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Bill would ban sex offenders
Bill would ban sex offenders from obtaining subsidized Viagra (San Diego Union-Tribune)
SACRAMENTO, 5:25 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP): California would ban state-subsidized Viagra for sex offenders under a bill sent Monday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Calif. to bar state-funded Viagra to sex offenders (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
sex offenders in California will no longer be able to get state-funded anti-impotence drugs under a bill passed by the legislature on Monday.
SAN JOSE Boosting punishment for felony sex offenders Governor pushes lifetime tracking devices (San Francisco Chronicle)
Legislation that would boost punishment for felony sex offenders -- including a requirement that they wear electronic tracking devices for life - - will better protect California communities, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's public safety liaison told a panel of law enforcement officials in San Jose on Monday.
Town wants to restrict where sex offenders live (Saratogian)
MALTA -- The town expects to enact a law in October controlling where convicted sex offenders can live or possibly even hang around. 'I'm confident that we can get a law strong enough to withstand the challenge we know is coming,' Supervisor David Meager told the town board Monday night.
SAN JOSE / Boosting punishment for felony sex offenders / Governor pushes lifetime tracking devices (San Francisco Chronicle)
Legislation that would boost punishment for felony sex offenders -- including a requirement that they wear electronic tracking devices for life - - will better protect California communities, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's public safety liaison told a panel of...
Service Tracks Florida sex offenders, Issues E-mail Alerts (Security Pipeline)
Floridians can now get up-to-date information on sex offenders with a service that monitors data from public domains, delivering customized reports and e-mail alerts.
Police confirm that two slain men in Bellingham were sex offenders (Seattle Times)
Two men shot to death at a Bellingham apartment building were Level III sex offenders, police confirmed today.
Bill would ban sex offenders from obtaining subsidized Viagra (SanLuisObispo.com)
SACRAMENTO - California would ban state-subsidized Viagra for sex offenders under a bill sent Monday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. State taxpayers helped cover the cost of impotence drugs for at least 137 registered sex offenders during the past year, according to the attorney general's office.
Two slain roommates were sex offenders (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
BELLINGHAM -- Two men shot to death at a Bellingham apartment building were Level 3 sex offenders, police confirmed Monday.
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Texas Sex Offenders
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Tennessee Sex Offenders
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South Dakota Sex Offenders
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South Carolina Sex Offenders
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Rhode Island Sex Offenders
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Pennsylvania Sex Offenders
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Oregon Sex Offenders
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Officers to visit sex offenders
Officers to visit sex offenders (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
WATERLOO --- Local sex offenders will get a visit from police and sheriff's deputies as Black Hawk County authorities prepare to comply with recently reinstated residency laws.
New Website Uses Maps to Track Sex Offenders (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson is throwing his support behind a new effort to locate sex offenders. It is intended as a supplement to the state sex offender registry.
IN Legislation, Web Site Targets Sex Offenders (WFIE-TV)
An Indiana state senator is proposing legislation that would prohibit more convicted sex offenders from living within 1000 feet of schools or day care centers.
Police Combat Sex Offenders (WTVY-TV 4)
While sex offenders find new ways to target children, police departments are also updating ways to target sex offenders. That s why the Dothan Police Department has a newly-trained officer to combat the problem.
Hopewell Sex Offenders (WRIC 8)
In Hopewell, police are searching for three convicted sex offenders for not registering with State Authorities. It was a routine check of sex offenders in Hopewell that found four of them not living where they were registered. One of them is already back in custody, three of them are not.
Officers to visit sex offenders (WOI-TV Des Moins)
WATERLOO, Iowa Sex offenders in Waterloo will soon be getting a visit from police and sheriff's deputies. Starting today, Black Hawk County authorities will begin visiting some 258 registered sex offenders in the area.
Some Sex Offenders Can Stay (KCRG)
Court rulings have upheld an Iowa law that prohibits sex offenders whose victims were children from living within 2000 feet of schools or registered daycares. Those who do have to move by September 1, but an apparent loophole might allow some offenders to stay put.
Island Is Home To Sex Offenders By First Coast News Staff (First Coast News)
WASHINGTON -- Communities around the country have been re-evaluating how to deal with convicted sex offenders. The state of Washington confined 225 of its most violent sexual predators to a remote island reachable only by a ferry.
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Cracking Down On Sex Offenders
FULL STORY Police going after convicted sex offenders who don't register (KTBS)
Marshall, Texas, police today began a roundup of ex-convicts who have not registered as convicted sex offenders. Eight men and one woman are accused of violating Texas registration laws for sex offenders.
Buena Vista delays limits on sex offenders (Press of Atlantic City)
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - The township decided Monday to delay approving an ordinance that would restrict where convicted sex offenders against children could live in the area, largely due to legal concerns.
Sex Offenders Question Broad Scope of Bans (ABC News)
Sex Offenders, Civil Liberties Advocates Question Broad Scope of Residency Bans
Boca ups distance for sex offenders (Palm Beach Post)
Child sex offenders can't live within 2,500 feet of places for kids. BOCA RATON Child sex offenders must live 2,500 feet, or about a half-mile, from places where children gather after the city council Tuesday night unanimously approved a new set of residency restrictions.
Proposed Law Would Keep Sex Offenders Out Of North Canton (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News)
A Stark County community is taking bold steps to keep sexual offenders out of their town.
Judicial Branch experiments with GPS to track sex offenders (Norwalk Advocate)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- State court officials are experimenting with a global positioning satellite system to monitor sex offenders on probation.
Monday, August 22, 2005 Some sex offenders not deemed serious enough to list in criminal databases (KESQ)
Tracking sex offenders here in the valley. Just how helpful are the websites that keep tabs on how many sex offenders are living in your neighborhood? Some folks say not helpful enough.
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Restrictive law makes N.Y. city
Restrictive law makes N.Y. city off-limits to sex offenders (Boston Globe)
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Convicted sex offenders could risk re-arrest here if they pull off the highway to gas up their car because of a new law that makes it almost impossible for them to live, work, or even drive in this upstate city.
Residency laws for sex offenders may not square with Constitution (Press of Atlantic City)
LOWER TOWNSHIP - Steven Elwell may have a friend in the U.S. Constitution. Elwell, of Middle Township, made news this week as the first sex offender in the state registered under Megan's Law to speak out against ordinances restricting where sex offenders may live.
Sex offenders, civil liberties advocates question broad scope of residency bans (KRON 4 Bay Area)
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. A New Jersey man may challenge ordinances setting up sex-offender-free zones in some towns, saying they unfairly lump all offenders together.
New version of Community Notification Act gets tough with sex offenders (Dothan Eagle)
In Carl's eyes, you can't get tough enough with sex offenders. You just can't. "These guys have got to walk the line," said Carl, whose last name has been withheld to conceal the identity of his daughter, a victim of a sex crime.
Sex Offenders Question Broad Scope of Bans (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. Sex offender Steven Elwell thought he had paid his debt to society. He lost his job as a teacher and served a year in prison for having sex with a 16-year-old female student.
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Kentucky Sex Offenders (WBKO-TV Bowling
Kentucky Sex Offenders (WBKO-TV Bowling Green)
Kentucky is on the cutting edge of keeping you safe from sexual predators, and your Lt. Gov. Steve Pence wants to take it a step further. Gov. Pence says Kentucky should examine castration, for sex offenders who do not respond to treatment.
Restrictions set for sex offenders in Iowa (USA Today)
Registered sex offenders who live within 2,000 feet of a school or day-care center must move within two weeks to comply with state law. U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt set the Sept. 1 deadline this week after legal challenges to the law delayed its enforcement.
Residency restrictions for sex offenders going into effect Sept. 1 (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)
An Iowa law restricting convicted sex offenders who committed crimes against minors from living within 2,000 feet of any school or state-registered child care facility will now go into effect Thursday, Sept. 1.
Iowa Sex Offenders Near Schools Must Move (AP via Yahoo! News)
Registered sex offenders who live within 2,000 feet of a school or day-care center must move within two weeks to comply with state law.
Emanuel seeks GPS bracelets for all child sex offenders (Chicago Sun-Times)
Child sex offenders would be required to wear electronic monitoring bracelets fitted with a Global Positioning System that could allow law enforcement officials to track their every move, under a $30 million federal proposal sponsored by U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel.
Deadline looms for Iowa sex offenders (Omaha World-Herald)
A federal judge has given registered sex offenders until Sept. 1 to comply with a state law that prohibits them from living within 2,000 feet of a school or child care center.
County brings new line-up to fall TV: sex offenders (The Wichita Eagle)
The county-owned cable channel Miami-Dade TV will be adding a new feature to its fall lineup: Photos and names of sex offenders at large in Miami-Dade.
Fall TV Lineup To Feature Sex Offenders (WPLG Click10.com via Yahoo! News)
In addition to buffer zones that control where sex offenders can live, now Miami-Dade County plans to show names, pictures and descriptions of offenders on television.
Deadline is Sept. 1 for sex offenders (The Des Moines Register)
Hundreds of Iowa sex offenders have less than two weeks to move under a federal judge s Sept. 1 deadline for compliance with a state law that prohibits them from living within 2,000 feet of a school or child-care center. The law applies to offenders whose victims were children, but law enforcement officials Thursday say there are other questions they want answered before any kind of widespread
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Governor proposes lifelong satellite tracking
Governor proposes lifelong satellite tracking of sex offenders (SanLuisObispo.com)
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed sweeping penalties for sex offenders, including a requirement that paroled molesters wear satellite tracking devices for life.
Sex Offenders To Be Reassigned Away From Orlando Parole Office (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News)
A parole office in Orlando, Fla., where about 90 sex offenders went to register will be moved from its current location just feet away from a new elementary school after a Local 6 News investigation.
Audit: 21&37; of sex offenders missing (Kansas City Star)
TOPEKA, Kan. - An audit by the attorney general's office found 21 percent of the state's registered sex offenders failed to let law enforcement know where they live as required by law.
SACRAMENTO Governor backs tougher laws on sex offenders 2 new bills would force them to wear tracking devices (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sacramento -- Tens of thousands of California sex offenders would be forced to wear electronic tracking devices for the rest of their lives under two new bills backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger proposes life-long satellite tracking of sex offenders (KRON 4 Bay Area)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants a variety of new penalties for sex offenders, including lifetime monitoring by satellite.
SACRAMENTO / Governor backs tougher laws on sex offenders / 2 new bills would force them to wear tracking devices (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tens of thousands of California sex offenders would be forced to wear electronic tracking devices for the rest of their lives under two new bills backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bills, which also would boost punishment for a wide range of sex...
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Oklahoma Sex Offenders
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FREED SEX OFFENDERS IN ATTACKS
FREED SEX OFFENDERS IN ATTACKS (Daily Mirror)
EIGHTY freed violent and sexual offenders are accused of committing new crimes - despite being under surveillance. The criminals were identified as being most likely to reoffend when back in the community.
Publication law on sex offenders faces change (Brownwood Bulletin)
Due to a change in state law, effective Sept. 1, local law enforcement agencies will no longer be required to publish information on certain registered sex offenders in newspapers, but Brown County Sheriff Bobby Grubbs said doing so is a good idea.
Closer supervision for offenders (BBC News)
A new police database and number plate recognition technology will be used to keep tabs on sex offenders.
Lorain cracking down on sex offenders (The Morning Journal)
LORAIN -- The city law director is asking two more sex offenders living near school property to immediately move from their homes. Since last week, Law Director Mark Provenza has asked a total of eight convicted sex offenders living near schools to leave their residences.
Texas tops list for sex offenders in nursing homes (BizJournals)
Texas ranks No. 1 for the highest number of registered sex offenders living in nursing homes, according to a study released Friday by nursing home watchdog group A Perfect Cause.
State Department proposes monitoring foreign exchange host families for sex offenders (Bergensavisen)
To help protect thousands of foreign exchange students, many of whom are living away from their homes for the first time, the State Department on Friday proposed new rules that would screen host families for sex offenders.
O.C. mayor wants island off limits to sex offenders (Press of Atlantic City)
OCEAN CITY - This resort joined a growing number of New Jersey towns this week that want to restrict where convicted sex offenders can live. Mayor Bud Knight asked City Council to pass an ordinance keeping sex offenders off the island.
Booklets identifying worst sex offenders to be displayed at libraries (WPRI 12)
BOSTON Boston libraries plan to post pictures of the area's worst sex offenders so patrons and staff can keep an eye on them. The move is raising concerns with civil liberties groups who say the policy is intrusive.
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