Several law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest 67 noncompliant sexual predators and sexual offenders during a seven-month operation called “Parking Lot Party,” a news release said.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and State Probation and Parole conducted a joint operation to verify the compliance of the 550 registered sexual offenders and predators in Osceola County.
Law enforcement officers conducted proactive investigations to determine if the offenders had correctly reported their residency status, employment, email and social media accounts, campus activity, professional licenses, vehicles and vessels owned and had reported travel information within a 72-hour period.
This is ridiculous, my doorbell rang before 6 am that is fing ridiculous! I’ll give you one guess who it was!
if this is not harassment then i don’t know wtf is!
i’m tired of this 17 years dealing with this bs and it’s only getting worse. so scared to even take a crap for i might violate some law!
Law enforcement is aware more and more courts are finding in our favor so they are scrambling to get as many of us behind bars or on record with a new charge to lower our chances of ever getting off of the registry. Shame they have to play dirty.
No different than officers who plant evidence on a drug dealer just because they have a past record of drugs and the judge will believe law enforcement 99% of the time over a “Criminal”. I saw this first hand when I worked in Law enforcement and made me sick when the cops became no better than the people they arrested.
I’m confused here. Why are there so many SO’s running free when my son a supposed one-time offender is doing 30 in prison?
30 a plea deal of being threatened with life.
There are different crimes that constitute a “sex offense”, all have different penalties.
There are also huge differences between federal and state cases. Prison time in one sovereignty could be probation in the other.
An example that I heard from one man who was in my counseling class years ago ( Ordered by Probation ) . The man was homeless, was peeing in the woods ( that is where he lived ) and some kids were exploring the woods and saw the man going tee tee and saw his taw taw and reported it to their parents. He is now on the offender list for exposing his privates to a minor. Of course being homeless I am sure he got an overworked public defender who just pushed his case through the system. Of course this is just the story he told me but his counselor told the class ( with his permission ) that the man had passed a polygraph test ( Which we were all required to take per probation ). I also passed mine but it only matters if you fail it. Passing was the only way to complete the classes and be able to have them stopped.
May I ask what this man was working on in court-ordered counseling? For example, what sort of Deviant Cycle did he have? What were his High Risk Situations and SUD’s? I’m at a loss to understand how those things would truly apply to someone with that sort of offense. Was he working on finding better places to pee? Was he working on better camouflaging his activities from children?
Also Phyllis, many of us did our 20 or so years for our crimes but the registry pretty much gives a life sentence. These were added after many of us had already served our time. What if you husband got released and then was told years later, oh wait, you have to report to the police station 4 times a year to register every bit of information from your life and anyone who lives with you? And if you husband was not home, the officer gives you the 20 questions asking where he is, when will he be back, why isn’t he home? All of these while NOT being on probation. I had to move my family somewhere else just so they could have a normal life.
Dear Phyllis,I am convicted of a sex crime weather I am free or not I paid the price I was sent to prison, Loss my family,job,and money. I was 19 yrs old facing life in prison or 20 yrs. I didn’t know law had a sh^t attorney who mislead me into plea bargain. Even if I am free or not I am still doing life and it is not behide the fence either. I am sorry for your hardships! What I know now I wish I knew back then. All I can say is pray to GOD. It took me 13 years (out of 20) in prison of violence,hardships,pain,suffering and the attempted suicide to fall to my knees and cry out for relief. I did not get the answers and hopes I wanted but was given others answers: long suffering,forgiveness and the promise “On the last day the books be open and every hidden thing will be revealed” Not really my place to judge another’s Sin. I know these people will stand before the True Judge on that day. I am not running around free I am stilling answering for my crime after 30 yrs. In 1989 I was convicted and in 2019 I still being punished
Well said. I always tell people we have to walk in each other’s shoes to see both sides of any issue. I have both been a victim of crime and been accused of a crime. Additionally I have arrested people who committed crimes and later been the one getting arrested.
Sometimes it is hard but we are supposed to love and forgive everyone if we ourselves expect forgiveness.
Phyllis,
Trust me, no SO or former SO is running free in Florida even many years after court/sentence, in fact, some homeless commit more crimes just to go to jail/prison as they can’t find employment, the family, community, and world have shunned them. have no shelter from the weather, most of the time are hungry. are unable to reside in a nursing home in their last years/days of life. are scared to cross the street, sneeze, use a phone, leave their home or campsite, etc… as the will be arrested! etc… i would not call that free!
As being prier service (R.A.) I can not understand how these son of a bitches can take their oath of service ,is it that they don’t listen when they took it or just don’t give a dam?To protect and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Florida ,period not to protect people but the constitution’s is what they swore to do.
I believe that MLK once wrote from an Alabama jail that “wait and be patient” means that things will never change.
NO MORE WAITING!!!!!!
We all must find ways to defy. We must be outraged and SHOW IT!!! (by ANY means…)
We must express anger, not quietness!!!!
The time of niceness (and hoping that things will change) has passed!!!
I will send the reporter a link to this page so they can get some perspective of reality. Instead of the constant stream of lies from big government.
What makes you think the reporter isn’t onboard with that very same big lies government?
Part of the government grants are set aside specifically for the media.
The reporter is on board with generating a story that attracts the most eyeballs with the least effort. Law enforcement knows this and can easily get their side of the story out for free. They do not pay the media to carry these stories because they don’t have to.
Nothing. By the tone of the article I expect that the reporter is a clueless idiot that fully believes big government propaganda and outright lies.
Registries do make “common sense”. They are sensible to me. But that is just a surface and trite evaluation. It doesn’t take much more looking to actually understand that they are not just worthless, but a hell of a lot worse. But most people don’t care. They are too lazy to be educated. People in general just don’t care that other people are being harmed. Amerika is a callous, hateful country. Always has been. A little bit better than most of the rest of the world, but barely. And certainly piles of countries that are better.
The Registries are not protecting people and they are without doubt harming innocent people. War must be waged. It sucks, but so do people who support Registries. They have to pay.
Should’ve called it “Operation Spanking It While Burning Taxpayer Money”.
My heart goes out to all family and friends of RSO s in Florida.
RSO joe Houston tx
The scary part with this is how many of us have an old email address that we haven’t used in YEARS and maybe don’t even have a connection to it???
How do they interpret requirements for registering a vehicle?
It’s almost like going down the proverbial rabbit hole.
“Investigation of 550 former sex offenders finds that all have remained free of new sex offenses,” it should say.
Congratulations to Osceola’s 550 former sex offenders, among whom the sexual recidivism rate is 0%, similar to national statistics.
How do I know that these former offenders did not sexually re-offend? Because if any one of them had, law enforcement and Channel 9 would be letting you know about it, big time.
“Sex offender compliance enforcement” is a means for the sheriff to demonstrate that they are cracking down on an unpopular class of people. It is not about public safety (as researcher Emily Horowitz I think demonstrated a decade ago).
I do everything in can to live by these rules. But honestly with them changing all the time who knows if you are ever totally compliant. This stresses me out so bad. I already have mental issues from the military, this pushes me farther than I feel comfortable with. Sometimes I just sit here and cry.
Don’t give up Michael, if you do, they win. I agree it is stressful but just do the right thing and rest we have no control over. I pray every night when I go to bed that God will keep us all safe, especially those who are playing by the rules.
“The operation resulted in three cases which violated the Adam Walsh Act, a requirement to register after crossing state lines”
since when do you have register just because you crossed a state line?? if it is less that the 3 days for florida , and less then what the other state is???
This reporter has it WRONG.
Do you know if this was an isolated incident to that county or do the rest of us in the remaining 66 Florida counties have to worry our doors are getting kicked off the hinges ? I have nothing to hide but from past experience, it seems they are out for blood for some reason.
They just did “operation neptune” in Volusia, so it’s not isolated. They do these regularly.
I am reading about them all over the country–not a large number, though.
Interesting, today I read about all of the crime in Daytona Beach. The journalist mainly focused on the large number of serial killers that have been in Daytona Beach. The article in today’s Florida Times Union said”Daytona Beach has a reputation…for being a destination for society’s undesirables.” Further it stated that prostitution is prevalent; it is where outlaw motorcycle gangs assemble; rowdy college students let off steam; and serial killers–time and again–have roamed here, lived here or left bodies here.
The article even quotes Sheriff Chitwood. But nowhere does it mention registrants. Maybe they are wishing that all the manpower and money spent in rounding up the registrants earlier had been spent on the “real” crime that threatens society.
I cannot get a link, but the article was entitled “Why have murderers for decades chosen Daytona Beach?”
100 years ago when I was a teen, I went with some friends to Daytona for spring break. Even back then it was a pretty rough scene. The drinking age was 19 back then but every place we went it seemed someone wanted to fight us. I never went back except years later to just go to the beach with some out of town friends who wanted to say they had been there. They were going to stay in a hotel and every one they could afford looked like it belonged in Calcutta India , no disrespect to India. In closing, Daytona has been run down looking as long as I can remember.
Wrong is not a strong enough word given that only about 8% of the registered citizens were charged with any offenses. If it were not for my struggle to survive, I would file public re words demands to show the real story about the taxpayer dollars wasted in this operation, let alone the prosecutions.
And that 8% was not even real crimes. It was just made-up crimes created by an immoral, illegal criminal regime that deserves absolutely no respect.
Remember – as long as $EX Offender Registries exist – F the criminal regimes that have them and their law enforcement criminals. Never, ever do anything to help them. Work HARD to keep money, time, and all other resources away from them. Vote and control them. Make the criminals focus on actual, real crimes.
I read the sheriffs press release, the news reported it wildly incorrect.
This was funded by the United States Marshall
The 3 state lines were failure to register
Travel violation for failure to report travel over 72 hours (correct me if I am wrong here, but that’s still not what the statute says)
No other information on the other violations, so take what you will out of that
So sad Unsolved and Cold case murders could be solved if Law Enforcement put in much effort as they do harassing Post convicted people.
The “reporter” basically regurgitated a police report. No thought or shred of skepticism was put into it and it can hardly be called reporting.
Central Florida is at it again with their ridiculous operations and the silly names attached to it. It won’t be long until Polk county and that sanctimonious prick who calls himself a sheriff there, has his own operation soon. It is that season again, unfortunately.
The smartest thing that the criminal regime of Floriduh and all of their local criminal regimes could do is to remove any requirements that people who are listed on their hit lists need to do anything. THAT would be the smartest thing and would ALMOST make the hit lists fair and moral. Almost. They’d still have to Register ALL other people who have ever committed any serious crime.
I tried to remain compliant with their billion laws but it would not surprise me if I had failed on some occasions. The dumbest thing they could do would be to harass me about that. Or certainly arrest. Because I promise I would retaliate at a level that would make them cry. There is no way in Hades it could ever be worth it. But they are stupid, so who knows what they will do. They think this is police work, LOL.
I hope this helps make it clear to every Registered Family that you should never, ever allow law enforcement or any other big government employees to get near you. Do NOT allow them onto your property or near your family. They are obviously a danger to Americans.
Remember that “If you see something, say something”? Yeah, forget that. These people are criminals.
My bet is Channel 9 and the LE people involved will never report how many cases are unsuccessfully prosecuted (i.e. nolle prossed or dropped)
I would demand a trial by jury. If the county wants to waste taxpayers money be prepared for the fight of a lifetime. I also do not agree with showing anyone’s photo on the news who has yet to be convicted of something. When someone is found not guilty there is never a follow up story or apology. The photos imply “guilty” before even having a hearing.
What do they mean by “72 hour travel?” I am still confused. Are some or all counties saying that if you travel for 72 hours or more, you have to register the “residences” even you do not stay at any of them for the requisite 72 hours? I had heard something about counties saying that if you left your permanent residence for 72 hours, you had to register ahead of time,. Is that actually in the law or is this just another instance of counties “interpreting” the law and the state letting them get away with it like they did with ex post facto residency restrictions which the state has decreed that they cannot impose?
They are reporting silliness – You should write to the author and ask what section of the Florida Statutes require 72 hour travel notice.
Channel 9 news doesn’t care about reporting the truth. They simply sensationalise their reports. So, good luck getting a retraction or correction.
I have tried to comment on this story but am finding more and more media outlets that are not allowing for comments. I commented a few days ago on the Ocala-News’ story about the man jailed for not moving to Georgia, using recidivism statistics from DOJ and Karl Hanson’s 2015 study. With statistics like that, why is Marion County so worried about this guy? Afterwards I shut down my browser, opened up another browser and there were my comments. Later on that evening, I went back to their comment section and found that they had taken my comments down. I will admit that my comments were a little on the academic side. It appears that some outlets only want statements with no real content in them, so I am working on doing that at the same time slipping in some data.
I have found the same thing. These media outlets just want to spew the propaganda and lies of the criminal regimes and get no feedback about it. That is the EXACT and ONLY reason that these criminal regimes have tried to keep Registered People off of Facebook. There is not actual, legitimate reason for that. The reason is to try to silence dissent. That is what criminal regimes do.
Be careful as to how you advise here. I was told that if I travel outside of my registered address for more than the 3 day period, I would have to report it within 72 hours prior to leaving for my trip. So this can be looked at from 2 different perspectives, depending on which one they are referring to!
Get the name of the person who told you that and ask them for the statute or ordinance that requires that. Florida Statutes only require that you register when establishing a permanent, temporary or transient location for 3 or more days.
if you search the sex offender registration statute, “72 hours” does not appear anyplace in the statute.
Once you get the name of the person who told you this and the statute or ordinance they are referring to, share it with us.
That is what Is being said in this press release from the sheriff
https://scinthenews.com/operation-parking-lot-party-leads-to-arrests-of-67-sexual-offenders-and-predators/
I feel so much safer now knowing that these individuals, who failed to register their vessel or maybe their mother-in-law’s vehicle because she decided to stay a couple of days longer, are now in jail. I am sure that the residents of Osceola have been concerned about noncompliant individuals. I did notice, though, that not a single one of these individuals was arrested for a sex crime. I thought that was society’s biggest concern, but I was obviously wrong.
Think of the money spent on this seven-month operation with every law enforcement agency possible being paid to make the citizens so much “safer”. I see in the Jacksonville news that it has been five weeks since the murder of a Jacksonville Beach father of three and his family is pleading for answers. The father was killed in front of his two-year-old daughter. The police are asking for the public’s help in their race against time to catch the killer. I wonder if all of the manpower and money had been used instead to work on all of the unsolved crimes in Duval County, if that would have been a wiser use of these resources.
It’s hard enough to get LE to investigate real crimes. Many people don’t bother to report property crimes now because there will be NO EFFORT on LE’s part to even investigate, let alone solve these offenses that affect almost every household, making everyone feel just a little less safe.
Even serious crimes like rapes and murders go unsolved without anything that resembles a proper investigation when simply testing a rape kit might break a case wide open. Many kits in this state were left to rot for years (https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190921/state-clears-backlog-of-rape-kits) after the victim had the courage to endure the humiliation of coming forward and having their body forensically examined. Florida’s hypocrisy on sexual assault issues stinks in the worst way imaginable, made even more offensive with this heavy use of LE resources being devoted to prosecute technical violations of (supposedly) CIVIL STATUTES….WHICH SOLVES NO REAL CRIMES!
This state should hang its collective heads way low for using bully tactics to beat down those already downtrodden rather than do its job to make its citizens lives safer.
Great comment. The $EX Offender Registries ($ORs) have never protected anyone and never will. Just as ALL experts have always said. But the $ORs are much, much worse than just worthless.
The point of the $ORs is not to prevent $EX or any other crimes. The point is to retroactively harass families and create new “crimes”. Like the super serious and danger crime of not telling a criminal regime about an e-mail address that you have so that they may attempt to silence you.
THAT is the exact point of the $ORs and that is why there are these “Operation Waste Taxpayer Resources”. The “people” behind them are moron, criminal terrorists.
Why not call it “Pig Party”? Geez…as if there is not real crime going on in Osceola County to harass forced registered citizens like that.
Isn’t it enough already?!?
I read the news report and I am not surprised it came from Channel 9. They are the absolute worst media outlet when it comes to these kinds of stings. Channel 9 lies in wait the way hyenas do living off the carnage of the lives of others. As for the LE activities, I’m not surprised at all either. LE is doing all they can to justify their positions paid for by tax dollars. On another note, I bet the refuse to investigate whether the personal information of a registrant was used legally (i.e. identity theft) since nearly all of our personal identifiers are put out in the public for anyone to use to open unregistered social media accounts.
now i know who was at my door a few mornings ago, glad i don’t answer
Perfect response. Don’t let the criminals near you.
I’m sorry. Those 67 people…
I still feel bad for the other 483 people too though!
This is a complete outrage!
–Especially to do this to free, taxpaying citizens who have long-since paid their debts to society (in full, according to our US Constitution).
This bullying and harassment MUST stop! (by any means)
Does anyone know if they get fed funds to do this tll? I’m guessing they do….. this is the worst to me. All those guys are probably trying so hard and struggling to survive and make it and now this.
I’m off probation now and have had the same menial jobs since 2016 now. I’m 4300 on credit card debt. 6 months behind on rent. Thank God for WM awesome landlord. I barely make 2000 a month. 350 car pmt and 160 car insurance. Its amazing I made it having to pay probation and polygraphs. But those costs are gone and I’m still struggling.
Thank the lord duval hasn’t done this yet. It would send us over the edge and make me unemployed, homeless, and broke. That mist be what they want because all those 550 people are now just that. And when they get out again they’ll have to register as homeless or transient and just make osceola so job that much harder. What logical sense does that make. Poor people. My heart and prayers go out
Of course they get federal money
They will keep doing this in every county until they have found a way to violate all of us even if we are not on probation. This is more proof that registries are not punitive ( Sarcasm )
Sorry FAC if we don’t get a hearing soon none of us will be left to represent.
As you know, when our time comes to request off the registry, ANY arrest will be an automatic disqualification and that is their goal.
Wait, so Florida requires internet identifiers?
Yes