This Is What Happens to Registered Sex Offenders on Halloween

Before the sun sets on Halloween, Allen O’Shea will make his way to the local courthouse in Gaston County, North Carolina, where he will remain for several hours under the watchful eye of law enforcement until trick-or-treating has ended. This will be O’Shea’s first Halloween as a registered sex offender, a label he earned after having consensual sex with a

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New local laws bar sex offenders from celebrating popular holidays

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With the holidays upon us, local law enforcement warns parents: there are more sinister things, than ghost, goblins, and things that go bump in the night. In early 2015, Duval County made changes to its sexual offender ordinance, and the new laws were just in time for Halloween. Former city councilman Warren Jones spearheaded the laws which

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Va. father mistakenly flagged as sex offender while visiting daughter's school on her birthday

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – A Woodbridge father showed up to his daughter’s elementary school to surprise her for her birthday. However, for 8-year-old Aniya Williams, it’s a birthday she will remember, but for all the wrong reasons.“I started passing out cupcakes, doing all the meet and greets and then I see three officers come in,” said Aniya’s father, Justin. “I didn’t

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