Florida Sex Offender News With an increase in some of the state’s most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked the Legislature for a raise to keep the most experienced on board. As of last month, 1,812 community supervision officers with the Florida Department of Corrections watched 166,966 people
Read moreNews for Florida Sex Offenders Weekly Update 2017-11-23 Dear Members and Advocates, This week, as in years past, we struggle to find a positive message to share in light of the Thanksgiving Holiday. For many reading this message, it’s a struggle to find something to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is supposed to be more meaningful than turkey and football. It’s
Read moreNews for Sex Offenders The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has announced that they intend to file a federal challenge to the passport identifier recently revealed by the U.S. State Department within the next 90 days. FAC has committed resources to help in the fight. If you are interested in being named as a plaintiff or would like
Read moreFlorida Sex Offender Laws By now we all know (hopefully) that when visiting Florida, or staying at a temporary location for five (5) or more days, a sex offender is required to register where they are staying as a “temporary address”. But did you know that in addition to going to the local sheriff and registering, you are also required
Read moreNews About Florida Sex Offender Registry More than a dozen registered sex offenders have listed a Central Florida Walmart as their home address. Most people know they can go to the state database and search your home address to find if any sex offenders live nearby. However, it may not occur to people that they search the addresses where they
Read moreFlorida Sex Offender News For 12 years, Miami-Dade’s registered sex offenders have been barred from living within 2,500 feet of any school, playground, or daycare. They’re effectively homeless by law, and today hundreds live in squalor in makeshift “tent cities” under bridges, near trailer parks, and on roadsides. After New Times reported on a camp near Hialeah, county officials called these encampments
Read moreNews About Sex Offender Registries The state Superior Court has handed down a ruling that put an immediate halt to all court proceedings related to defendants facing sexually violent predator designations. As the second ruling within several months to call the state’s current sexual offender statute into question, District Attorney John T. Adams said that it’s time to start fresh.”What
Read moreNews About Sex Offenders A Fayetteville police captain was charged Thursday with three felony counts of failing to notify law enforcement that her husband, a registered sex offender, attended events that were banned to him under state law. Arrest warrants show that Capt. Tracey Bass-Caine is accused of failing to report that William Augurson Jr. attended three prohibited events since
Read moreNews About Sex Offender Registries In the days of the Third Reich, the Nazis stamped the passports of Jews with a conspicuous “J”. The “Judenstempel” (Jew Stamp), was used by the Nazi German authorities identify those of the Jewish faith. Through the identifier, German Jews could be identified immediately at border crossings. Depending on the entry requirements of the destination
Read moreOhio Probation Officer Convicted of Sex Offender Offense A former Lucas County probation officer who was accused of having sex with two of her clients pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of sexual battery. Angela Kimball, 40, of Walbridge, faces up to five years in prison when she is sentenced Dec. 4 by Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Dean
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