WI: State struggles to find new homes for sex offenders

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thirty-six violent sex offenders who have completed treatment are still waiting in prison for Wisconsin officials to find them somewhere to live, an Associated Press review of state data reveals. Wisconsin policymakers, like those in many states, have struggled for years to find homes for sex offenders in the face of opposition from local communities and

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Oregon State’s Luke Heimlich excused from playing but remains in uniform

Standout pitcher Luke Heimlich, who was identified as a registered sex offender by The Oregonian on Thursday, asked to be excused from playing while No. 1-ranked Oregon State plays for a berth in the College World Series. In a statement released through his attorney, Stephen Ensor, the Oregon State ace stated that didn’t want to serve as a distraction. The request came hours before

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Guess the Gender… “St. Augustine teacher sentenced to six months in jail for sex with student”

Let’s play “guess the gender”. I’ll give the background and you guess whether the perpetrator is male or female. From yesterday’s Florida Times Union (Jacksonville.com) “A 28-year-old former St. Augustine High School teacher was sentenced to six months in jail Wednesday morning and classified a sex offender for having sex with a then-16 year-old student, according to St. Johns County

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