Sex Offender News - OC to track sex offenders moving near crime scenes (Desert

OC to track sex offenders moving near crime scenes (Desert Sun)
SANTA ANA - Gumshoe tricks of the trade will get a 21st-Century boost with the help of satellite tracking and a new system that matches crime scenes with the locations of high-risk sex offenders.

State Trying To Track Down Missing Sex Offenders (WDSU TheNewOrleansChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
State probation and parole officers are trying to track down sex offenders in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines parishes who have not been located since Hurricane Katrina.

Sex offenders face Halloween curfew (Star-Gazette)
They can't dress in costume or open door to trick-or-treaters. Southern Tier children may be safer this Halloween because New York will require all paroled sex offenders to obey a mandatory curfew.

Suburb Labels Sex Offenders Doors On Halloween (CBS 2 Chicago)
There's a new state law that forbids sex offenders from passing out Halloween candy. In Elgin, police plan to enforce it in an unusual way.

No Halloween for sex offenders (Tri-City News)
VICTORIA - Paroled sex offenders would be smart not to hand out Halloween candy at the door Monday night doing so could land them back in prison. Halloween represents a time that could bring them in contact with children in ways that aren t allowed, Dave Keating, Vancouver Island area director for Corrections Canada.

Mays proposes safety zones to control sex offenders (Kansas City Star)
TOPEKA Kansas gubernatorial candidate and House speaker Doug Mays proposed a plan Friday to keep registered sex offenders a half-mile away from schools.

Sex Offenders' Pasts Haunt Them On Halloween (Tampa Bay Online News)
Sex offenders and predators who are on parole cannot participate in Halloween activities that involve children, even putting pumpkins on the lawn. "They can't decorate their home or do anything to attract children," said Robby Cunningham, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.

Across the country, sex offenders on one-night curfews (Houston Chronicle)
In New York state's Westchester County, high-risk sex offenders on probation will be required to attend a four-hour educational program on Halloween night.

Will residency rules work with sex offenders? (Sioux City Journal)
OMAHA (AP) -- Fearing a migration of Iowa sex offenders, two Nebraska cities have adopted versions of Iowa's new residence restrictions.

County requires sex offenders on probation to attend therapy (KVOA Tucson)
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. Mohave County probation officials are requiring specialized sex offenders on probation to attend a sex offender treatment program on Halloween night.

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