Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
In 2023, a Minnesota man, 27-year-old Levi Axtell was charged with second-degree murder after admitting he fatally beat a 77-year-old man with a shovel and then finished him off with a large moose antler. Axtell claimed that the man — a convicted sex offender — had stalked and groomed his young daughter, though these claims lacked independent corroboration. As the
Read moreThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued its decision in US v. Cohen, affirming a federal conviction and sentence tied directly to sex offender registry enforcement. In this case, James Cohen accepted money from an individual required to register under SORNA in exchange for falsely allowing him to use Cohen’s address as his residence. Cohen then
Read moreTonight, the DeKalb County Tennessee commission will consider adopting a resolution to establish a method of notification possibly through 911 to inform residents in a neighborhood if a sex offender has moved within 1,000 feet of a residence, school or childcare facility. Notification fees would be paid for by the sex offender along with his or her sex offender registry
Read moreA U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement worker was among 16 men arrested in a Minnesota trafficking investigation that targeted individuals seemingly attempting to solicit a minor for sex, police said. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference on Tuesday that the three-day “Operation Creep” began on November 5 and focused on identifying people seeking to purchase sex
Read moreA former security guard and therapy aide at a center for the treatment of sexual offenders has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for disseminating child sexual abuse material. The man pleaded guilty Monday in Schuyler Circuit Court (IL) to the two felony counts of dissemination of child pornography and the remaining 10 counts were dismissed, according to court
Read moreMuch thanks to an FAC member who shared this email with us. Dear Ms. Coleman and Ms. Inez: Good afternoon. I am writing to inform you of extremely serious inaccuracies in your recently posted news story, “‘Missy’s Law’ filed with hopes to prohibit the release of sex offenders while awaiting sentencing” (available at https://www.wctv.tv/2025/11/18/missys-law-filed-with-hopes-prohibit-release-sex-offenders-while-awaiting-sentencing/). While grossly distorting the content of
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