Study Finds Alarming Rise in Homeless Sex Offenders

The case comes just as a new national study is shedding light on what researchers say is a little-discussed but increasingly urgent problem: the growing number of homeless individuals on the sex offender registry. The Cicero Institute, a nonpartisan policy group, released findings in April showing that in at least 32 states, more than 10 percent of the unsheltered homeless

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Trolls and Vigilantes more prevalent on Florida Action Committee Forum

If you’ve been an avid follower of the Florida Action Committee forum, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been receiving more comments from trolls, vigilantes or people simply posting nasty comments.This is likely the result of some of the public awareness campaigns we have been running over the last month or so. As previously announced, FAC has been airing our short-form

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Jury seated in trial of man accused of targeting registered sex offenders

An Erath County jury of seven men and five women were seated on Monday in the trial of Charles Austin Broyles, a suspect unofficially dubbed the “vigilante shooter.” Broyles is being tried for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with shooting a registered sex offender in the face in December 2023. According to the arrest affidavit, Broyles was

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TN: Detective charged with forging signatures on the Sex Offender Registry forms

Robert Hargis (DOB 2/10/1971) served as the Sex Offender Registry Compliance Officer for the Marion County Sherriff’s office and was responsible for obtaining the required signatures from registered offenders to confirm legal compliance. Through the course of the investigation agents determined several of the signatures on sex offender documents were falsified. On Tuesday, the Marion County Grand Jury returned a

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FAC Weekly Update 2025-05-20-The Future of First Amendment Protections

Dear Members and Advocates, We will start this weekly update with a strong disclaimer… The Florida Action Committee unequivocally condemns the creation, possession, or distribution of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), whether real or AI-generated. That said, as legal definitions and criminal punishment expand, as they have in recent years, to include AI-generated images (content not involving real children) or

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