News & Updates

Yesterday, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a blanket rule that denies those accused of sex offenses bail is unconstitutional. A a flat denial of bail with no opportunity for a defendant to argue he or she can be safely released, becomes punitive and that is not permitted until someone has been proven by clear and convincing evidence that

Last week, the Florida Action Committee sent a mail piece to certain individuals affected by the registry. We sent the mail piece out in order to let our population know that we are out there. Whether it’s information and referral, participation in one of our lawsuits or simply a community of support so they know they are not alone and

The below article appeared in a Philadelphia publication. The owner of Master P has the courage to stand up for his employee, who happens to be a registrant, and shows tremendous insight.   __ Once a promising young cadet in the police academy, Conshohocken’s Francis “Frank” Laurenzi is now a convicted sex offender. In 2014, at the age of 29,

ORLANDO —  A Brevard County principal who was charged with possession of child pornography was granted bond in federal court in downtown Orlando on Wednesday morning. Ricky Sheppard, 59, is fighting back against federal possession of child pornography charges. Elementary school principal Ricky Sheppard accused of child porn possession Investigators say they found thousands of images, videos on his computers

Detectives say sergeant solicited teen for sex acts on work-issued laptop FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant has been arrested on child pornography charges. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel announced the arrest of Sgt. Kreg Costa during a Thursday afternoon news conference. Costa was arrested Thursday on more than two dozen child porn and illicit sexual conduct

Two kidnapping stories made headlines this week. One in Kentucky and one in Florida. In both cases men tried to kidnap teenage girls. Both news reports, put out by independent news agencies, seemed surprised that the perpetrators were not on the sex offender’s registry. Miami’s CBS affiliate wrote, “Investigators don’t know why Bonello went after the girl. He’s not a