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Sex Offender / Sex Crime News - Featured Articles, October, 2005
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N.D. joins sex offender registry
October 19, 2005, In-Forum | Submitted by steve
Written By Janell Cole
Article Overview
North Dakota is now participating in the U.S. Justice Department’s National Sex Offender Public Registry Web site.
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Brownie leader arrested, jailed on sex charges
October 16, 2005, Watertown Daily Times | Submitted by Renunciation
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A 38-year-old Brownie leader in Massena, New York was jailed after being charged by village police with having sexual contact with four girls.
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Sexual predators lose an outlet
October 12, 2005, Wired News | Submitted by steve
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Yahoo has agreed to bar chat rooms that promote sex between minors and adults, the attorneys general of New York and Nebraska announced Wednesday. The agreement calls for the ISP to remove and bar the posting of user-created chat rooms with names that promote sex between children and adults.
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Allegations of Vikings sexual misconduct aboard boats
October 11, 2005, Minneapolis Star Tribune | Submitted by Navigatr1
Written By David Chanen
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Authorities are investigating whether Minnesota Vikings players were involved in allegations of criminal sexual conduct on charter boats Thursday on Lake Minnetonka.
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Police officer ordered to register as sex offender
October 09, 2005, 10News.com | Submitted by steve
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Brett Kenneth Hensley, 36, a former San Diego police officer whose home computer contained child pornography and explicit e-mails to a girl, was sentenced Friday to five years' probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender.Brett Kenneth Hensley.
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Yonkers considers sex-offender restrictions
October 09, 2005, TheJournalNews.com | Submitted by admin
Written By Michael Gannon
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Yonkers, New York Council President Richard Martinelli and Majority Leader Liam McLaughlin have introduced legislation to a council committee that would bar Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from living or traveling within a quarter mile of day-care centers, schools, school bus stops and parks. Currently, there are no restrictions in Yonkers on where sex offenders can live.
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Arkansas joins National Sex-Offender Registry
October 08, 2005, The Morning News | Submitted by steve
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Arkansas has joined a nationwide sex-offender registry maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice that provides access on the Internet to the names and addresses of registered sex offenders.
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Police capture naked man in loin cloth
October 07, 2005, ABCNEWS.com | Submitted by steve
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A registered sex offender who fashioned a loin cloth from a rope and piece of lawn furniture and appeared to be covered in feces, was arrested near a high school, where he asked four girls for a ride to the mall or a motel, police said.
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School bus stops located next to sex offenders' homes
October 07, 2005, nbc5.com | Submitted by admin
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An investigation by the Cook County, Illinois sheriff has revealed a number of school bus stops near homes of registered sex offenders, including at least 10 stops that are right at a sex offender's front door.
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Oklahoma added to offender registry
October 07, 2005, ChannelOklahoma.com | Submitted by steve
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The Department of Justice has added Oklahoma, along with Arkansas and Georgia, to its National Sex Offender Public Registry Web site.
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Georgia participating in National Sex Offender Registry
October 07, 2005, The Weekly | Submitted by steve
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Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced the state of Georgia is now participating in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR).
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Sex offender nabbed after Oprah show
October 07, 2005, ABCNEWS.com | Submitted by steve
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The same week Oprah Winfrey began devoting time on her show to tracking down sex offenders, she has a collar to show for it. William C. Davis, 33, of Wadesville, Indiana, was arrested in Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, two days after the talk-show host broadcast his face and offered $100,000 for information leading to his capture.
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Judge: Release sex offender, even to homelessness
October 06, 2005, The Daytona Beach News-Journal | Submitted by steve
Written By Jay Stapleton
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Circuit Judge Joseph Will ordered a sex offender released from jail and warned probation officials might be held in contempt of court if they rearrest him for not having a valid address. Will called the Department of Correction's policy of rearresting offenders before they even leave the jail "ridiculous."
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Sex con killer hunt
October 06, 2005, mirror.co.uk | Submitted by steve
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Gerald Furlong, a convicted sex offender in the UK, has been found stabbed to death at home. It's not yet known whether his conviction was the motive for the attack.
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Katrina evacuee charged with failing to register as sex offender
October 06, 2005, nbc5i.com | Submitted by admin
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Richardson, Texas police have arrested a Hurricane Katrina evacuee after two children accused him of molesting them, police said. Police said Matthew Lindsey, 38, was a registered sex offender in Louisiana, but that he never registered in Texas.
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Mother in custody fight for unborn child
October 05, 2005, Yahoo! | Submitted by brennus
Written By Mark Scolforo
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Expectant mother Melissa WolfHawk worries about losing her baby boy to the county child welfare agency, which has threatened to seek custody after his birth to protect him from his father, a convicted sex offender.
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Sex offender's bond set at $1.5M
October 05, 2005, KCCI.com | Submitted by steve
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A convicted sex offender who is accused of kidnapping a 20-month-old child at the Public Library of Des Moines appeared in court. James C. Effler Jr., 32, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree sexual abuse, and failing to comply with the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. He admitted that he performed a sex act on the girl.
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Small town passes sex offender ban
October 05, 2005, KWWL | Submitted by steve
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In what could be the start of a tidal wave of restrictions on where Iowa sex offenders may live, the Garrison City council approved an ordinance banning convicted sex offenders from living anywhere in town.
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City nixes sex-offender ordinance
October 04, 2005, The Daytona Beach News-Journal | Submitted by steve
Written By Kenya Woodard
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Beverly Beach, Floirda officials abandoned establishing a sex offender ordinance limiting where offenders could live, making it the first town in Flagler or Volusia counties that had considered such a law to do so. Officials were considering adopting an ordinance banning sex offenders from living within 100 to 200 feet of public places where children gather.
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