Sex Offender News - Official proposes even closer tabs on sex offenders (Florida Today)

Official proposes even closer tabs on sex offenders (Florida Today)
PALM BAY - Councilman Pat Woodard doesn't just want sex offenders or predators to be supervised when working around children. Nor does he want to simply require that they tell people about their status as registered criminals.

Bluffs sex offenders on the move (Omaha World-Herald)
It's not too hard for Deputy Sheriff Jim Matthai to tell sex offenders where they can't live in Pottawattamie County, now that Iowa's residency restrictions are in effect.

Local man's Web site puts sex offenders on line (The Star Press)
MUNCIE - A new Web site co-created by a Delaware County man allows parents to identify registered sex offenders that live, work or attend school within a five-mile radius of their homes.

Appellate court: Withheld judgment won't keep sex offenders off list (KBCI Boise)
BOISE, Idaho The Idaho Court of Appeals says that sex offenders can't be removed from the state's sex offender registry simply because they are granted a withheld judgment.

Immigration officials detain 50 convicted sex offenders (New York Newsday)
Immigration agents Wednesday rounded up 50 foreign-born New Yorkers who had been convicted of sex offenses, including child molestation and rape, but remained free after receiving relatively light punishments.

Lumberton OKs restrictions on sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
The Township Committee has approved an ordinance that bans sex offenders from living near schools or entering public parks.

Residents angry as 2 sex offenders move in (UPI)
DENVER, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Denver neighborhood reportedly is worried after discovering two sex offenders will be roommates and their neighbors. Thirty-nine-year-old David Earl Russell and 50-year-old Randolph Jakus will share an apartment at Bowling Green Condominiums, The Denver Post reports.

Two more towns work on banning sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
Upper Southampton officials plan to discuss a possible law restricting where registered sex offenders under Megan's Law can live at their meeting tonight.

253 sex offenders in Cumbria (The News and Star)
THERE are 253 registered sex offenders now living in Cumbria but few are high risk offenders, according to a new report.

Area towns follow Iowa's lead on sex offenders (Sioux City Journal)
Iowa's recently enforced sex offender ordinance has triggered a domino effect across Siouxland as communities and states rush to enact laws that mirror that of the Hawkeye state.

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