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Sex Offender / Sex Crime News - Other Articles, March, 2005
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Female Catholic school teacher accused of fondling female student
March 31, 2005, WABC | Submitted by HPierce
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A 38-year-old female Catholic school teacher on Staten Island was arrested after allegedly kissing and fondling a 12 year old female student while on a "date."
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GOP senators would double sentence for sex crimes against children
March 29, 2005, DesMoinesRegister.com | Submitted by admin
Written By Jonathan Roos
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Key lawmakers called today for a doubling of the maximum prison term for sex crimes like the one that Roger Paul Bentley, accused of kidnapping and murdering a 10-year-old Cedar Rapids girl last week, was convicted of a decade ago.
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Prosecutors accuse 71-year-old man of sex crimes
March 29, 2005, Kansas City Star | Submitted by admin
Written By Christine Vendel
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Jackson County prosecutors today accused a 71-year-old man of raping and sodomizing a teenage relative over a three-year period.
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Michigan may require online dating checks
March 28, 2005, Yahoo! | Submitted by admin
Written By David Eggert
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The Senate is considering legislation sponsored by Sen. Alan Cropsey of DeWitt, Michigan, that would require an Internet dating company serving Michigan residents to disclose on its Web site whether it has conducted criminal background checks on users, based solely on the names provided. The legislation is backed by True.com, an online dating service that performs criminal screening. Similar legislation has been proposed in California, Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Texas.
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Govt eyes efforts to stop sex offender recidivism
March 27, 2005, Daily Yomiuri | Submitted by steve
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In Japan, the Justice Ministry will establish a sex crime treatment committee in April made up of psychiatrists and other specialists in an effort to stop sex offenders from reoffending and to create new corrections programs for those convicted of sex crimes, ministry officials said.
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Former nun settles sex abuse claims
March 26, 2005, The Cincinnati Post | Submitted by HPierce
Written By Paul A. Long
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A former nun who claimed she was sexually abused as a student at Villa Madonna Academy in the 1950s and later while she was in training for the sisterhood at the St. Walburg Monastery has reached a settlement with her former order.
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Mom charged in Amber Alert
March 24, 2005, WOWT | Submitted by steve
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It turns out that an Amber Alert issued Saturday night for a 6-year-old Bettendorf, Iowa boy was based on a false report filed by the child's mother.
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Linn urged to list sex offenders online
March 23, 2005, Albany Democrat-Herald | Submitted by steve
Written By Les Gehrett
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A North Albany, Oregon resident criticized Linn County Tuesday for not posting information about predatory sex offenders living in the county on the Internet. Tom Cordier, a retired manager at Wah Chang, told the Board of Commissioners that other Oregon counties list sex offenders on www.sexcriminals.com. He urged Linn to do the same.
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U.N. fires one, suspends 6 over sex abuse
March 17, 2005, Ledger-Enquirer | Submitted by HPierce
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According to a U.N. spokesman, the United Nations has fired one employee and suspended six without pay over allegations of sexual misconduct in the peacekeeping mission in Congo.
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Bill defeated to outlaw X-rated videos on vehicle video screens
March 16, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by HPierce
Written By Michael Cabanatuan
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California Assemblyman John Benoit, a former California Highway Patrol commander, introduced legislation that would have made it illegal for anyone to exhibit "sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle ... knowing that the material is visible to the public." Unfortunately for Benoit and other opponents of fast-lane frolics, the bill was defeated Tuesday in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
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Log on to new 'Neighborhood Watch'
March 11, 2005, Pahrump Valley Times | Submitted by admin
Written By Breanne Hubbard
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The Nye County Sheriff's Office announced Monday it will soon begin to send public safety warning and emergency alerts directly to the computers, mobile phones, PDAs and pagers of residents, using new technology called Secure Cops Alert Network.
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Ex-dentist may face charges in semen case
March 09, 2005, The Arizona Republic | Submitted by steve
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Former dentist Dr. John Hall, is accused of squirting semen into the mouths of female patients. The North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners revoked his license in August after former patients testified that Hall squirted a foul-tasting substance from a syringe into their mouths. Hall denied the allegations, though DNA tests on the syringes later showed they contained Hall's semen.
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Rapist to remain off Web registry
March 05, 2005, The Honolulu Advertiser | Submitted by steve
Written By Ken Kobayashi
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A 45-year-old man convicted of raping a woman when he was 17 and later convicted of man-slaughter won't have to have his name, photo and background on the Megan's law public Web site, a Hawai'i state judge ruled for the second time yesterday.
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