PA Rep. aims to prohibit sex offenders from becoming parents through surrogacy

Pennsylvania Representative announced plans to introduce legislation that would address a gap in the Commonwealth’s child protection laws. The bill, authored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler, Lawrence), aims to close a loophole that allows registered sex offenders to become parents through surrogacy. While the current law prohibits registered sex offenders from adopting or fostering a child, surrogacy arrangements are not

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PA: NIMBY on full display in Decatur Township are residents brainstorm “work arounds” to displace registrants

In July 2025, residents of Decatur Township, Pennsylvania, packed into a township supervisors meeting, many of them angry and afraid. Rumors had spread on Facebook that a halfway house for sex offenders had quietly opened on Hoffman Road. The idea ignited a storm of fear and outrage, stoking familiar anxieties that such facilities bring danger, devalue property, and ruin the

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna proposes death penalty for illegal immigrants sex offenses

A U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district, Anna Paulina Luna, proposed the death penalty for the 200+ illegal immigrants featured in a recent ICE press release that stated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 214 illegal aliens for immigration offenses in the Houston area in the past six months who have been charged or convicted of a sex

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Texarkana, Arkansas, authorizes collection of fees from out-of-state sex offenders

Any sex offenders from outside Arkansas moving to or working in the city will be charged a total fee of $500!!! Monday, July 21, the Arkansas Board of Directors discussed and approved an ordinance authorizing the city to collect fees for any sex offenders who are out-of-state registrants or out-of-state workers. There will be two separate fees of $250. One

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Ex-Richland County deputy accused of stealing money from sex offenders

[FAC NOTE: This isn’t the first LEO that was arrested for stealing money from registrants] A former deputy with the Richland County (SC) Sheriff’s Department was arrested after allegedly stealing money from sex offenders. RCSD said 31-year-old Jessica Way was arrested Monday and charged with petit larceny. The department said the charge was linked to an internal audit from July

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