would Require Viewers to Show ID
Source: thedailybeast.com 1/16/24 A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Ohio have proposed a new bill that would require porn sites to verify the age of their users in the state in a bid to keep explicit online content out of the hands of minors. Senate Bill 212, as it’s known, mandates that would have would-be degenerates submit a photo of their state ID or provide their personal information to a third-party company before allowing them access to pornography. Companies that fail to comply could be slapped with stiff penalties. Asked…
Read MoreOH: Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and got away with it
Source: npr.org 12/14/23 Ernie Haynes never imagined that taking care of his three grandsons after his daughter’s drug overdose death would turn him into a felon at the hands of a longtime Ohio prosecutor known to sidestep the rules intended to protect a defendant’s rights in criminal trials. A week after his daughter died in December 2017, the court granted temporary custody of the children to their biological father, a man Haynes said also struggled with drug addiction. When Haynes refused to give up his grandchildren, Wood County authorities arrested…
Read MoreOH: LGBTQ+ advocates worried about vague language in Ohio’s new ‘grooming’ bill
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com 12/4/23 A new bill in the Ohio House aiming to punish sexual grooming may have vague enough language that it harms LGBTQ+ youth, some advocates worry. Community is essential for many LGBTQ+ teens. Kaleidoscope Youth Center (KYC) aims to provide that by holding educational programming and discussion groups. “They’re looking for those mentorship-type relationships that all of us need,” said Erin Upchurch, KYC executive director. But now, Upchurch fears a new bill in the Ohio House may target her organization. “The whole idea of it being so vague —…
Read MoreOH: 2 police officers being investigated after telling a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online
Source: cnn.com 9/21/23 The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of the incident, captured on doorbell camera video, it “immediately reached out to the father to apologize, and to assure him that this matter was being fully investigated – both the actions of this officer, and more importantly, any crime committed against his child.” Bryant…
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