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Michigan Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Michigan registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Michigan sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
Michigan registered sex offenders:
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Delaware Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Delaware registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Delaware sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Indiana Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Indiana registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Indiana sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Illinois Sex Offender News
Once again we have in the news the story of a man convicted of sexual assault of a nine year old girl; however, this story presents an added twist, as the father is seeking custody of his own daughter (just under 8 years of age) upon his release from prison.
Program screens strangers for campus security (Citrus County Chronicle)
"There is certainly a strong interest in a security system like this," Hughes said. In light of the newly implemented Jessica Lunsford Act, schools are required to check the backgrounds of contracted people at schools, such as construction workers.
The Forsaken (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Manny Burkholder’s trips to his boyhood Amish home haven’t always gone well. On this trip, he’s not sure what to expect. Many times, his father, Samuel, 81, and his brother Isaac, 34, have lectured him about the price of leaving the Old Order Amish. Hell and damnation to be sure.
Abuse cases: Bishops to vote on policy (The Beacon News)
CHICAGO America's Roman Catholic bishops will keep their pledge to protect children from sexually abusive priests as they revise their discipline plan for offenders, a key prelate said at a national church meeting Thursday.
Catholic bishops retain policy that bars abusive priests (Corvallis Gazette Times)
CHICAGO The nation's Roman Catholic bishops agreed Friday to a five-year extension on their unprecedented policy of permanently barring sexually abusive clergy from church work.
Studio fires dancer for past sex crimes By Tona Kunz (Daily Herald)
A student at State Street Dance Studio wanted to learn more about her favorite dancer, so she went online. Within minutes, his name, Paul Christiano, and his photo popped up on state sex offender registration databases.
Woman Battles Convicted Pedophile For Girl's Custody (NBC 5 Chicago)
Laws for convicted sex offenders are written to keep them from having easy access to children -- but what about their own children? Images: A Father's Right?
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National Sex Offender Database has Just Been Made Available
Concerned parents now have the ability to access the National SexOffender Registry to search for child predators in their neighborhood. The National Alert Registry (Click here to find out more) is now offering access to The National SexOffender Registry, a database provided for the empowerment of parents.
Prior to this service, SexOffender data has only been made available on a state or county level, and conveniently locating and accessing the information was often difficult. In most instances, you have to know the name of the individual you are looking for, and in many states, you must go to your police station and complete a request form. Additionally, some states have a fee and limit individuals to viewing only two registered SexOffender names at a time.
In one year 58,200 children are victims of non-family abduction
**source: National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children
The National SexOffender Registry was created because of the Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 (Lychner Act). The Lychner act, among other things, requires that a national database be maintained and that the FBI use it to track the movements of convicted SexOffenders. It is the FBI’s job to register and verify the addresses of SexOffenders. For more on how the FBI works with the Lychner act, you can visit:
As a ParentHood.com exclusive, the National Alert Registry once again pledges its commitment to supporting children by providing parents with the following free 4-step program to help them become prepared, involved, aware, and informed.
Step 1 Being Prepared: The National Alert Registry has developed a free Child Identification Package that may help aid authorities in identifying your child in case of emergency. You can get your Free Child ID Kit here.
Step 2 Being Involved: Take a proactive stance in fighting to keep your children safe. Follow our 10 simple rules for protecting your children and teach them to start protecting themselves today. You can find the 10 simple rules here.
Step 3 Being Aware: Make yourself aware of the dangers that exist and the agencies designed to help protect you and your children. To find more about some of these agencies, please click here.
Step 4 Being Informed: Run our free SexOffender search to determine if sexual predators live near you. You can run a free search for registered SexOffenders in your neighborhood by going to Sexoffenders Search or using the form below.
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Your Child has nearly a 25% Chance of Being Molested
Your Child has nearly a 25% Chance of Being Molested
The FBI estimates that there is a sex offender living in every square mile in the United States. One in ten men has molested children. Most child molesters are able to molest dozens of children before they are caught and have a three percent (3%) chance of being apprehended for their crimes.
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The information above is excerpted from an information packet by Cory Jewell Jensen, M.S., and Steve Jensen, M.A. Download and print it now!
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Reporting Sexual Predators
Witnesses of crime against a child should contact their local law enforcement agency immediately by dialing 911 or visit these Websites to make an anonymous tip:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Call the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Predator 1-866-DHS-2ICE
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Illinois Registered Sex Offenders, Public Records, And Resources
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Illinois registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Illinois sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
Illinois registered sex offenders:
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Megan's Law
Megan's Law was enacted on May 17th, 1996. Megans Law mandates that a county be notified of child offenders residing there and residents have access to that information.
On Friday July 29, 1994, 7-year old Megan Nicole Kanka disappeared. With the promise of a puppy, her neighbor lured her into his home where he raped, strangled and suffocated her. Her body was stuffed into a plastic toy chest and dumped in a nearby park . Megan had been killed by a two-time convicted child offender who lived across the street from the Kanka home and was sharing his house with two other convicted sex offenders he met in prison.
This brutal attack is what prompted the first local state legislation and what is attributed for the federal involvement in creating the law now referred to as Megan's Law. This legislation was a landmark event and was a great move forward toward securing the protection of our children.
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California Registered Sex Offenders, Megans Law, And Public Resources
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about California registered sex offenders and Megans Law. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful California sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
California registered sex offenders:
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Connecticut Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Connecticut registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Connecticut sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
Connecticut registered sex offenders:
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10 Simple Rules for Protecting Your Children from Sex Offenders & Child Predators
1) Teach Children Key Information. Teach your child(ren) their full name, address, phone number with area code, parents' names and work phone numbers. Practice reciting this information often as children may often forget pertinent information over time. Also practice how to make an emergency call to you or 911 from a pay phone.
2) Teach Children Who is Safe.
Children should be taught at an early age what type of "stranger" is
okay to ask for help when they are lost or frightened. Good examples
are: a mother with children, a counter clerk in a store or a uniformed
police officer. Next time you visit a store, practice picking these
types of people out with your child(ren).
3) Know Where Your Child is Going.
Children should always inform you before they go anywhere. This applies
to older children as well since they are equally at risk to abduction
by child predators. As you give your older children more freedom,
reiterate safety rules with them. As a parent ask the questions: who,
what, when, where, why and take the time to follow up on their
responses.
4) Teach Children about the Buddy System.
Never let your children go anywhere alone. Remind them that there is
safety in numbers and they should always use the buddy system, never
going anywhere alone. Stress the point that they should avoid
situations that might isolate them from others or crowds.
5) Don't let Children be Lured in.
Children should be taught not to go near cars or be lured by adults asking for directions, help finding something they lost, that their parents are in trouble and that they will take them to mom or dad. Make sure your child understands that they should always keep a safe difference from strangers and never get close.
6) Develop a Password System.
Children can be very trusting of adults, especially adults whom they may be somewhat familiar with. It is critical that you and your child(ren) have a password system. Work out ahead of time an arranged password that any adult whom tries to accompany them must have before they will go anywhere with them. Pick a password that is both easy for your child to remember and something that is not easy for a stranger to determine (don't make a password out of a name or address). Share the password only with your child, family members and trusted friends.
7) Reinforce Safety Skills.
Parents should seize opportunities to reinforce safety skills.
If an incident occurs in your community, speak frankly about
it and use this time to discuss and re-emphasize the safety
rules with them. Be sure to comfort them with the fact that
there is always someone who can help them. Please visit www.goodknight.org
for Government Sponsored Abduction Prevention Materials (books,
tapes, DVD videos, & programs). These materials are bilingual
(Spanish/English). Some of the safety films were written,
created, and directed entirely by children so that other children
could learn how to protect themselves from dangerous situations
by recognizing the behavior patterns of those who might try
to harm them.
8) Always Keep an Up-To-Date Record of Your Child's Information & Discription.
In case of an emergency, it is imperative that a readily available, up-to-date record is kept. Records should include a recent photograph, fingerprints, physical attributes and even a DNA sample. The easiest way to keep up-to-date records on your child is with a child ID kit.
9) Know How to Report Your Missing
Child.
Time is a very critical factor in abduction cases. Seventy four percent
of children who are abducted and murdered are killed within three hours
of the abduction. When you can not find your child, you should
immediately call your local law enforcement and provide your child's
name, date of birth, height, weight, and any distinctive marks such as
eyeglasses, braces or scars. Request that your child's information be
immediately entered into the National Crime Information Center's Missing Person File. After you have reported your child missing to local law enforcement, call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.
10) Take the Initiative to be Informed.
As a parent, be informed by knowing where the child predators
live in your neighborhood and around your local schools. The
National Alert Registry has a wealth of information on convicted
child predators all in one place, including photos, addresses,
degree of criminal offenses, and distinguishable markings.
Visit the National Alert Registry at www.NationalAlertRegistry.com
where retrieving this important information is fast and affordable,
making it easier for you to.
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Megan's Law News - 06/08/05
Since January, Terry Toth and Barbara Emma have been asking East Greenbush school officials for more information about the registered sex offenders living in the district, especially for pictures.
Strengthening Megans Law (Fox 23)
“We’ve learned in the past ten years a lot about Megans law,” says Senator Dean Skelos who sponsored that legislation originally. “How it works but also what we need to do to change the law and reform it.”
State graded 'F' on Megans Law (Billings Gazette)
CASPER, Wyo. - Wyoming's sex offender registration law is weak because the state does not post all offenders on the Internet, does not register juvenile offenders, fails to have a single phone number to access information about offenders and lacks a civil commitment law, according to an advocacy group.
RATIFY BINKY'S LAW! (New York Press)
Last Friday, Gov. Pataki signed into law legislation that increases the penalties for those found guilty of drunk driving. It was called "Vasean's Law," after 11-year-old Vasean Alleyne, who was struck and killed in Queens by a drunk driver last year.
Albany Stalls On Sex Offender Measures (1010wins.com)
(1010 WINS) (ALBANY) Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature are blaming each other for failing to pass measures that would restrict the movements of sex offenders and monitor them more closely.
Sex Offender Measures Created: 6/8/2005 9:03:01 PM (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature are blaming each other for failing to pass measures that monitor the movements of sex offenders more closely.
List of offenders incomplete on Megans Law website (KSBY-TV)
The Megans Law website has had more than 70 million hits since December, however many convicted sex offenders are exempt from being listed online. The Department of Justice manages the Megans Law website, which lists by county and city the location of where convicted sex offenders are living.
Megans Law at 10 (Newsday)
Has the popular statute actually saved kids from sexual predators?
Google Maps Make Demographics Come Alive (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tracking sexual predators in Florida. Guiding travelers to the cheapest gas nationwide. Pinpointing $1,500 studio apartments for rent in Manhattan.
Strengthening Megans Law (Capital News 9)
Top Republicans are calling on state lawmakers to strengthen Megans Law. It's been 10 years since the state passed Megans Law, creating the Sex Offender Registry.
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Pedophile News 6-8-05
WASHINGTON -- The offices couldn't be more generic. The building is nondescript. There's a sign outside the door, but they're planning to take it down.
Pirro seeks stronger sex crime penalties (The Leader)
CORNING | A potential triple-threat on the state political level came back to her roots Tuesday night, when Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro was feted by local Republicans at the Corning Country Club.
Sexual abuse cases settled (Tallahassee Democrat)
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle lawsuits brought by five men who say they were molested by teachers at the church's Monterey Bay Academy during the 1980s.
Doctors seek pedophiles before they strike (MSNBC)
A TV and print campaign has been launched in Germany by doctors at the Institute for Sexology and Sexual Medicine at Berlin's renowned Charité Hospital to find potential pedophiles before they become perpetrators. NBC News' Andy Eckardt reports.
Confidence in inquiry shaken as judge said to be related to alleged victims (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CORNWALL, Ont. (CP) - Confidence in the public inquiry examining longstanding allegations of a sex-abuse ring in this eastern Ontario city was shaken Wednesday with a charge that two of the alleged victims are relatives of the judge leading the probe.
Cybercrime fighters past prime - at 16 (Baltimore Sun)
For three years, two Howard County girls have taught teen culture to FBI agents hunting pedophiles online. But now, they're just too old.
Bond set in Web sex case (The Fayette Citizen)
A Fayette County judge agreed with the state’s recommendation to set a high bond for a Turner Broadcasting employee who was caught Thursday in a sting operation geared to keep pedophiles away from children.
COMMUNITY (Press & Dakotan)
It's getting harder to be a parent. In the past, with a simple glance at a telephone bill, a parent could see with whom their child had been talking. But the advent of the Internet, with its instant messaging and e-mail, has made keeping track of children's social habits much more difficult.
Doctors seek pedophiles before they strike (Newsweek)
"Do you love children more than you want to?" reads the headline on this print ad showing a man closely watching a young boy in a subway train. A man menacingly eyes a young boy sitting opposite him in a subway car.
Pedophiles in the Pew - and in Your Children's Ministry (Crosswalk.com)
In the church nursery, the three-year-old's words came without preamble. "She lifted her shirt and asked me to touch her."
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Sex Offenders
7:15 p.m. Tuesday, an amendment to prohibit all child sex offenders on probation or parole from living too close to children's safe havens is a step closer to becoming law.
sex offenders aren't getting reviewed every year as law requires (KVOA Tucson)
State law requires authorities to check the whereabouts of Arizona's 12,000 sex offenders every year, but it's taking two years to conduct such reviews.
Law aims to keep tabs on convicted sex offenders (The Clarion-Ledger)
Jon Mark Weathers has taken more than 15 convicted sex offenders to court since January. Most of them were hauled in for failing to notify authorities when they moved to a new address, but several were in trouble for failing to provide an address at all.
Crackdown Looms For sex offenders Who Don't Update Info (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is planning to crack down on sex offenders who don't regularly update their address information as required by law, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Tuesday.
Calera sex offenders fail to register (The Shelby County Reporter)
Three sex offenders failed to register with the Shelby County Sheriff's department last month in the Calera area, a sheriff's report said. Jesse James Holmes, Curtis Pearson and David Earl Stoudimire all failed to register with the Sheriff's office as of May 17.
Arrest warrants issued for missing sex offenders (2theadvocate.com)
6:15 p.m. Currently, more than 10 percent of the state's registered sex offenders are flying under the radar. Police simply do not know where they are. According to investigators, these registered sex offenders failed to maintain their yearly address verification with State Police.
Separate Shelters for sex offenders and Predators (WCJB)
If a hurricane threatens some say sex offenders and sexual predators should be banned from public shelters. The Seminole County Sheriff is proposing to put sex offenders and predators in separate shelters where officers can better monitor them. And, now other counties are considering following suit.
Oviedo Votes About sex offenders Tonight (WESH NewsChannel2000.com via Yahoo! News)
City Council members will vote Monday night on a plan to extend the limits on where sex offenders can live.
City Passes Strict Rules On Where sex offenders Live (WESH NewsChannel2000.com via Yahoo! News)
The city of Oviedo wants sex offenders to know they are not welcome in the city.
3 High-Level sex offenders Move Into Single Neighborhood (40/29 KHBS/KHOG)
VAN BUREN, Ark. -- Three high-level sex offenders have moved into a Van Buren neighborhood, and law enforcement officials said Tuesday that they want residents to know about it.
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Megan's Law - Latest News
Two convicted sexually oriented offenders in Delaware County were indicted Friday for failing to report a change of address in violation of Megan's Law.
Covering The Region Jerry Alan Valecko (WKBN27)
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to four to eight years in prison for allegedly fondling four boys shortly after he finished probation and counseling for a previous conviction.
Sex offender issue not a simple one (Los Alamos Monitor)
Local musician Ted Vives requested an opportunity to respond to recent Monitor articles relating to his conviction as a sex offender.
Keeping track of sex offenders (Casper Star-Tribune)
The notification letters changed things for Teresa Moore.
State graded 'F' on Megan's Law (Billings Gazette)
CASPER, Wyo. - Wyoming's sex offender registration law is weak because the state does not post all offenders on the Internet, does not register juvenile offenders, fails to have a single phone number to access information about offenders and lacks a civil commitment law, according to an advocacy group.
Crimes spur tougher U.S. sex offender measures (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Paroled sex offenders hoping to rejoin society are facing even tougher controls on their lives as states seek ways to combat high-profile attacks on children by released sex criminals.
Elma joins call for pension reform (The Buffalo News)
The Elma Town Board is hopping on the bandwagon for state pension reform. Elma is joining other towns across the state in urging that the State Legislature redo the pension plan to have all municipal workers continue to contribute to their pensions for their entire career.
Sex offender database raises new work issues (BizJournals)
A new database of registered sex offenders now posted on the Internet is raising questions about how employers should react if they discover one of their employees in the lineup.
Megan's Law at 10 (Newsday)
Has the popular statute actually saved kids from sexual predators?
List of offenders incomplete on Megan's Law website (KSBY-TV)
The Megan's Law website has had more than 70 million hits since December, however many convicted sex offenders are exempt from being listed online. The Department of Justice manages the Megan's Law website, which lists by county and city the location of where convicted sex offenders are living.
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Colorado Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Colorado registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Colorado sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Alabama Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Alabama registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Alabama sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Arkansas Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Arkansas registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Arkansas sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Alaska Sex Offenders
This section includes all links, resources, and public information about Alaska registered sex offenders. If you find this information helpful, please comment on the posts and add any other helpful Alaska sex offender information or listings you have found. We add and update the information daily. You can also sign up for our sex offenders report newsletter and we will send you the latest sex offender news and information on protecting your children.
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Registered Sex Offender News
WASHINGTON Nearly 800 convicted sex offenders in 14 states got Medicaid-funded prescriptions for Viagra and other impotence drugs, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
3 Iowa sex offenders receiving Medicaid-paid Viagra (GazetteOnline)
DES MOINES, IA - Three registered sex offenders in Iowa have been receiving Viagra through Medicaid, state officials said Wednesday. Services, said that under new Medicaid policies the state can deny the drug to registered sexual offenders if it's paid for with Medicaid.
2 sex offenders to be released in area (Northwestern)
MANITOWOC The Manitowoc Police Department announced two registered sex offenders will move into Manitowoc in early June. William F. Perry, 49, will be released from prison on Thursday, June 3 and James J. Kennedy, 69, will be released on Wednesday, June 8.
KSL News: Clinton's Ban on Sex Offenders Questioned (KSL-TV News)
CLINTON, Utah (AP) -- A new law banning convicted sex offenders from Clinton city parks is being questioned by several residents. The Clinton City Council approved the ordinance last month.
Lower Chi mulls restrictions on sex offenders (The Daily Times)
LOWER CHICHESTER -- Rocco Gaspari Jr. believes convicted sex offenders have the right to settle down and get on with their lives once they have done their time.
New Hartford listing sex offenders online (Observer-Dispatch)
NEW HARTFORD -- Profiles of three moderate-risk, convicted sex offenders living in the Mohawk Valley can now be viewed through the town of New Hartford's Web site, a move that makes the town one of the first municipalities in the area to notify residents about local sex offenders.
Sex offenders given notice MCSO will prosecute non-compliers (Roane County News)
Sex offenders residing in Morgan County who have not complied with Tennessee's Sex Offender Verification law may soon find themselves in jail. who have not complied with the law and registered with the county.
Electronic monitoring urged for sex offenders (The Buffalo News)
More community leaders agreed Tuesday evening to help collect petitions urging the State Legislature to require electronic monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders.
Many US States Ending Medicaid Coverage of Viagra for Sex Offenders (Medical News Today)
Several states last week began the process of outlawing Medicaid coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra for convicted sex offenders, the...
Three Iowa sex offenders receiving Medicaid paid Viagra (WOI-TV Des Moins)
DES MOINES, Iowa A spokesman for the Iowa Department of Human Services says three registered sex offenders in Iowa have been receiving Viagra through Medicaid.
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