Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A Bullhead City couple who “expressed distaste” for sex offenders were arrested after a man they knew was found dead in the desert over the weekend, police said. Jacob Dylan Middlebrook, 35, and Layne Justine McIntosh, 36, were arrested Saturday in the death of 29-year-old XXXXXXX, according to the Bullhead City Police Department. Police say XXXXX, a registered Level 2
Read moreA Washington County man claims his home was mistakenly vandalized because of an error on the sex offender registry. The vandals targeted his home on Halloween night and left about $10,000 in damage. They spray-painted “child rapist” on his garage and “unforgivable” on his driveway, covered his Ring camera and threw toilet paper and eggs all over his home and
Read moreA Hamilton County, TN grand jury has indicted the 18-year-old who admitted to killing a missing sex offender to “serve justice.” Court documents that Local 3 News obtained show the jury indicted Kian Andrew Neal on Monday, October 26, for Murder in the first degree, Felony murder, Aggravated burglary, Abuse of a corpse, Tampering with evidence, Failure to exercise due
Read moreIn an October 22 report, The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian describes a warning from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service: Members of the public must not take vigilante action against people listed on the country’s public sex offender website. Acting Assistant Superintendent Owie Russell urged residents to report concerns to police rather than use registry information to shame, harass, or
Read moreJeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a
Read morePrimetime, the new film in theaters from director Lance Oppenheim starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, looks back at To Catch a Predator — the television phenomenon that turned undercover investigations into a form of entertainment, complete with cameras, confrontation, catchphrases and a national audience watching suspects get publicly exposed. But “To Catch a Predator” stopped being television show and
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