TN: Investigation into leaks of information on registrants from Clerk of Court.

According to a report by Local 3 News, a Monroe County (TN) woman, Emilee “Emma” Berger, was arrested and charged with identity theft after she allegedly posted a copy of a registered sex offender’s arrest warrant on social media. The document, shared in a Facebook group titled “Uncensored Voices of Monroe County Revamped,” contained sensitive personal information. What made the

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IL: State’s attorney explains ‘short’ sentence for sex offender

The Greene County state’s attorney said social media comments prompted him to make “a statement of reason” about a sex offender’s sentencing. State’s Attorney Craig Grummel said he doesn’t use Facebook in his free time, but people were sending him screenshots of the comments section. “Everyone obviously has their right to free speech, but some of those (comments) were inciting

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Registrant killed by guards in immigration detention facility.

He was “a criminal illegal alien and convicted child sex predator.” That was the excuse from Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, after an autopsy report came out showing that an immigration detainee’s cause of death was homicide. True, records show that the man was convicted in 2003 of a sexual offense for which he was sentenced to one

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Lakemoor man accused of creating homemade bomb with intent to blow up alleged sex offender

Prosecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they believe he intended to blow up an alleged sex offender. Savino said he went to the house on Darrell Road and was using the home for surveillance of the sex offender, Theis said. “This defendant is showing a fixation on an

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