Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
An Erath County jury of seven men and five women were seated on Monday in the trial of Charles Austin Broyles, a suspect unofficially dubbed the “vigilante shooter.” Broyles is being tried for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with shooting a registered sex offender in the face in December 2023. According to the arrest affidavit, Broyles was
Read moreRobert Hargis (DOB 2/10/1971) served as the Sex Offender Registry Compliance Officer for the Marion County Sherriff’s office and was responsible for obtaining the required signatures from registered offenders to confirm legal compliance. Through the course of the investigation agents determined several of the signatures on sex offender documents were falsified. On Tuesday, the Marion County Grand Jury returned a
Read moreFAC is posting this Book Club event for our advocates at Florida Restorative Justice Association (FRJA). NOTE: The Book Club will meet June 2, July 7, August 4 and September 1, 2025. You’re warmly invited to join us on June 2nd at 6:30 PM (via Zoom) for a powerful and grounding community reading and conversation as we explore “What It Takes to Heal” by
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Read moreDear Members and Advocates, We will start this weekly update with a strong disclaimer… The Florida Action Committee unequivocally condemns the creation, possession, or distribution of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), whether real or AI-generated. That said, as legal definitions and criminal punishment expand, as they have in recent years, to include AI-generated images (content not involving real children) or
Read morePolice are warning the public that sharing information from the local sex offenders registry website can result in a three-year prison sentence. Police legal officer Zaheer Ali issued the warning while speaking at the police’s weekly media briefing on May 27. He added the site, which currently has just 36 people listed, should be used only for the sensitization of
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