Missing Sexual offenders

[Rocky]

I know I keep bringing up the fact that America has 100,000 missing sexual offenders that haven't kept their agreement to stay registered.

I am making a major push right now for the final approvals for Project ORN, a bounty hunting system to help track down some of the missing offenders.

some states like Louisianna make it easy to find out how many are missing, in New Orleans alone, they are missing 354 that they know of.

that's just one city, 2 children have been killed in the last month from missing offenders, what is it going to take for Bush to realize we have terrorists in our midst and we want something done about it.

do a search in your area to see if you can pull up a list of missing offenders, I'm curious how many areas make the info known...

[Rocky]

missing in New Orleans (http://www.lasocpr.lsp.org/Static/Search.htm)

[Rocky]

first one I clicked

"Statute 14:78.1 Aggravated Incest
3604 Incest With Minor (NCIC Offense) "

[Rocky]

here's another one...

Statute 14:81.1 Pornography Involving Juveniles
3700 Obscene Material (free text) (NCIC Offense)

[Rocky]

and another, I've only looked at 10-12 of the ones missing

Statute 14:81 Indecent Behavior With Juveniles

[Rocky]

the very next one I clicked...

Statute 14:78.1 Aggravated Incest
3604 Incest With Minor (NCIC Offense)


I bet you can't wait to bring your family to Louisiana now, huh...

[ariel7]

Umm, no thank you, I guess I'll stay outta there. :(

I don't wish to sound dense,but any ideas on how I can fin dout how many are missing in Ohio? I probably don't want to know, though.:sick:

Thanks for calling attention to this! I had NO idea the problem
was so huge. :(

Blessings,prayers,and love,

Ariel

[CinnamonGirl]

I imagine there is many here in Florida since this seems to be sex offender capitol of the country.

[dannyodie]

the fact is, every state has some sort of sexual offenders regristry and likewise, everystate has some of them missing. tennessee has just recently made it a felony if they don't notify the state within a period of time to reveal there place of residence. before our state law makers made some improvements to it half of the registared offenders could not be accounted for, most were not living at the locations that they had indicated and the largest part of them were not even in the state. fla. as one person said is the offenders capitol, mostly due to the warm climate and tourism these offenders can have a assortment of victims to choose from. something needs to be done to better track these people, I think that before they get out of jail and so on, they should have a tracking device implanted inside their body so they have no access to it. as ankle braclet might work for those that committed only one crime against a child and just got caught. those that have done this over and over will just remove the braclet or anklet as some call it, the law should state that if one is removed it becomes a federal offense. maybe make one that will explode in there face when cut off. I feel that child abuse in this country is largely to blame for the sexual offenders in this nation. those that have a corrupt home life as children go on to become all sorts of criminals.

[lady-eowyn]

those that have done this over and over will just remove the braclet or anklet as some call it,
If they've done it over and over they should not even be out...

However I do like the idea of the exploding anklet...kind of like those devices that protect clothing in stores to keep you from lifting them...except instead of exploding with die have them explode with acid or something

[Rocky]

the fact is, every state has some sort of sexual offenders regristry and likewise, everystate has some of them missing. tennessee has just recently made it a felony if they don't notify the state within a period of time to reveal there place of residence. before our state law makers made some improvements to it half of the registared offenders could not be accounted for, most were not living at the locations that they had indicated and the largest part of them were not even in the state. fla. as one person said is the offenders capitol, mostly due to the warm climate and tourism these offenders can have a assortment of victims to choose from. something needs to be done to better track these people, I think that before they get out of jail and so on, they should have a tracking device implanted inside their body so they have no access to it. as ankle braclet might work for those that committed only one crime against a child and just got caught. those that have done this over and over will just remove the braclet or anklet as some call it, the law should state that if one is removed it becomes a federal offense. maybe make one that will explode in there face when cut off. I feel that child abuse in this country is largely to blame for the sexual offenders in this nation. those that have a corrupt home life as children go on to become all sorts of criminals.

it's been found the biggest deterent from having missing sexual offenders in a state is the severity of the penalty for not staying registered.

I think they need to come up with catagories of offenders depending on their crime.

If they committed a sexual crime against a child it should be the top offense and should be part of a Nationwide alert system, Federal offense felony to not register before moving in their case should be an arrestible offence.

on the other hand a drunk stumbling through the park and finding the restroom locked so he used a tree and got caught... doesn't need such a stiff penalty for not staying registered, should there be a seperate system for all child sexual offenders? anyone caught with child porn should instantly become a registered sexual offender.

is it possible?

[Rocky]

if everyone reading this forum, and all families that have had a tragedy like this hit their family sent a letter, to their local government...

Demanding a change!!!

it could happen...

[murraydwyer]

Excerpts from Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts) article 3/26/05
Patriot Ledger (http://www.southofboston.com/articles/2005/03/26/headlines/news/news01.txt)

SEX OFFENDERS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS

By KAREN ESCHBACHER
The Patriot Ledger
...........
Could it happen here?

Police on the South Shore say they have their hands full keeping tabs on more than 400 registered sex offenders.

‘‘We wait for them to come in to us and formally register,'' Braintree Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins said. ‘‘Once that's done, we don't continue to monitor their residency. If they do move to another location, we don't have any way of knowing that unless they tell us themselves.''

Charles McDonald, a spokesman for the Sex Offender Registry Board, agrees that it's a tall order.

‘‘It's a burden,'' McDonald said. ‘‘Keeping this information current is a big job.''

As of this week, Massachusetts has 8,390 registered sex offenders. They are required to check in at least once a year and let officials know if they move or change jobs.

But 159 Level 3 sex offenders, considered the most dangerous and most likely to strike again, are in violation.

Another 4,155 sex offenders have never registered, though officials stress some of them are dead, in jail, out of state or on the list by mistake.

But even when AWOL sex offenders are caught, the punishment is often a slap on the wrist, records show.

In 2003 - the most recent year data is available - 643 sex offenders were arraigned in state courts for failing to register.

But only 38 were actually convicted of the charge during that same period, according to the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission. Of those, just 11 were ordered to serve any jail time, with an average sentence of 5½ months.

A Patriot Ledger review of South Shore cases found a similar trend.

In 26 failure-to-register cases in local district courts, only four defendants went to jail. Nine had their charges dismissed outright and the rest were given probation or their charges were dropped after they stayed out of trouble for a period of time.

Sen. Scott Brown of Wrentham, who has pushed to toughen the rules, said that with little threat of punishment, offenders have no incentive to register or keep their information current.

.........

As an extra precaution, the state plans to launch a program aimed at keeping better tabs on the most dangerous sex offenders. Under the program, Level 3 sex offenders on probation will be monitored around-the-clock using global positioning system technology.

Coria Holland, a spokeswoman for the commissioner of probation, said the program should be in place soon.

Meanwhile, State Police are continuing a push to track down sex offenders who either never registered to begin with, or who did but later disappeared.

A couple years ago, that list numbered around 11,000. Through a combination of old-fashioned and high-tech detective work, the list is less than half that now, and some 1,430 sex offenders have been registered, Detective Lt. Kevin Horton of the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension unit said.

Just this week, Level 3 sex offender Robert F. Pecore, whose face was plastered on the State Police's most wanted sex offenders poster, was arrested in North Carolina.

With his arrest, 10 of the 13 most wanted sex offenders have now been tracked down, and a new list is being planned, Horton said.

‘‘I've never seen a stronger response than I've seen from our first most wanted sex offender list,'' he said. ‘‘People pay attention to this and I think it's mainly because of the kids.''

Karen Eschbacher may be reached at keschbacher@ledger.com.

Copyright 2005 The Patriot Ledger
Transmitted Saturday, March 26, 2005

[murraydwyer]

WCAX (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=3022315)

Police Investigate Arrest Warrants

Burlington, Vermont - March 2, 2005

Authorities say more than 500 Vermont fugitives may have ducked the law for decades thanks to a paperwork mistake. Police are investigating the possibility that some of the warrants were never included on the FBI's national computer. Authorities are focusing on about 550 arrest warrants issued in Chittenden County since the mid-eighties. The investigation started two weeks ago after Vermont's most wanted fugitive was accidentally discovered in New Hampshire.

Edward Bessette's death ended his sixteen-year life-on-the-run as a Vermont fugitive from the law. He disappeared in 1988 while awaiting trial accused of sexual assault. Police say Bessette may have successfully ducked the law for so long because his arrest warrant was never entered on the FBI's national crime information computer. That means that even if he had been stopped by a cop over the past 16 years the officer would have had no way of knowing Bessette was wanted.

As a result of the Bessette situation, state police are now tracking the arrest warrants of more than 550 fugitives issued in Chittenden County since the mid-eighties. They want to know if those warrants were ever entered on the FBI national computer. All of the fugitives disappeared while awaiting trial for felonies, including serious offenses such as drug dealing, sexual assault, and aggravated assault. There is already some evidence that many of the warrants are NOT on the FBI list.

"The problem may be that the arrest warrant was not issued into NCIC because there was not a determination made on some level as to whether or not a person should be extradited," explained Bob Simpson, Chittenden County State's Attorney.

Simpson said the state must indicate a willingness to extradite in writing or the FBI will not enter the warrant into NCIC.

"It's something that's got to be fixed if there is a problem and I'm just not sure of that yet," said Simpson.

State police expect to conclude their investigation of the Chittenden County warrants within two weeks. They say they will also check warrants issued in the state's other counties.

Brian Joyce - Channel 3 News

[Rocky]

everyone is making it so difficult the answer is easy...


send every registered offender a mail 2 times a year, if it bounces back, it means they moved over 6 months prior.

when you get a letter back "Not at this address"

put a bounty on their head to track them down...

then send the info into the nationwide tracking system, I don't care about minor offenders, I want the dangerous ones profiled to strike again.

Wanted Deador alive

Project ORN where the predators, become the hunted...

[Rocky]

Murraydwyer,

thank you so much for these stories, you've given me points of contacts in two more states...

I hope others will realize how important this type of information is right now while we are setting everything up...

[silver]

Right on, Rocky! Good job. Keep it up ......................

[JrZyChris]

do a search in your area to see if you can pull up a list of missing offenders, I'm curious how many areas make the info known...
I found the State Police (NJ) Sex Offender Registry the other day and was going through it. I was curious because we received door to door notification a few years back on someone who had been living amongst us for quite a while before he did something stupid again and got himself noticed. I couldn't find him, so I asked my husband why he wasn't in the directory. His reply was "Uh, that could be because he was killed in prison a few years ago" So that puts that concern to rest - but I was a little surprised that there was NOBODY listed for miles and miles around me. Not that I'm looking to have these people in my area, but as populated as New Jersey is, I find it hard to believe there aren't more - and with THAT thought in mind, I wonder how many are floating around unregistered.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I found the State Police (NJ) Sex Offender Registry the other day and was going through it.
Did you find a section for those that have absconded?

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

on the other hand a drunk stumbling through the park and finding the restroom locked so he used a tree and got caught... doesn't need such a stiff penalty for not staying registered...
I agree but the problem with making a distinction is the fear that every flasher will simply say that he wasn't exposing himself but only urinating, thereby losing potential future offenders in the very early stages.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

those that have done this over and over will just remove the braclet or anklet as some call it, the law should state that if one is removed it becomes a federal offense. maybe make one that will explode in there face when cut off.
As long as their travels aren't limited while wearing the ankle bracelet, one can only assume that offenders removing it are up to no good. Perhaps we could encourage them to wear it by offering LWOP as the alternative. If a perp removes it, he goes to jail ... for good.

[lady-eowyn]

Thanks for making me aware of this feature Rocky...I'll keep track of the database here often, but have never did a search that brought up ONLY offenders who had absconded. On the first page of my county every single one was convicted of a a sex crime against children :furious:

Sex Offense-Other (1st Degree Sexual Assulat Of A Child State Of Wisconsin)

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16 (Principal)

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16 (Principal)
Sex Batt/Coerce Child By Adult (Principal)

Lewd Or Lascivious Molestation Victim 12-15 Years Old Offender 18 Or Older (Principal)

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16 (Principal)

Lewd Or Lascivious Molestation Victim 12-15 Years Old Offender 18 Or Older (Principal)

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16 (Principal)

Sex Offense-Other (288a- Lewd And Lascivious With Child Under 14 State Of California)

Lewd,Lascivious Child U/16 (Principal)


That's just one page of 14, in one county alone...138 total...all absconded...wonder what percentage of absconded sex offenders are child molesters? If that first page is any indication here, it's a huge percentage!!

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

wonder what percentage of absconded sex offenders are child molesters? If that first page is any indication here, it's a huge percentage!!
If it is, that would mean that the registries aren't much good for keeping track of the most dangerous offenders. So are we really much safer than we were prior to the registries?

[murraydwyer]

In many (probably most) states only those who have been convicted of sex offenses against children are listed. The following excerpts are from an article in the Manchester Union Leader in New Hampshire it indicates that 1/3rd are guilty of sexual crimes against children:

Manchester Union Leader 3/26/05
Sexual offender list here growing
By Sunday News Staff

The list of convicted sexual offenders who reside or work in New Hampshire currently has 3,092 names and is lengthening at a rate of about 8 percent a year, according to Lt. Brian L. Hester, who has oversight of the register maintained by the state police.
The roster is expanding, Hester said, because offenders convicted years ago are added to it as they are released from prison, and because offenders relocate to New Hampshire from other states or reside in neighboring states but work here.
About two-thirds of the sexual offenders committed crimes against adults and the information about them in the register is restricted to law enforcement use, but the register also includes 1,138 people convicted of sexual crimes against children. Their identities are available to the public.
………
Where are they?
Arrest warrants are outstanding for 74 sexual offenders delinquent in their responsibility to register. Under the public disclosure provision of the law, their names and last known addresses are posted on the State Police Web site. (See http://www.state.nh.us/safety/warrants.pdf.)
The warrant-posting law prohibits the release of details, but in some cases, where the offender who failed to register was convicted of a crime involving a child, additional information may be available in the public register of child sexual offenders.
“Some are facing misdemeanor charges, a few are felonies,” Hester said of those being sought for failure to register.
The warrant would surface if an offender brushed up against the law on another matter, such as a police stop for a motor vehicle violation.
Why wait around?
But Rep. Karl Gilbert, R-Newmarket, is concerned that waiting for the offender who evades registration to make another mistake may not be good enough. He has had discussions with some of his colleagues in the House.
“We’re talking about taking a look at tightening up the system as best we can to track these people who haven’t registered,” Gilbert said. “We don’t learn about these people until one slips through the cracks and does something, like the guy in Florida did. . .
“We could look at requiring them to register more often, perhaps every six months, but I’m more concerned about the people who don’t register, about actively having a team looking for these people and not waiting until something happens,” said Gilbert, who has worked more than 30 years in law enforcement and is a former police chief of Greenland.
Keeping tabs
The pro-active approach is already the rule in Manchester, where detective Scott Fuller monitors the sexual offender population. The state’s largest city is home to about 375 offenders who are required to register, including 203 individuals whose names are on the publicly-available register of offenders convicted of sexual crimes against children.
“We’ve seen a reduction in the number of offenders living in Manchester over the past two years. We attribute that to strict enforcement. The word has gone out that one day late in registering equals an arrest warrant,” Fuller said.
He tries to keep tabs on the very transient sexual offender population by mailing a registration reminder about a month before the person’s birth date. If a reminder card comes back as undeliverable, officers check the address to see if the offender has moved without reporting.
“Last year, we found that about 16 percent violated and we actively pursued them,” Fuller said.
Warrants are issued and the offenders who have been located are arrested and have been successfully prosecuted, he said.
13-month gap
Annual registration, however, leaves a very large loophole.
An offender can register an address on his birthday, for example, and then move out the next day. That opens a 13-month window before his failure to reregister alerts police to his departure.
“One way that we are looking at to combat this problem would be to have two-man teams go out and check the addresses A to Z three or four times a year,” Fuller said.
The state’s sexual offender registration law has evolved gradually over the past 10 years as lawmakers wrestled with who should be registered, for how long and for which crimes; what police could do with the information; and how much of it should be available to the public.
Photo availability
Rep. Gilbert introduced a measure two years ago — an effort “to eliminate possible confusion,” he said — to add photographs of the offenders in the publicly-available child offender register. The process began last year, with photographs being taken at the community police departments when the offenders come in for their annual reregistration.

Manchester Union Leader (http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=52513) This article will probably be archived soon.

[lady-eowyn]

In many (probably most) states only those who have been convicted of sex offenses against children are listed.
In Florida, although it states the "certain sex offenders must register" and sex offender is defined by Florida law as:

Any person convicted of committing, attempting, conspiring or soliciting to commit any of the following violations (or any offense committed in this state which has been re-designated from a former statute number, or analogous offenses in another jurisdiction):

F.S. 787.025 (Luring or enticing a child under the age of 12 into a structure, dwelling or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose);
Any Chapter 794 offense;
F.S. 796.03 (Procuring a person under age of 18 for prostitution);
F.S. 800.04 (Lewd, lascivious, or indecent assault or act upon or in presence of child under the age of 16 years);
F.S. 827.071 (Sexual performance by a child of less than 18 years of age);
F.S. 847.0133 (Distribution of obscene materials to minor under the age of 18);
F.S. 847.0135 (Computer pornography involving minor);
F.S. 847.0145 (Selling or buying of minors for sexually explicit conduct).

And who is released on or after October 1, 1997, from the sanction imposed by reason of conviction of his or her sexual offender offense.


Not all who are registered have their offenses listed as crimes against children. MOST who are registered do, but there are quite a few cases of sexual battery on there. If it's sexual battery and the victim is a child it states so. And in Virginia there are quite a few on there for rape.

[jat]

I am originally from Pennsylvania although I now live in Texas. I have tried to look up PA offenders online, but PA doesn't post it online for easy search. You have to write to them to get any information at all! It makes me so angry that they haven't made this a priority to get it online.

If I am wrong, someone please reply and let me know where I can find it.

j

[lady-eowyn]

I am originally from Pennsylvania although I now live in Texas. I have tried to look up PA offenders online, but PA doesn't post it online for easy search. You have to write to them to get any information at all! It makes me so angry that they haven't made this a priority to get it online.

If I am wrong, someone please reply and let me know where I can find it.

j
You can find a searchable database here:

http://www.pameganslaw.state.pa.us/Main.aspx?dt=GCFLCFDDI4EENDGNGG4da

Most state databases can be accessed through www.sexoffender.com Over on the left of that website you will see a button that says Sex Offender State Database...click in, scroll down a bit and there is a popdown menu with states.

[Rocky]

there are a lot of webmasters here on Websleuths, if any of you have time, I'd like to put on the front page of the site, a picture of the thousands of sharks in deerfield Fl, with words that fade in...

are children safe, surrounded by so many sharks, maybe have a picture of a few kids stranded on an island in the middle...

then that page fades out, and Westerfield, Couie and several other of the recognized recent monsters appear...

fade in Project ORN

where the Predators, become the hunted...

[lady-eowyn]

Rocky...could you direct me to where I can find out more about this project ORN...I've seen it mentioned on here but don't really know what it is.

[Rocky]

Rocky...could you direct me to where I can find out more about this project ORN...I've seen it mentioned on here but don't really know what it is.

I don't have any threads on Project ORN, ORN stands for Offender Registration Network, we have put the equipment and software in place to bring up a national tracking system, we aren't going to list all offenders like the current system running in most states, ours, is just going after the offenders that are not staying registered.

We are bringing up a bounty hunter network to track down the missing offenders using everything at our disposal.

Our main block has been getting the live databases from Law enforcement and the court systems.

We have finally gotten the go ahead from a few states, and are setting up the non-profit ORG to get started.

Once we legally have everything in place, I'll give you the weblink to go check it out...

[lady-eowyn]

Ok!! Sounds like a great idea...a few questions...how long will someone have to be missing before the bounty hunters go after them? Considering some states only check annually to see if a registered offender is still at the address they registered at it seems so many can slip under the radar. I think here they verify it quarterly, but that still gives an offender 3 months to slip under the radar. Do you think there is a better way to handle that?

[Rocky]

Ok!! Sounds like a great idea...a few questions...how long will someone have to be missing before the bounty hunters go after them? Considering some states only check annually to see if a registered offender is still at the address they registered at it seems so many can slip under the radar. I think here they verify it quarterly, but that still gives an offender 3 months to slip under the radar. Do you think there is a better way to handle that?

the states I'm most interested in working with have a felony for not staying registered, from the first day they miss registration. Tough Laws to teach tough lessons.

as we locate the offenders, we will be passing the info to law enforcement, as they find ones missing, they will pass the info along to us.

Imagine if a serious offender is missing and there is a $5000 reward for info leading to the capture of the felon...

If you are sitting home with nothing to do, and scanned photos of missing offenders, and suddenly you spot one that looks familiar, you've seen him at the grocery store... You contact the system to pass on your lead, which passes it along to Law Enforcement... They arrest the man, and you have a check show up for $5000...

would you start looking for others?

that's what we are counting on...

we are going to take donations that can be put towards bounties in the different regions, or offenses, or on a certain criminal...

as the bounty grows, so will the interest in tracking them down...

[lady-eowyn]

heck, I'd hunt them down for nothing...I'm sick and tired of these sick creeps preying up the children. The Jessica Lunsford case took me over the edge...I'll never rest easy until something changes..and even then I will continue to be an advocate for making our children safe.

[Rocky]

heck, I'd hunt them down for nothing...I'm sick and tired of these sick creeps preying up the children. The Jessica Lunsford case took me over the edge...I'll never rest easy until something changes..and even then I will continue to be an advocate for making our children safe.

welcome to the club... :clap:

[lady-eowyn]

It's a good club to be in!!

[Rocky]

has anyone found a good shark picture out of Florida yet?

the ones I've seen have been really blurry...

[lady-eowyn]

what kind of shark picture are you looking for?

[Rocky]

what kind of shark picture are you looking for?

I'm trying to find an aerial shot with clear enough pictures to see the sharks that were swarming off the coast of Florida in the deerfield area...

[Rocky]

Hundreds of Sharks Close Florida Beaches (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0001/20050330/1511452566.htm)

"DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Hundreds of swarming sharks, some as close as 20 feet offshore, have closed down beaches in South Florida.

The sharks have been repeatedly spotted near shore over the past two weeks in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

One expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the big fish are migrating north this time of year. He said they'll travel as far as North Carolina, where the females will have ``pups.'' "

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Hi Rocky.

I'm trying to find a picture like you described but so far, this is all I've found from the incidences you're talking about, (and it's only one shark):

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/16/sharks.florida/story.shark.jpg (http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/16/sharks.florida/story.shark.jpg)

I'll keep checking.

Do you want a picture specifically from the sharks in Florida? There are some great images out there but not specific to the Florida migration.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

WESH.com - News - Central Fla. Lifeguards Watch For Migrating Sharks (http://www.wesh.com/news/4331281/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news)

WESH.com - Slideshow (http://www.wesh.com/slideshow/4326093/detail.html?qs=;s=1;w=320)

Check this out, Rocky.

[Rocky]

Hi Rocky.

I'm trying to find a picture like you described but so far, this is all I've found from the incidences you're talking about, (and it's only one shark):

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/16/sharks.florida/story.shark.jpg (http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/16/sharks.florida/story.shark.jpg)

I'll keep checking.

Do you want a picture specifically from the sharks in Florida? There are some great images out there but not specific to the Florida migration.

well the importance of the sharks off of Florida is it goes along good with the 2 children that have been killed in the last month by sex offenders Florida released...

[Rocky]

WESH.com - News - Central Fla. Lifeguards Watch For Migrating Sharks (http://www.wesh.com/news/4331281/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news)

WESH.com - Slideshow (http://www.wesh.com/slideshow/4326093/detail.html?qs=;s=1;w=320)

Check this out, Rocky.

slide 39 of 67 is just what I'm looking for, but I need it in a higher resolution so people can tell what all teh dots are...

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

well the importance of the sharks off of Florida is it goes along good with the 2 children that have been killed in the last month by sex offenders Florida released...
The slideshow above is from the Florida sharks. Some good ones are there from #41 and after.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Newsday.com - Sharks swim near beach (http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-usshar0331a,0,2427056.photo?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines)

Newsday.com: Sharks close Fla. beaches (http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-usshar0331,0,5430169.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines) - great picture on right.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Photo gallery: Sharks in the water off Deerfield Beach (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0329sharks,0,2537894.photogallery?index=1)

[Grassyknoll2]

Authorities Say Rape Suspect Using Fake Name, Heading South

Man Charged With Assaulting Two Girls



POSTED: 12:41 pm EST March 31, 2005
UPDATED: 1:26 pm EST March 31, 2005


DOVER, N.H. -- Authorities say they believe a Maine man wanted on multiple rape charges may have fled to Virginia under an assumed name.

Bruce E. Tuttle, 57, wanted in the Dover area on 19 rape charges, took a bus from Barnstable, Mass., headed for Virginia Beach, Va., using the name Donald Hoyt, the Strafford County Attorney's office said. U.S. marshals converged on Virginia Beach on Tuesday and continued to check the area Wednesday.

Tuttle is charged with repeatedly assaulting at least two girls under the age of 13 between 1997 and 2002 in Rochester and Strafford. Indictments indicate he groped the victims and forced them to masturbate him.
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4334633/detail.html

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4334633/detail.html
Interesting article. Sounds like a lot of time and good old detective work is helping to track this guy down.

This quote from the article illustrates the main problem regarding sexual offenders:

"If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison."

With all of the victims he's alleged to have had, it is still only POSSIBLE that he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Even if it's probable, it's still not guaranteed. We know what he is, history has taught us what he is capable of, yet his defense attorney will come up with some ridiculous story to try to clear him or at least get him a reduced sentence.

There is no uniformity in the laws and there is no consistency in penalties imposed by the judges throughout the system. IMO, this is the first problem we have when trying to figure out why these guys are roaming the streets.

Hopefully, since this guy has absconded, he'll receive an appropriate sentence.

[richandfamous]

Authorities believe Tuttle, who mostly recently lived in Farmingdale, Maine, has been missing at least since he failed to appear at his March 21 arraignment.

I'd like to know why he is out of jail NOW?

[paulajaa]

thank god somebody out there agrees with me on this do you need some help

[lady-eowyn]

I just posted this over on the Jessica Lunsford forum but wanted to put it in this thread too. Since Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida is working on H.R. 1505 to change laws regarding sex offenders and keeping track of them I thought it might be a good idea to go over each state database and do a review...I plan on getting this information to Congresswoman Brown-Waite to see if it could have any impact on H.R. 1505 down the line...here's what I posted:

This is quite long...I have went to each state sex offender database (through www.sexoffender.com) and reviewed what information they make available on their site. I find some are a rather sad excuse for keeping the public informed on just who are sex offenders. I give thumbs up to those who choose to put maps on their sites, especially the ones who make it known how close in proximity schools are from the offender. My plans are to compile this information and use if it possible in helping lawmakers decide what can be done to make these sites more user friendly, have more information readily available to the public without having to jump through hoops (see South Dakota) and keeping our children safe!! If you see that I have missed something please feel free to add...or if you want to give a critique of your states site please do so. If I have indicated that a state has no online database and you know different please provide me with a link to that site. I still think we should have a national database


Alaska
Searchable by
Name
Address type (registered, employment, school, no address)
Address part
Zip code
City
Includes photo, offense and last updated date

Alabama
Searchable by:
Name
Zip Code
County
Includes photo, offense and a map to general area of offender’s location. Has separate database of offenders with no known address.

Arizona
Searchable by:
Name
Address
Zip Code
Absconder
Includes map of offenders in specific zip code, photos, offense, risk level, more detailed map on each offenders page including where schools and daycare centers are in close proximity to the offender, date last verified.

Arkansas
Searchable by:
Name
Street Name
City
County
State
Zip Code
Race
Sex
Risk Level
Includes photos, offense, risk level.


California
Searchable by:
Name
Address
City
Zip Code
County
Parks
Schools
Includes photos, offenses, map showing proximity to schools and parks, markings (scars, tattoos), aliases. Some addresses not subject to disclosure. If offender is in violation it is indicated with large red check by his/her entry and indicates on his/her page how long they have been in violation. (California also has specific county/city databases)

Colorado
Searchable by:
Name
City
Zip Code
Includes photos, categories under which offender falls (predator, in violation, multiple offenses etc), aliases

Connecticut
Searchable by:
Name
Town
Zip Code
Includes photos, aliases, markings, date registered, last date verified, offenses. Also has an additional “Out of State Offenders in Connecticut” database, which is not searchable and has only address information

Delaware
Searchable by:
Name
Out of state offenders
Geographic search (street name, development, city, county, zip code)
Includes option to view entire database, photos, employer, last verification of employer, county of employer, school county if enrolled, risk level, offenses, aliases


Florida
Searchable by:
Name
Address
City
County
Zip
Includes advanced search options which can be quite confusing, but allows you to filter out many things such as deceased offenders. Photos, aliases, date address entered, offenses, whether under supervision.

Georgia
Searchable by:
Name
City
Zip Code
County
Separate absconder search (by county)
Separate predator search (same search parameters as offender search)
Includes photo, markings, registration and conviction date, verification date

Hawaii
Searchable by:
Name
Street
Zip Code
Includes photos with date, conviction date, employer, vehicles, offenses

Idaho
Searchable by:
Name
Zip Code
County
Juvenile or adult database
Includes photo, offense, date of conviction

Illinois
Searchable by:
City
County
Zip
Name
Multiple parameters
Includes photo, offense, age of victim, aliases, indicates whether predator


Indiana
Searchable by:
Name
Alias
SS#
City
County
Includes description (some are pretty vague..ie “white male”), no address- just city and county, SS# DOB, offenses (but you have to look up the codes to know what they are), conviction date, sentence date

Iowa
Searchable by:
Name
City
County
Offender gender
Victim Gender
Race
Height
Weight
Age (approximate +/-3 yrs)
Hair color
Eye color
Conviction County
Includes photos, markings, offenses and conviction date, victim age and gender

Kansas
Searchable by:
Name
City
County
Zip Code
Absconder
Includes photo, offenses, date of registration, date of last known address, map of location (which also shows other offenders that are nearby)

Kentucky
Search parameters:
Name
City
County
Zip
Includes photos (but they weren’t coming up when I reviewed it), offenses, compliant or not, date last updated, aliases

Louisiana
Search parameters:
Name
School (if enrolled in college)
Zip Code (can include surrounding zips)
Parish
City
Includes photos, aliases, work address, date of conviction, offenses, date of registration and verification

Maine
Search parameters:
Name
City/Town
Zip Code (including varying miles radius of area)
Includes photos, convictions, employer, date of verification

Maryland
Search parameters:
Name (can be narrowed by offender type)
Zip Code (can be narrowed by offender type)
Those employed or enrolled at higher education institues
Out of state registrants
Includes photo, work address, offense, category, status, information contact

Massachusetts
Search parameters:
Name
County
City
Zip Code
Includes photo, work address, offenses, risk, level

Michigan
Search parameters:
Name
Age (estimated within 5 years)
Zip Code
Includes no photos, aliases, description, offenses

Minnesota
Search parameters:
(Level 3 offenders only)
Name
Zip
City
County
Includes photo (both front and profile), aliases, offenses

Missouri
Search parameters:
Not searchable
Includes HTML or PDF listing of offenders by name, county, zip code. Includes links to separate county pages. Information listed only includes name, address, # of charges and offenses

Mississippi
Search parameters:
Name
City
Zip Code
County
Includes photo, conviction date, offense, date address first registered

Montana
Search parameters:
County
City
Zip
Name
Offender type
Includes photo, alias, markings, offense info, date last updated, tier type, offender type

Nebraska
Search parameters:
Name
City
County
Zip
Includes photo, alias, date of registration, offense and conviction date, “known to frequent”, risk level

New Hampshire
Search parameters:
Name
Address
City
Zip
Includes photo, offenses and date of offenses, aliases

New Jersey
Search parameters:
Geographical
Individual search
Advanced search (combining parameters)
Vehicle license
Includes photo, aliases, markings, offenses and conviction info, MO

New Mexico
Search parameters:
Name
Zip
City
County
Absconder
Includes photo, aliases, date of registration, date of re-registration, markings, offense, employers address

New York
Search parameters
Name
County
Zip
Includes photo, map, offender type, conviction date, victim age, charges, employer, college, vehicle, offense description and MO (you must enter your name and address to do search)

North Carolina
Search parameters:
Name
Zip
City
County
Status
Includes photo, aliases, registration status and violations, markings, offense and conviction info

North Dakota
Search parameters:
Name
City
Zip
County
Alphabetical listing
Includes photo, conviction and offense info, registration info including expiration date and last verification date (allows you to view photos of varying dates of arrest if available)

Nevada
Search parameters:
Name
Zip
SS#
Vehicle license
Includes

Ohio
Search parameters:
Name
County
School District (within the county)
Zip Code
Includes photo (although they weren’t coming up when I checked it), markings, aliases, classification, offenses, maps for home address and work address if known

Oklahoma
Search parameters:
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
County
Includes photo, aliases, markings, registration status and dates, last verification date, offenses

Oregon
Search parameters:
No searchable state database...Benton Co, Yamhill Co and Marion Co all have databases, but not searchable

Pennsylvania
Search parameters:
Name
Alias
County
City
Zip
Includes photo, aliases, employer address, type of offense

Rhode Island
No searchable online database

South Carolina
Search parameters:
Name
City
County
Zip
Includes photo, aliases, markings, offense info

South Dakota
Search parameters:
None...SD only has dot density maps for cities and counties. Not even a list of names.

Tennessee
Search parameters:
Name
City
Zip Code
Includes photo, aliases, offense info, date of verification

Texas
Search parameters:
Name
City (must have Zip to use City search)
Zip
Includes photo, aliases, offense info, verification date, risk level if available

Utah
Search parameters:
Name
Zip
Includes photo, aliases, vehicle, offense info and target victims

Vermont
Search parameters:
Name
County
Includes photo, treatment status, offenses, date of conviction, whether wanted or not
(You must enter your name and address to search this site)

Virginia
Search parameters:
Zip
County
City
Name
Includes photo, aliases, work address, offense information, date of registration and re-registration

West Virginia
Search parameters:
Name
County
Includes photo, offense info, victim relation and age, address verified (but no date)

Washington State
Search parameters
County
City
Street
Name
Offense type
Includes photo, map (if more than 100 come up in search you will be asked to narrow it down by choosing a quadrant on the map), offense and level of offense, schools near offender. Also includes a list of offenders with no valid address

Wisconsin
Search parameters:
Name
Location (by Zip Code only)
Includes photo, aliases, offense info, registration status

Wyoming
Search parameters:
No searchable state database - listed by county, not searchable. Includes photo, aliases, offenses

[smile22]

im from ct and i do alot of searching on the sex offender website in my searches with missing children from ct. they also list under the name if the person failed to complie with address. every so often i dont know how many months or so,they are required to check in and verify all the nessisary stuff like addresses or change of addresses. if they dont it will show up in bold red under their name

[richandfamous]

OMG...I just watched a movie "The Woodsman" with Kevin Bacon. It's about this sex offender that gets outta prison after 12 years. Wouldn't you know Hollywood would see these predators as capable of redemption...the whole movie just made me angry and sick to my stomach. omg....Hollywood!!!! Idiots!!!
Here's the last sentence from a decription of the movie:

THE WOODSMAN, based on a play of the same name, is an unnerving, ultimately hopeful portrait of compulsion and hard-won redemption.

http://www.phase9.tv/movies/woodsman.shtml

There's also rumours of an Academy Award for Bacon....geesh!!!!!!

[RCOOKE]

OMG...I just watched a movie "The Woodsman" with Kevin Bacon. It's about this sex offender that gets outta prison after 12 years. Wouldn't you know Hollywood would see these predators as capable of redemption...the whole movie just made me angry and sick to my stomach. omg....Hollywood!!!! Idiots!!!

You have to remember that this is the same place where they say psychics solve so many crimes and there are cops who can work 72 hours straight on a case with no sleep. They are all about money and storylines, not portraying the truth.

[Grassyknoll2]

4/14/05

Roundup Nabs More Than 10,000 Fugitives


By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - More than 10,000 fugitives, many wanted for violent crimes, were rounded up over the past week in a coordinated nationwide effort led by U.S. marshals.







Officers from 960 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies took part in the concentrated search, which coincided with Crime Victims Rights Week, officials said. The dragnet caught 10,340 people, some of whom had two or more outstanding arrest warrants, Justice Department (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/ap/ap_on_go_ot/fugitive_roundup/14876027/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Justice%20Department%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw) officials said.



More than 150 who were arrested were wanted for murder, another 550 were sought on rape or sexual assault charges, and more than 600 had outstanding arrest warrants for armed robbery, officials said. Among those captured were 150 gang members and 100 unregistered sex offenders, they said.



One armed suspect was found beneath a trap door in his kitchen, they said.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Marshals Service director Ben Reyna were to announce details of the roundup later Thursday.

Codenamed "Operation Falcon," the dragnet was the largest ever in numbers of arrests and involved local, state and federal authorities, said Marshals Service spokesman David Turner.



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20050414/ap_on_go_ot/fugitive_roundup

[solosamtheman]

I know I keep bringing up the fact that America has 100,000 missing sexual offenders that haven't kept their agreement to stay registered.
Agreement? There is no agreement! Where did you get that idea? It is the law! And it is basically not enforceable. Because of the fact that most offenders have up to as much as 14 days to register. So, they could just keep moving or by the time they register they could have committed new offenses in other places. The law is based on good faith thinking. Did they show good faith when they did the deed that got them in trouble to start with? It is so easy to spend the rest of your life on the move that most of you would be shocked and horrified. When a sex offender moves, he does not have to tell the police where he is going if he doesn't have a place in mind. That would make it impossible to comply and at the same time police can't tell him he can't move. He has served his time and is free to go wherever he wishes. So you see, registries cannot work. It's feel good legislation at best. A false sense of well being is passed off to citizens and kids are getting hurt just as much as before they spent all the resources we give them on phony legislation. Ankle bracelets are too easy to circumvent. Now, you wanna hear something equally shocking? Many convicted sex offenders would willingly participate in a chemical castration program if they were given an opportunity but our lawmakers have decided that it would be "unfair" and not constitutional! Thats right folks, your tax dollars working hard for us all. In Israel, they experimented with such a program and offered the participants a chance at freedom. Here's what happened. Out of 100 participants, in 3 years only two had re-offended. One abscounded from his program and was caught and the other complained of side effects and was allowed to change his medication, but was only caught on a minor offense of voyourism. (peeping tom that takes pics) He was returned to prison to serve his original sentence of 50 years! Of the other 98, the ones that are still alive are productive members of their society with some making lasting contributions to their country such as the developement of nano-technology and the developement of the pentium-4 hyper-thread computer processor! Not to mention the arts and entertainment industry, and a wealth of understanding to the Israeli police in prosecuting such cases and investigating as well! And these were the most dangerous type of offenders! You wanna yell at your lawmakers now?

[Hammerized]

There's also rumours of an Academy Award for Bacon....geesh!!!!!!
Hollywood loved Roman Polanski, too- and he wasn't just acting. :(

[2sisters]

This thread and the Jessica Lunsford case prompted me to look at my counties sex offender registry and I was shocked to see that a sex offender ( arrested for touching a child for lustful purposes) lives blocks away from me and directley behind my young cousins and I never knew. I also found that 8 registered sex offenders are unaccounted for. Those unaccounted for were convicted of crimes against nature, rape, sexual battery, and touching of child ,mentally defective, incapacitated or physically helpless person for lustful purposes just to name a few. I do not care about the privacy or rights of a sex offender. They gave up their rights when they chose to rape and molest innocent children and women. There should be giant signs in their front yard advertising the fact that they are sex offenders and they should have some sort of tracking device on them so law enforcement always knows where they are.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

This thread and the Jessica Lunsford case prompted me to look at my counties sex offender registry...
I'm glad that so many people are becoming aware of these registries. I agree with you on your ideas of these people having no more rights. I think the tracking devices are good but critics argue that those can be removed. Ironically, that happened just yesterday. Here's a copy of a post I made on another thread. I'll transfer links as well in a minute:

Just on CNN, can't find any articles yet ...

Violent registered sex offender, Charles Philips, from Florida has removed his electronic monitoring device and cannot be located. His mother states that he is mentally unstable.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Absconder/Fugitive Information Detail (http://www.dc.state.fl.us/Absconder/detail.asp?Bookmark=3&From=list&SessionID=722362933)

(This information was current as of 4/24/05)

When I saw his photo on t.v., he appeared much older - short, graying hair; and much fuller in the face. I've not been able to find the photo online as of yet.

[2sisters]

I'm thinking more like an implanted computer chip of some sorts instead of an ankle bracelet to track sex offenders. I'll bet Charles Phillips mother or someone does know where he is.

[2sisters]

I just looked at the link you posted Jersygirl . Why in the world was he even out of jail with 2 counts of molesting against him. He has no business being on the streets. If there were stricter penalties( life in prison instead of 5 years for example) for this kind of behavior then Jessica Lunsford and many others would still be alive.

[Sheromom]

That guy is just SCAREY looking! Some sort of implants sounds good to me as well. :eek:

[Shadow205]

Here is a link for a more update picture of Charles Phillips.

http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sexual_predators/OffenderFlyer.asp?keys=342

Phillips has been located at a hotel in New York.

Phillips was on house arrest and that is why he was wearing the bracelet. It really is not a tracking device. It monitors and if the person wearing it gets a certain distance away from the base unit then an alarm goes off in the office where it is monitored.

By the way, this is the city, Port St. Lucie, where I was a Police Officer and just recently retired. They probably have the best system in place for keeping up with sex offenders then I have seen anywhere. We did weekly face to face checks with each and every registered sex offender. We also kept in close touch with the neighbors to keep up with concerns that they had concerning the offender. When we did our weekly checks we made note of any phsyical change in their appearance (hairstyle,facial hair ect.) and updated photos as needed. We also checked for all vehicles that the offender had access to.

A program like this is not that hard to do and was not a strain on manpower. Assign each officer so many that they are responsible for. Each offender check took about 10mins to complete. On average each officer was assigned 2-3 offenders at a time.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I just looked at the link you posted Jersygirl . Why in the world was he even out of jail with 2 counts of molesting against him. He has no business being on the streets. If there were stricter penalties( life in prison instead of 5 years for example) for this kind of behavior then Jessica Lunsford and many others would still be alive.
The link that Shadow provided above doesn't show crimes against children. And I think that the link that I originally provided showed two conviction dates but only one offense date. Maybe the second conviction was for probation violation?

Are those two links the same guy? There seems to be no way that the original photo can be the same guy 3 years ago!

[lady-eowyn]

They are not the same guy Jersey...the one Shadow posted was St. Lucie County...the one you posted was Pinellas, with convictions in Monroe and Hillsborough. Shadow's was convicted of sexual battery...yours was lewd and lacivious w/ victim under 16. I'm not sure which one you saw on CNN....but either way we have two Charles Phillips in Florida who have absconded (and a Carl Phillips too!!)

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

They are not the same guy Jersey...the one Shadow posted was St. Lucie County...the one you posted was Pinellas, with convictions in Monroe and Hillsborough. Shadow's was convicted of sexual battery...yours was lewd and lacivious w/ victim under 16. I'm not sure which one you saw on CNN....but either way we have two Charles Phillips in Florida who have absconded (and a Carl Phillips too!!)
Shadow's guy was the one on CNN.

P.S. Trying to update what I posted on other threads:

Missing violent sex offender from CA:

Frederick McLean - considered armed & dangerous.

[mysteriew]

New Your has btought up something else to consider. Current sex offenders are typically only on the database for 10 yrs. After that they drop off.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/303384p-259697c.html

[Rocky]

hi everyone, just wanted to check in and give everyone an update on
ProjectORN.com...

about a month ago, we brought up the info site to let the world know what we are doing...

our head of operations went up to Sacramento a few weeks ago to meet with Law enforcement, they were all very excited about what we have put together. A few of our Governors lobbyist were there and had a chaqnce to see what we are working on, they were going to see what they could do immediately on getting a Nationwide registration system approved...

a couple nights ago on channel 8 news, I saw the ticker scroll across...

the department of Justice has approved to move forward with a Nationwide sexual offender registration system...


we haven't heard from anyone yet, so they might have decided to move forward with their own system instead of ours, but it's finally happening...

Project ORN was origionally planned for hunting down missing sexual offenders, when we realized over 100,000 were missing we realized how enormous this task is... If the DoJ takes the front end, it will allow us to create the bounty hunting system for getting the public involved in helping to track down the serious offenders with a reward for helping...

I'm getting ready to auction an artifact to help cover operation expenses... more info over on the ProjectORN website...



Matlock's Rock


ancient truth washed ashore, last resting place
visions and dreams, wind blowing in my face

predator perched on the mountain peak
watching for young prey, innocent and weak
playful monkeys run out from under trees
drawn to the water, inviting warm breeze

chilling shadow soaring across the waves
it’s home lies deep inside the cold dark caves
young chimps, shrieks of terror and fear
mother looks up, on her cheek forms a tear

the gem that sparked her life, so cute and funny
tumbling through the home, far sweeter than honey
teachers whisper of her heartbreaking tale
warned to watch the kids, sadly she did fail

the truth I now hold, from the beginning of time
reminds of a small spirit without justice for the crime
maybe this is the world’s first unsolved case
child taken by a beast, disappeared without a trace..

this artifact will make the difference Matlock grunted
Project ORN where the predators, become the hunted…


Copyright ©2005 Rocky

[Rocky]

New Your has btought up something else to consider. Current sex offenders are typically only on the database for 10 yrs. After that they drop off.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/303384p-259697c.html


the sad thing is 45% of sexual offenders strike again within 15 years....

[Rocky]

This is quite long...I have went to each state sex offender database (through www.sexoffender.com) and reviewed what information they make available on their site. I find some are a rather sad excuse for keeping the public informed on just who are sex offenders. I give thumbs up to those who choose to put maps on their sites, especially the ones who make it known how close in proximity schools are from the offender. My plans are to compile this information and use if it possible in helping lawmakers decide what can be done to make these sites more user friendly, have more information readily available to the public without having to jump through hoops (see South Dakota) and keeping our children safe!! If you see that I have missed something please feel free to add...or if you want to give a critique of your states site please do so. If I have indicated that a state has no online database and you know different please provide me with a link to that site. I still think we should have a national database


you are an angel, this was one of my projects for this week....


thank you soo much for your help...

[Rocky]

Wyoming and South Dakota have no online system, I think we should let all the sexual offenders know they can go there to hide...

of course if they touch a child in either state, justice is swift, no court, no trial...

just lead poisoning and lots of lumps...

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Wyoming and South Dakota have no online system, I think we should let all the sexual offenders know they can go there to hide...Now I'm confused. From an article I posted on the "Jessica's Law" thread yesterday:

USATODAY.com - State-by-state sex offender registries to go online (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-20-offender_x.htm?csp=34)

State-by-state information on sex offenders will be available on a new Internet site run by the federal government, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Friday.

Participation by states is voluntary, and the Justice Department said it hopes to have the site up and running within two months.

The announcement was being made to coincide with National Missing Children's Day.

The site won't provide any information not already made available on the Internet by 48 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. But it will be designed to allow someone to do a national search to determine whether an individual who has been convicted in one state has moved to another...

But different rules apply (from state to state) as to what information can be accessed.

In Florida, for example, state officials this week expanded the area that residents can check, up to a five-mile radius from their home or school. For years, the search could only encompass the same zip code...

Oregon and Rhode Island do not publish the names of sex offenders on the Internet.

************************************************** ********

Am I misunderstanding something, is one of us wrong or are there FOUR states with no online registries?

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

This might help although I don't know how old this information is:

Parents for Megan's Law: Message from the Director (http://www.parentsformeganslaw.com/html/message.lasso)

(22) States Don't Require Active Community Notification
(21) States DO NOT Include ALL Offenders On Registries
(5) States Don't Have Internet Registries
(2) States Won't Allow Anonymous Access On Their Registry
(33) States Register Juveniles and 20 Notify
(27) States Do not have a call-in number to access the registry (1 charges $10.00)
(28) States Do not have civil commitment laws to keep sexual violent predators confined

[Rocky]

Now I'm confused. From an article I posted on the "Jessica's Law" thread yesterday:

USATODAY.com - State-by-state sex offender registries to go online (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-20-offender_x.htm?csp=34)

State-by-state information on sex offenders will be available on a new Internet site run by the federal government, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Friday.

Participation by states is voluntary, and the Justice Department said it hopes to have the site up and running within two months.

The announcement was being made to coincide with National Missing Children's Day.

The site won't provide any information not already made available on the Internet by 48 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. But it will be designed to allow someone to do a national search to determine whether an individual who has been convicted in one state has moved to another...

But different rules apply (from state to state) as to what information can be accessed.

In Florida, for example, state officials this week expanded the area that residents can check, up to a five-mile radius from their home or school. For years, the search could only encompass the same zip code...

Oregon and Rhode Island do not publish the names of sex offenders on the Internet.

************************************************** ********

Am I misunderstanding something, is one of us wrong or are there FOUR states with no online registries?

you're right, those two don't have online registries, but their court system still feel it's a crime for killing someone that hurt your child...

temporary insanity laws aren't the same.... ;)

[Rocky]

This might help although I don't know how old this information is:

Parents for Megan's Law: Message from the Director (http://www.parentsformeganslaw.com/html/message.lasso)

(22) States Don't Require Active Community Notification
(21) States DO NOT Include ALL Offenders On Registries
(5) States Don't Have Internet Registries
(2) States Won't Allow Anonymous Access On Their Registry
(33) States Register Juveniles and 20 Notify
(27) States Do not have a call-in number to access the registry (1 charges $10.00)
(28) States Do not have civil commitment laws to keep sexual violent predators confined

I haven't been able to find any more information on the kfmb website about what they were talking about thursday night, but from what I understand, it is a National registration system for offenders to go in and register on...

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I haven't been able to find any more information on the kfmb website about what they were talking about thursday night, but from what I understand, it is a National registration system for offenders to go in and register on...
I thought you were referring to the consolidated state information that will be accessible from a federal site. :waitasec:

[Rocky]

I thought you were referring to the consolidated state information that will be accessible from a federal site. :waitasec:


it was only a couple minutes they were talking about it and didn't go into a lot of details, can anyone find any info confirming what DoJ just approved?

I'm going to go nuts on Monday if we get a call that the $2 Million is approved to move forward with our system...

[mysteriew]

An update to Ohio's sex offenders registration:

In September, Governor Taft ordered a review of Megan's Law by establishing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Task Force. As a result of recommendations made by the Task Force, Senator Jeff Jacobson, who sponsored Ohio's original Megan's Law, has introduced Senate Bill 5 to enact some of those recommendations into law.

Among the changes being considered is strengthening the classification system to reflect the fact that all sex offenders present a danger to society and to ensure that information about them should be open to the public. The committee that will review this bill plans to begin hearings as soon as next week.

To ensure that law enforcement is able to comply with Megan's Law, the Senate is also considering Senate Bill 9. This legislation would allow sheriffs to charge a registration fee for sex offenders in an effort to help defray the growing administrative and executive costs associated with the registration and community notification procedures.

http://www.wclt.com/news/special/politics6257.html

[mysteriew]

I have been looking for info on Ohio's sex offender laws and finally found a summary

http://www.crimevictimservices.org/victimrights/index/ohiolaws/sexoffenders/sexoffenders.html

By the way for Ohio residents this site contains a lot of info on Ohio crime victim services/laws and etc.

Assault
Burglary
Child
Domestic Violence
Elderly
Gay & Lesbian
Homicide
Identity Theft
Robbery
Sexual Assault
Stalking
Others

http://www.crimevictimservices.org/

[lady-eowyn]

but I find this appalling!!

N.Y. Audit Shows Sex Offenders Get Viagra

ALBANY, N.Y. - Scores of convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in New York have been getting Viagra paid by Medicaid for the last five years, the state's comptroller said Sunday.

Audits by Comptroller Alan Hevesi's office showed that between January 2000 and March 2005, 198 sex offenders in New York received Medicaid-reimbursed Viagra after their convictions. Those included crimes against children as young as 2 years old, he said.


http://start.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20050523/42915540_3421_1334520050523-691332980

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

but I find this appalling!!

N.Y. Audit Shows Sex Offenders Get Viagra

ALBANY, N.Y. - Scores of convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in New York have been getting Viagra paid by Medicaid for the last five years, the state's comptroller said Sunday.

Audits by Comptroller Alan Hevesi's office showed that between January 2000 and March 2005, 198 sex offenders in New York received Medicaid-reimbursed Viagra after their convictions. Those included crimes against children as young as 2 years old, he said.


http://start.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20050523/42915540_3421_1334520050523-691332980
WHAT????????? No wonder we have so many sickos ... our system is messed up from every frickin' angle!!! Good grief, now I've heard it all. These guys are getting Viagra reimbursed while some senior citizens are forced to eat cat food to be able to afford their medications! Someone fix this - PLEASE! :doh: :doh: :doh:

[Rocky]

I know New Orleans has a lot on it's mind right now with rebuilding, but for all the shelters that evacuees have fled to, is anyone watching for the 1375 registered sex offenders that are now missing?

the stories that came out in the first few days of children being raped and murdered in the shelters was outrageous.

does anyone know if anything is being done to track them down and keep them seperated from others?

[SewingDeb]

I know New Orleans has a lot on it's mind right now with rebuilding, but for all the shelters that evacuees have fled to, is anyone watching for the 1375 registered sex offenders that are now missing?

the stories that came out in the first few days of children being raped and murdered in the shelters was outrageous.

does anyone know if anything is being done to track them down and keep them seperated from others?

Rocky,
I think they're just gone. Court records are missing, etc.

[Rocky]

I was hoping when I first read they are gone, they were the ones washed out to sea...

the state database is still online...


I'm just hoping these churches and communities helping out around the country giving shelter are checking backgrounds on the ones they get feelings are "creepy guys"...

[SewingDeb]

I was hoping when I first read they are gone, they were the ones washed out to sea...

the state database is still online...


I'm just hoping these churches and communities helping out around the country giving shelter are checking backgrounds on the ones they get feelings are "creepy guys"...

I hope so, too. There was already one case where distant relatives took in an evacuee from Katrina and he raped their daughter that night.

[Mel1024]

What does crime against nature
mean on the sex registry in New Orleans
Does anyone know?

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

What does crime against nature
mean on the sex registry in New Orleans
Does anyone know?Here is what I have found. I hope this helps:

14:89. Crime against nature (from Louisiana Criminal Code) (http://www.sodomy.org/laws/louisiana/sodomy.html)

14:89. Crime against nature



A. Crime against nature is:

(1) The unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex or with an animal, except that anal sexual intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nature when done under any of the circumstances described in R.S. 14:41, 14:42, 14:42.1 or 14:43. Emission is not necessary; and, when committed by a human being with another, the use of the genital organ of one of the offenders of whatever sex is sufficient to constitute the crime.

(2) The solicitation by a human being of another with the intent to engage in any unnatural carnal copulation for compensation. B. Whoever violated the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

What does crime against nature
mean on the sex registry in New Orleans
Does anyone know?And another link:

Crime Against Nature (http://www.thelawencyclopedia.com/term/crime_against_nature)

n. an oldfashioned term for sodomy (anal sexual intercourse), which has been a crime in most states. Several states have removed consensual anal intercourse between consenting adults from the crime. However, in Indiana an ex-wife insisted on a criminal charge of sodomy being filed against her former husband, even though the act was consensual and during their marriage; he was convicted. The term is also applied to sexual intercourse between a human and an animal (bestiality), which is a crime in most states.

[JrZyChris]

The term is also applied to sexual intercourse between a human and an animal (bestiality), which is a crime in most states.
:sick: This one continues to baffle me.

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

:sick: This one continues to baffle me.You know what really baffles me about that? That's it's a crime in MOST states. Most??? Not all??? :waitasec:

[Masterj]

You know what really baffles me about that? That's it's a crime in MOST states. Most??? Not all??? :waitasec:
I know it isn't a crime in Washington. I recently read an article about a man who died of injuries he sustained while having sex with a horse. Apparently he was a visitor at a camp for those interested in beastiality. :sick:

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I know it isn't a crime in Washington. I recently read an article about a man who died of injuries he sustained while having sex with a horse. Apparently he was a visitor at a camp for those interested in beastiality. :sick:Wow, how sick that there's enough interest in that to create a camp. :sick:

If something as bizarre as this is not illegal in all states, then I don't have much hope for us ever gettting any real control over sexual crimes. :(