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Sex Offenders - Law puts restrictions on sex offenders (News 14 Charlotte) RALEIGH
Law puts restrictions on sex offenders (News 14 Charlotte)
RALEIGH -- There are nearly 10,000 registered sex offenders in North Carolina, and starting Friday, they will have to follow new rules that dictate where they can and cannot live.
Sex offenders shuffled to skirt registration (Whittier Daily news)
Local and state officials expressed outrage Wednesday that top parole officials lied to their superiors, lawmakers and investigators about a program that shuffled high-risk sex offenders around motels in Pico Rivera, South El Monte and other cities.
Sex Offenders - Report: Officials lied over shuffle of sex offenders (Orange County
Report: Officials lied over shuffle of sex offenders (Orange County Register)
O.C. lawmaker demands parole administrators be fired over findings. SACRAMENTO Two parole officials lied to lawmakers about their role in moving sex offenders from motel to motel in violation of California law, the state Office of the Inspector General has found.
FCSO unveils internet database of sex offenders (AccessNorthGA)
CUMMING - The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office now has the county's registry of sex offenders available on the internet. Capt. Frank Huggins said visitors to the site can search by name, address, city or zip code.
Sex Offenders - Suffolk Lawmaker Wants Sex Offenders Monitored (WCBS-TV New York) Suffolk
Suffolk Lawmaker Wants Sex Offenders Monitored (WCBS-TV New York)
Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning wants better monitoring of sex offenders. She's introducing a local law before the county's Public Safety Committee today. Sex offenders are required under the State's Sex Offender Registration Act to list their address with the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Sex Offenders - Ireland & UK sign sex offenders agreement (RT News) The
Ireland & UK sign sex offenders agreement (RT News)
The Irish and British governments have signed an agreement aimed at improving the sharing of information on sex offenders. Under the accord, police have the power to stop offenders from travelling to either jurisdiction.
Texas pioneers treatment for sex offenders (Kansas City Star)
DALLAS | Can treatment condition sex offenders not to hurt anyone again? Texas a state with a tough-on-crime image and the highest number of executions says yes.
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Sex Offenders - Owner: Sex offenders were not in motel (The Daily Star)
Owner: Sex offenders were not in motel (The Daily Star)
ONEONTA _ Motel owner James Bredin said Friday he has never housed sex offenders in the Celtic Motel. Disputing a story in Thursday s Daily Star, Bredin, who said his children live on the Oneida Street property, said he "would never allow any sex offender."
New List Of Mass. Most-Wanted Sex Offenders Posted Online (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Massachusetts State Police have posted pictures online of the Bay State's ten most-wanted sex offenders this weekend. The men are wanted for failure to check in with the state's sex offender registry board. This is the third list police have released. 23 of the 24 suspects on the previous lists have been arrested or located.
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Sex Offenders - Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6) Fifteen
Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6)
Fifteen sex offenders in the Upper Peninsula have been jailed following a campaign to find those who had failed to change or verify their addresses. It was part of a statewide sweep that netted 552 sex offenders all together and led authorities to issue 662 additional warrants.
Maple Shade tightens restrictions on sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
The Township Council is hoping changes to two ordinances will get registered sex offenders out of town quicker if they haven taken up residence here.
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Sex Offenders - How Do Police Track Sex Offenders Once Off Probation? (ABC
How Do Police Track Sex Offenders Once Off Probation? (ABC 7 Denver)
With the recent arrest of sex offender Daniel Denny who allegedly tresspassed near a high school, residents want to know how sex offenders are tracked.
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Sex Offenders - Some curbs on sex offenders called inhumane (MSNBC) WASHINGTON -
Some curbs on sex offenders called inhumane (MSNBC)
WASHINGTON - As convicted sex offenders go, they seem to pose little danger. One is 100 years old. Another can barely walk and is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Another is dying of heart disease in a nursing home.
Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6)
Fifteen sex offenders in the Upper Peninsula have been jailed following a campaign to find those who had failed to change or verify their addresses. It was part of a statewide sweep that netted 552 sex offenders all together and led authorities to issue 662 additional warrants.
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Sex Offenders - N.Y. Court Opposes Order on Sex Offenders (New York Times)
N.Y. Court Opposes Order on Sex Offenders (New York Times)
The state wrongly confined sex offenders in psychiatric facilities after their prison terms, the court ruled.
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Sex Offenders - Sex offenders wrongly held, court rules (Los Angeles Times) The
Sex offenders wrongly held, court rules (Los Angeles Times)
The state's highest court ruled in Albany that convicted sex offenders were wrongly confined in psychiatric facilities after their prison sentences ended.
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Sex Offenders - Jeffersonville bans sex offenders from parks (Louisville Courier-Journal) The Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville bans sex offenders from parks (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Jeffersonville City Council voted unanimously Monday night, in the first of three required votes, to adopt an ordinance banning sex offenders from the Indiana city's parks. Violators found in the parks could be fined $100 to $2,500 and charged with criminal trespass. The measure could get its final reading Dec. 4 and be in effect in early January, after it is advertised for 30 days, said
Jeffersonville bans sex offenders from parks (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Jeffersonville City Council voted unanimously last night, in the first of three required votes, to adopt an ordinance banning sex offenders from city parks. Violators found in the parks could be fined $100 to $2,500 and charged with criminal trespass.
Sex Offenders - Sex Offenders Prohibited From Registering As Transients (10 News San
Sex Offenders Prohibited From Registering As Transients (10 News San Diego)
Recently proposed legislation would prohibit some sex offenders from living without an address, following the arrest of a convicted rapist who is suspected of lying about his address.
Jeff might ban sex offenders from parks (Louisville Courier-Journal)
A proposed ordinance banning sex offenders from Jeffersonville's parks could be approved by the end of the year but might face a court challenge to its constitutionality.
Sex Offenders - Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6) Fifteen
Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6)
Fifteen sex offenders in the Upper Peninsula have been jailed following a campaign to find those who had failed to change or verify their addresses. It was part of a statewide sweep that netted 552 sex offenders all together and led authorities to issue 662 additional warrants.
Homeless Sex Offenders in Md. Don't Have to Report (WBOC 16)
SALISBURY - There is a major loophole in tracking convicted sex offenders in Maryland.
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Sex Offenders - Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6) Fifteen
Fifteen Sex Offenders Jailed In U.P. (WLUC TV 6)
Fifteen sex offenders in the Upper Peninsula have been jailed following a campaign to find those who had failed to change or verify their addresses. It was part of a statewide sweep that netted 552 sex offenders all together and led authorities to issue 662 additional warrants.
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Sex Offenders - Council targets sex offenders (Whittier Daily news) BALDWIN PARK -
Council targets sex offenders (Whittier Daily news)
BALDWIN PARK - The City Council is moving fast to tighten laws and avoid becoming a dumping ground for sexual predators, officials said. On Wednesday, the council directed its attorney to draft a law that would prohibit sex offenders from areas where children congregate.
Website Tracks Missing Sex Offenders (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Some of Britain's most wanted child sex offenders are being identified publicly on a new website dedicated to tracking them down. The site has been set up to appeal for information about child sex offenders who have disappeared off the radar.
Sex Offenders - Website Tracks Missing Sex Offenders (Sky News via Yahoo! UK
Website Tracks Missing Sex Offenders (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Some of Britain's most wanted child sex offenders are being identified publicly on a new website dedicated to tracking them down. The site has been set up to appeal for information about child sex offenders who have disappeared off the radar.
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Sex Offenders - Homeless sex offenders didn t violate registry law (The Daily Record)
Homeless sex offenders didn t violate registry law (The Daily Record)
Two sex offenders did not violate Maryland s sex-offender registry laws by failing to provide a new address when they became homeless, the Court of Appeals held yesterday.
Sex Offenders - Four sex offenders challenging residency rule (Middletown Journal) LANCASTER, Ohio
Four sex offenders challenging residency rule (Middletown Journal)
LANCASTER, Ohio Four registered sex offenders ordered to move because they live within 1,000 feet of schools have decided to challenge that state law in court.
Sex Offenders - Cicero legislation targets sex offenders (News 10 Now) The town
Cicero legislation targets sex offenders (News 10 Now)
The town of Cicero is considering limiting how close sex offenders can live from places like schools and daycare centers. Right now, there is no such ordinance in the town, which means sex offenders can live wherever they choose.
Track child sex offenders by satellite, says charity (Independent)
Satellite tracking and lie detector tests could help protect children from sex offenders, a report by a leading children's charity said today.
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Sex Offenders - Young sex offenders difficult to track (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) No
Young sex offenders difficult to track (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
No single authority knows how many registered sex offenders are high school students. About 2,400 registered sex offenders are younger than 21, the oldest age allowed for high school students in Texas. About 320 are under the age of 17, said Tela Mange of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Sex Offenders - Schools may be unaware students are sex offenders (Houston Chronicle)
Schools may be unaware students are sex offenders (Houston Chronicle)
Background checks prevent teachers who are registered sex offenders from working in schools, but no law keeps students with histories of committing sex crimes from sharing history lessons and hot lunches with their classmates in Texas. That leaves parents in the dark about who might be sitting in the desks next to their children.
Sex Offenders Found Living In City Housing (Queens Chronicle)
(Councilman Gioia s Office) Over 200 registered sex offenders were found to be living illegally in publicly subsidized housing.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders located, verified statewide (Macomb Daily) A statewide sweep
Sex offenders located, verified statewide (Macomb Daily)
A statewide sweep looking for sex offenders who have failed to verify their addresses with authorities netted more than 500 arrests, but few in northern Macomb and southern St. Clair counties.
Sex Offenders - 552 sex offenders arrested statewide (Midland Daily News) Michigan State
552 sex offenders arrested statewide (Midland Daily News)
Michigan State Police announced Thursday that officials arrested 552 sex offenders across the state after a two-week sweep.
Sex Offenders - Crime Sweep Nets Sex Offenders (WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan) (TV-5)
Crime Sweep Nets Sex Offenders (WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan)
(TV-5) -- A crime sweep nets more than 500 convicted sex offenders in Michigan. State Police led the 14-day operation which included 125 different agencies. Officers targeted felony-listed offenders who failed to register during the October verification period.
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Sex Offenders - SEX OFFENDERS: Plan passing to tighten limits on residency, monitoring
SEX OFFENDERS: Plan passing to tighten limits on residency, monitoring after prison release (San Francisco Chronicle)
A ballot initiative that would impose sweeping new restrictions on sex offenders appeared to be cruising to victory Tuesday night. Proposition 83, also called Jessica's Law for a Florida girl who was killed by a paroled sex offender, would prohibit...
Waterboro, Lyman voters place limits on sex offenders (Boston Globe)
Residents in the neighboring York County towns of Waterboro and Lyman have voted overwhelmingly to approve ordinances that bar registered sex offenders from living near schools and day care centers.
Sex Offenders - Local task force to take recommendations for safety from sex
Local task force to take recommendations for safety from sex offenders to Gov. Schwarzenegger (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
Chances are you wouldn t want a convicted sex offender placed in your neighborhood when he gets out of prison. Members of the State s High Risk Sex Offenders Task Force started a second round of public hearings Monday about placement of dangerous offenders released into the community.
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Sex Offenders - Kingston councilman wants law to restrict sex offenders housing (The
Kingston councilman wants law to restrict sex offenders housing (The Citizens' Voice)
KINGSTON Councilman Jack Schumacher wants the municipality to pass an ordinance limiting where sex offenders can live.
Local task force to take recommendations for safety from sex offenders to Gov. Schwarzenegger (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
Chances are you wouldn t want a convicted sex offender placed in your neighborhood when he gets out of prison. Members of the State s High Risk Sex Offenders Task Force started a second round of public hearings Monday about placement of dangerous offenders released into the community.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders living in NYC public housing (WABC-TV New York)
Sex offenders living in NYC public housing (WABC-TV New York)
A Queens City Councilman called on public housing officials to keep better track of sex offenders allegedly living in housing projects throughout the city.
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Sex Offenders - Queens Councilman Wants Sex Offenders Booted Out Of Public Housing
Queens Councilman Wants Sex Offenders Booted Out Of Public Housing (NY1 News)
Queens Councilman Eric Gioia is calling on the city to do something about more than 200 sex offenders who are living in pubic housing in New York City, according to new figures.
Sex Offenders - Parole officials fear that Prop. 83 could backfire / Report
Parole officials fear that Prop. 83 could backfire / Report suggests sex offenders might quit registering (San Francisco Chronicle)
A ballot measure expected to win voter approval Tuesday could lead state parole agents to lose track of thousands of registered sex offenders or spend hundreds of millions of tax dollars housing them in rural and industrial areas, according to a report by top...
7 Sex Offenders Arrested for Violating Halloween Rules (1010 WINS New York)
Sex offenders were warned in advance: stay inside on Halloween and don't open doors to trick-or-treaters. But police say seven convicted sex offenders in Orange County were spotted ignoring those instructions Tuesday.
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Sex Offenders - Metro's new strategy for tracking sex offenders (KVBC Las Vegas)
Metro's new strategy for tracking sex offenders (KVBC Las Vegas)
It's a brand new approach to catching sex offenders who are avoiding police and hiding among the Las Vegas community. On the first day of each month, Metro is targeting the worst offenders.
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Sex Offenders - Sex offenders targeted (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) The City
Sex offenders targeted (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
The City of Tampa is considering tighter restrictions on where registered sex offenders can live. The proposed changes are modeled after laws passed in Gainesville and other cities requiring sex offenders to live even farther away from parks, playgrounds and schools than state law requires.
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Sex Offenders - Sex Offenders Choose: A Probation Office During Trick-or-Treating -- or
Sex Offenders Choose: A Probation Office During Trick-or-Treating -- or Jail (WTOL News 11)
LIMA, OHIO (AP) -- About 40 sex offenders will be required to report to a probation office for two hours while children are trick-or-treating in this northwest Ohio city, a county court official said.
Sex Offenders - Sex Offenders Told To Attend Halloween Meeting (KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via
Sex Offenders Told To Attend Halloween Meeting (KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
While children were out trick-or-treating Tuesday night, a group of convicted sex offenders were watching a movie.
Many sex offenders restricted tonight (USA Today)
To protect children on halloween, at least 10 states keep a special eye on sex offenders via house arrest or required meetings, through such programs as Operation Boo in California and Operation Trick No Treat.