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Court upholds housing restrictions for sex offenders
July 30, 2005, Sioux City Journal | Submitted by thepar
Written By Charlotte Eby
Article Overview
Local officials around the state of Iowa say they are gearing up for the complicated task of enforcing a law that bans sex offenders and others who have committed crimes against children from living within 2,000 feet of a school or day care center. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that the proximity law was constitutional
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Police: Sex offender zeroes in on girl in local store
July 28, 2005, nbc4i.com | Submitted by steve
Article Overview
Steven Wayne George allegedly exposed himself to a 11-year-old girl at a Wal-Mart. George, who was on parole, is a registered, habitual sex offender, convicted of gross sexual imposition with a minor in 1990 and 1996. Two teenagers said George was lingering in the girls' department of the store and tried to approach them but they got away.
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Sex offender controversy
July 28, 2005, WRIC | Submitted by steve
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Flyers with a picture and address of convicted child molester Robert Davis has been taken from the Virginia Sex Offender Registry and posted in the Smoketree and Stonehenge neighborhoods in Chesterfield County.
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Local sex offender fighting to outlaw sex offender Web sites
July 28, 2005, WFTV.com | Submitted by dp1
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A Seminole County, Florida sex offender is trying to start a nationwide movement to outlaw sex offender websites and to do away with the 1,000-foot buffer zones near schools.
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Sex offender jailed for manslaughter
July 27, 2005, Ireland Online | Submitted by steve
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A convicted Louth sex offender has been jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a 57-year-old man whom he claimed sexually molested his girlfriend while they slept rough on a Dublin street.
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Kidnapping suspect, girl spotted in Mexico
July 25, 2005, 10News.com | Submitted by steve
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Investigators believe an 8-year-old Nevada girl, Lydia Rupp, believed to have been kidnapped Friday by a convicted sex offender, may have travelled through San Diego County. The lead comes from the mother of accused kidnapper Fernando Aguerro.
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Supreme Court: Sex offender should have told police of job change
July 25, 2005, Grand Forks Herald | Submitted by steve
Written By Dale Wetzel
Article Overview
North Dakota law requires sex offenders to inform police if they get another job, even if they haven't changed homes, the state Supreme Court ruled.
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Idaho officials find car of sex offender
July 25, 2005, The Washington Post | Submitted by admin
Written By John K. Wiley
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Authorities have found a car belonging to John R. Tuggle, a registered sex offender who is on the run from allegations that he repeatedly stabbed his 12-year-old daughter and left her for dead, Shoshone County Sheriff Chuck Reynalds said.
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Rapist strikes for 10th time; attacks women home alone
July 23, 2005, The Arizona Republic | Submitted by Silverthorne
Written By Jack Gillum
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Police in Phoenix, Arizona are once again asking for the public's help in identifying a serial rapist who authorities say claimed his 10th and latest victim on Friday.
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Arrests may be first for sex offender law
July 23, 2005, DesMoinesRegister.com | Submitted by steve
Written By Frank Santiago
Article Overview
A Marshall County man and woman have been arrested under a new Iowa state law that makes it illegal for a sex offender to live with single women who have children at home. Officials said Dale R. Baker Jr., 28, and Darel Jo Owen, 37, might be the first in the state charged under the law, which went into effect July 1. Both have been charged with child endangerment.
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High-risk sex offender leaves island, moves to the Cape
July 23, 2005, The Inquirer and Mirror | Submitted by steve
Written By Jason Graziadei
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A level-three sex offender who registered his residence and employment on Nantucket last week has left the island, police said yesterday.
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Father sought in girl's stabbing
July 22, 2005, Denver Post | Submitted by Renunciation
Written By Felisa Cardona
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John Rollins Tuggle, a Colorado sex offender suspected of repeatedly stabbing his 12-year-old daughter and leaving her for dead in the Idaho wilderness, is on the run from the law.
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Rensselaer D.A. starts sex offender Web site
July 21, 2005, Bennington Banner | Submitted by admin
Written By Jessica York
Article Overview
The new Rensselaer County Megan's Law Coalition Sex Offender Registry (Rensselaer County, New York) at http://www.rensco.com/sor.htm helps county residents zero in on level-three (the highest level offender) and level-two offenders in nearby communities.
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Idaho joins new National Sex Offender Registry
July 20, 2005, KBCI 2 | Submitted by admin
Written By Scott Logan
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Idaho is among 22 states, including Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the West, that today were included in a new national sex offender registry Web site. Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne says the new federal Internet site will make it easier to keep track of sex offenders.
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National sex offender Web site launched
July 20, 2005, Washington Times | Submitted by steve
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The U.S. Justice Department launched its online National Sex Offender Public Registry site today at nsopr.gov, allowing users to perform a single search of the sex offender registries of 22 states simultaneously. According to the Justice Department, data from the remaining state public sex offender registries are expected to be added to the NSOPR within six months.
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Attorney general seeks tougher sex offender law
July 18, 2005, Ledger-Enquirer | Submitted by steve
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Alabama Attorney General Troy King is wearing an electronic ankle bracelet to promote legislation that would require those who commit the most violent sex crimes against children to wear electronic monitors for at least 10 years after their release from prison.
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State sex offender tracking system called a disaster
July 18, 2005, King5.com | Submitted by steve
Written By Eric Wilkinson
Article Overview
Six years and 50 million dollars after it began, a plan to update state corrections computers might have to be scrapped. The system tracks Washington's felons and sex offenders, and as KING 5's Eric Wilkinson reports, it's being called a disaster.
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Duncan's last year on the loose: Sex offender's big fall began with a trip to the lake
July 17, 2005, In-Forum | Submitted by steve
Written By Dave Forster
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As Minnesota's lake country stirred awake on July 3, 2004, the children of Detroit Lakes had good reason to run outside. It was here that Joseph Edward Duncan III allegedly molested an 6-year-old boy and tried to molest a 6-year-old boy.
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Florida halts sex offender racy reading
July 17, 2005, The Washington Post | Submitted by steve
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Authorities in Florida are sending convicted sex offenders to jail for violating the terms of their probation by having men's magazines such as Maxim.
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Mustard Seeds: Sex-offender plan too zany
July 17, 2005, cantonrep.com | Submitted by admin
Written By Rick Senften
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North Canton, Ohio has proposed banning convicted sex predators from within a mile of any school, public park or public pool. The author questions the logic of the proposal.
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Sex offender escapes hospital
July 17, 2005, WPVI | Submitted by admin
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Delaware State Police are looking for two patients who escaped from the Delaware State Hospital in New Castle Saturday night, including registered sex offender Gary Welch. Welch had been at the hospital for 23 years.
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Sex offender seeks way out of prison sentence
July 16, 2005, HeraldNet | Submitted by steve
Written By Jim Haley
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A Bothell, Washington man who participated in videotaping teenagers having sex will get a chance to prove he's eligible for a special sentencing alternative that would allow him to get treatment and keep him out of prison.
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Legislature refuses to pass sex offender bills
July 16, 2005, Daily Press | Submitted by admin
Written By Kathleen Stinson
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Assemblywoman Sharon Runner says she is frustrated with the California Legislature's inability to pass tough, new sex offender laws and plans to offer an initiative to address the problem. According to Runner, more than a dozen bills were introduced by Republicans to protect the public from sex offenders were killed in the past legislative session, but Democrats didn't want them to pass.
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Sex offender Web site to be discussed
July 16, 2005, AberdeenNews.com | Submitted by steve
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A statewide Web site that would include information about registered sex offenders will likely be one of issues to be tackled by the 2006 South Dakota Legislature, state lawmaker Sen. Lee Schoenbeck said.
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Sheriff's office offers maps on sex offenders
July 15, 2005, WXII12.com | Submitted by steve
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Though the state of North Carolina publishes the names and addresses of registered sex offenders on the Web, the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office now makes maps available at sheriff's office that show where sex offenders live.
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Idaho may join national sex offender registry
July 13, 2005, KBCI 2 | Submitted by steve
Written By Thanh Tan
Article Overview
On May 20, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced the Dept. of Justice would launch a centralized web site within 60 days that would contain a database of registered sex offenders from individual state web sites. The goal is to get at least 20 states to be volunteer participants, and Idaho may be part of that inaugural group.
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Sex offender parole reform bill moves forward
July 13, 2005, American Chronicle | Submitted by admin
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California Assemblyman John J. Benoit’s (R-Palm Desert) legislation aimed at preventing the reoccurrence of many of the problems associated with the release of paroled convicted sex offenders was approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee.
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Parole board won't release sex offender
July 13, 2005, The Daily Herald | Submitted by admin
Written By Michael Rigert
Article Overview
Child sex abuse survivor Ashley White and her mother, Susan, are pleased a Utah state board denied the girl's grandfather, Eugene H. Swensen, parole and instead ordered he spend at least three more years behind bars.
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Loophole in state’s sex-offender notification law has officials concerned
July 13, 2005, Reno Gazette-Journal | Submitted by steve
Written By Jaclyn O'Malley
Article Overview
A man with 69 convictions for sexually abusing children in California has raised concerns among Nevada officials about a loophole in the state’s sex offender community notification law. 74-year-old Robert Lee Wurgaft, doesn’t have to legally provide an address because he’s no longer on parole and is essentially homeless, authorities said.
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Ex-deputy not forced to register as sex offender
July 13, 2005, News Journal | Submitted by admin
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A 41-year-old former Trinity County, Texas sheriff's deputy, Travis Wayne Rowe, who had a sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl is not required to register as a sex offender as part of his plea bargain with prosecutors.
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UNCP fires sex offender who taught swimming class
July 13, 2005, Wilmington Star | Submitted by steve
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A registered child sex offender named William Sequioa Carter taught a swimming class at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke before he was discovered by mothers with young children in the course. According to Chancellor Allen Meadors, background checks are conducted for certain employees but not students and faculty members.
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Sex offender saw porn flick near day care
July 12, 2005, Sentinel & Enterprise | Submitted by admin
Written By J.J. Huggins
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Police found Level 3 sex offender David James Wright watching pornography in a van parked near a day-care center Friday morning. A female neighbor called police after seeing the man.
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Police step up hunt for serial sex offender
July 12, 2005, The Age | Submitted by admin
Written By Julia Medew
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Police have intensified their search for a serial sex offender targeting women in Melbourne, Australia's northern and eastern suburbs. They are seeking information on a man whom they believe has sexually assaulted at least seven women over the past two months.
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Sex offender linked to 2003 case?
July 12, 2005, CBS News | Submitted by admin
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It's being called a long shot, but police in Minnesota say they're looking into whether convicted sex offender Joseph Duncan may be involved in the 2003 disappearance of 5-year-old LeeAnna Warner.
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Young sex offenders turned around by home-based aid program
July 11, 2005, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Submitted by steve
Written By Lillian Thomas
Article Overview
A program for juvenile sex offenders run by the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic keeps offenders in their homes and runs on the assumption that children are not miniature adults and that most first-time juvenile offenders will not become adult sex criminals. The program is a collaboration between mental health professionals and county juvenile probation officers who handle sex offenders.
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Pedophile-free zones gain popularity
July 11, 2005, Asbury Park Press | Submitted by admin
Written By Nicholas Clunn and Rodney Point-du-Jour
Article Overview
Pedophile-free zones are gaining popularity in localities across the U.S. Some see the sex offender proximity laws as a way to protect children, but others argue that they could have unintended consequences.
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Boys left with pedophile
July 10, 2005, Sunday Mail | Submitted by steve
Written By David Murray
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The Child Safety Department (Queensland) has admitted it made a mistake in leaving three boys in the same home as a man charged with child sex offenses. Two of the boys have told police they were abused by the man after the state department brushed off warnings they were in danger.
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New law posts sex offenders online
July 09, 2005, FOXNews.com | Submitted by steve
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Beginning next month, sheriff's offices across Missouri will be able to post pictures of convicted sex offenders in their communities on the Internet. Gov. Matt Blunt signed into law legislation allowing law enforcement to include the pictures on department web sites.
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Satellite system will track sex offenders in San Diego County
July 09, 2005, San Diego Union Tribune | Submitted by steve
Written By Dana Littlefield
Article Overview
More than half of San Diego County, California's known high-risk sex offenders will soon be fitted with a transmitter that uses GPS (global positioning) technology to track their every move. Satellite technology will track the wearers' whereabouts and parole officers, police and sheriff's deputies will monitor their locations to see if these offenders enter into prohibited areas.
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Audit: Michigan sex offender registries contain inaccurate data
July 08, 2005, Detroit Free Press | Submitted by admin
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Michigan's sex offender registries contain inaccurate and incomplete information that may give the public a false sense of security, according to a state audit just released.
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Cops watched sex offender's blog
July 08, 2005, Wired News | Submitted by admin
Written By Kevin Poulsen
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Law enforcement agents tracking then-fugitive sex offender Joseph Duncan had been carefully monitoring the suspect's weblog "Blogging the Fifth Nail" in the hopes that he would reveal his whereabouts, officials told Wired News this week.
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Florida company to build, run Arizona sex offender prison
July 07, 2005, The Business Journal of Phoenix | Submitted by admin
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Arizona will be getting a new 1,000-bed sex offender prison designed, built and operated by Correctional Services Corp., the company said Thursday. The facility for adult male, medium risk sex offenders is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2006.
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Long road ahead for 8-year-old Idaho survivor
July 07, 2005, MSNBC | Submitted by steve
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For 8-year-old Shasta Groene, the terror is behind her. What's ahead for the little girl with the shy smile is anyone's guess.
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State doesn't need dangerous act to confine sex predators
July 07, 2005, Janesville Gazette | Submitted by steve
Written By Todd Richmond
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Sexually violent offenders who have their prison releases revoked can be committed to mental hospitals even if their new offenses weren't overtly sexual, the Wisconsin state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Sweep nets 9 San Antonio area sex offenders
July 07, 2005, KSAT12 | Submitted by admin
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Authorities recently arrested nine San Antonio area sex offenders during a sweep in Bexar County, Texas. Seven were arrested for failure to register and two were arrested for parole violations.
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Cops: Duncan killed family, kidnapped kids
July 07, 2005, Bonner County Daily Bee | Submitted by steve
Written By Dave Turner
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Joseph Edward Duncan III committed the triple homicide and child abductions near Wolf Lodge Bay, Idaho, authorities said Wednesday.
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Legislator moves to close loophole in sex offender laws
July 07, 2005, WFTS ABC Action News | Submitted by steve
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Following the murders of Jessica Lunsford and Sarah Lunde, Florida lawmakers rushed to crack down on sex offenders, but due to a loophole they created, they gave protection to sex offender and former Hillsborough County deputy, James Beacham.
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Ex-con charged with assault in library
July 07, 2005, The Macomb Daily | Submitted by steve
Written By Norb Franz
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Convicted child molester Kou Xiong is back in Michigan to face charges that he sexually assaulted a girl inside a Warren, Michigan library in March. Xiong, a resident of Warren, was jailed in lieu of $500,000 bond.
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Multi-state alert out for registered sex offender
July 07, 2005, KTHV | Submitted by admin
Written By Monika Rued
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A Pine Bluff, Arkansas police spokesman says is asking anyone with information on his whereabouts of 69-year-old convicted level three registered sex offender Doyle Holt Sr. to contact the police. Holt has a warrant for rape and sexual indecency with a child, with more charged likely to follow.
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Washington state evaluation of Duncan found no evidence he would reoffend
July 06, 2005, Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Submitted by steve
Written By Rachel la Corte
Article Overview
Washington state could have tried to keep a convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III off the streets, but an evaluation upon his release five years ago found there wasn't enough evidence he would reoffend. Even though court records show that he talked about raping multiple children from the time he was 12, a psychological review in 2000 found that while Duncan was a high risk offender, there was no pattern to indicate that civil proceedings, as allowed under the Community Protection Act passed in 1990, should be requested in order to authorize involuntary commitment.
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Bill to save sex crime victims from taking stand at retrial
July 05, 2005, ABC Online | Submitted by steve
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The South Australian Opposition has signalled the introduction of new legislation to prevent victims of sexual crimes from being compelled to repeat evidence at a retrial.
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Grandfather charged in rape of toddler
July 05, 2005, WBNS-10TV | Submitted by steve
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A grandfather appeared in court Tuesday, where he was officially charged in the rape of his 2-year-old granddaughter.
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Dru Sjodin's mother says support needed for tough sex offender laws
July 05, 2005, AberdeenNews.com | Submitted by admin
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Linda Walker, the mother of slain University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin, says people need to support lawmakers who are trying to pass legislation to better track sex offenders.
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Police target sex offender living near school
July 05, 2005, channelcincinnati.com | Submitted by admin
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Prosecutors filed a lawsuit targeting Kirk Becker, one of 475 sex offenders in Hamilton County, Ohio who are living closer to schools than allowed by law. Becker lives 920 feet from a school, and acccording to officials his apartment's proximity violates the 1,000-foot regulation. Becker has insisted that the measurement is a mistake and has asked to compensated if forced to move.
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Papers: Duncan molested Idaho siblings
July 05, 2005, FOXNews.com | Submitted by steve
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Joseph Edward Duncan III, the sex offender who stands charged with kidnapping Idaho siblings Dylan and Shasta Grone, repeatedly molested both children, according to 8-year-old Shasta's account of her ordeal.
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Alleged Internet chat leads to arrest
July 05, 2005, WAVY.com | Submitted by admin
Written By Niche Herman
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A Chester, Virginia man is accused of using the Internet to set up a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl. According to the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office, the man contacted a detective posing as a 13-year-old female on the Internet last week.
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Program tracks offenders
July 03, 2005, Fredericksburg.com | Submitted by steve
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Police in Virginia are hoping SOAP (Sex Offender Accountability Program) can help clean up the state's sex-offender registry. The program, which was tested recently in Chesterfield County, is designed to help more closely monitor Virginia's registered sex offenders by having police verify that the residence listed for each offender is correct.
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Convicted sex offender freed because of computer error
July 03, 2005, TheIowaChannel.com | Submitted by steve
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A three-time convicted sex offender was released from prison because of a computer error that miscalculated his release date. Now, Robert William Sirovy is in jail again, charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a Mahaska County teenager.
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Sex offender caught in Catch-22
July 02, 2005, heraldtribune.com | Submitted by admin
Written By Michael A. Scarella
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When Florida authorities found out that Robert Preston Carr, a registered sex offender, lived near a playground, they gave him two weeks to move out of his Tampa home. Carr ended up on the street and was arrested this week for not having a "verifiable address", required by state laws designed to keep tabs on sex offenders.
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Missing Idaho child found at Coeur d'Alene restaurant
July 02, 2005, Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Submitted by admin
Written By Nicholas K. Geranios
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8-year-old Shasta Groene, who disappeared with her brother in May from a home where family members were bludgeoned to death was found Saturday at a Denny's restaurant with a registered sex offender. Her brother Dylan is still missing. 42-year-old Joseph Edward Duncan III, of Fargo, N.D., was charged with kidnapping and was being held without bond.
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N.C. court says out-of-state sex offender must register
July 01, 2005, Tuscaloosa News | Submitted by steve
Written By Estes Thompson
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Sex offenders who move to North Carolina from another state must register with local sheriffs, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in reversing a lower court opinion that had been challenged by the state's attorney general.
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Thousands removed from Iowa sex offender registry
July 01, 2005, KIMT NewsChannel 3 | Submitted by steve
Written By Anthony Welsch
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Ten years ago they were put on Iowa's Sex Offender Registry as part of their sentence. As of today, about 2000 of those sex offenders completed their time and were cut from the list.
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