WARNING: Strong crackdowns are here!
All, a couple of weeks ago we warned that strong crackdowns were taking place across Florida (https://floridaactioncommittee.org/fac-weekly-update-2026-06-23-compliance-checks-and-registration-enforcement-across-florida/)
Today, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced the results of “Operation Silver Spur”, in which 126 registrants were arrested for technical violations such as vehicle reporting, internet identifiers, etc. For context, there are 667 registrants in Osceola County. That means 19% of the registrant population in the county was arrested – that’s nearly 1 in 5! (see: https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/operation-silver-spur-sex-offenders-back-behind-bars)
In Taylor County (who even knew there was a “Taylor County” in Florida) of the 78 registrants, 5 were arrested (6.4%) in another announcement today (https://fox49.tv/news/local/fdle-taylor-county-sheriff-arrest-five-in-3-day-sex-offender-compliance-sweep) and last week in Alachua, operation “Get ‘Em Gator”, got 25 (https://cbs12.com/news/local/operation-get-em-gator-nets-25-arrests-for-sex-offender-registry-violations-in-florida-fdles-missing-persons-and-offender-enforcement-division-jacksonville-regional-operations-center-gainesville-field-office-partnered-alachua-county-sheriffs-office).
We know some of these arrests, if not most, are for petty things, like an account you didn’t know you had to register or one that’s been dormant forever and you forgot about. Barely any are for new crimes (outside of registration violations). Just know this is taking place and make sure your family has the contact information to a defense attorney handy. There definitely appears to be a state-wide initiative to lock up as many registrants as possible, so please be vigilant!
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Can FAC do a press release to these news stations explain what BS this so called sting in Osceola is you can even use my case as an example as a few on here know my case is 100% BS and the police actually violated 3 of my so called constitutional protected rights, false arrest, freedom of speech retaliation arrest, and they also went to the back of the house (after i was in custody and in the police car to look at an item they seen in the back of the home which an illegal search! not only that 20 years prior i was wrongly arrested twice and i know many years later i seen the warrant on that 2nd arrest and it was 100% fabricated! i had enough this last time was the straw that broke the camels back. i dunno what will happen but i am scared for me or whoever as i am reaching a boiling point and getting close to exploding! they say if you push someone far enough at some point they will…. well for me that point is here i have nothing to lose and i don’t give a F anymore! 3 wrongful arrests in 20 years by same police dept. and i cant find a lawyer to assist in suing these BA$7@(d$!!!
Did you just get arrested by them ? Same sting
Ryan, i’m not saying a whole lot about the case on here all i can say is i have security cameras all around the house and ring cameras as well and these cameras recorded the actual cops motive for the arrest and the reason they went to the back of the home after i was in custody without a search warrant! EVEN WITH ALL THESE RECORDINGS (OF 3 DIFFERENT CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS) BECAUSE I’M ON THE HIT LIST, I CAN’T FIND AN ATTORNEY TO ASSIST.
I’M ALSO DOCUMANTING MY WHOLE STORY ON YOU TUBE FROM THE INTINAL ARREST 30 YEARS AGO WHERE SOMEONE LIED ABOUT THEIR AGE AND I CAN’T USE THAT AS A DEFENSE AS IT IS AGIENST THE LAWS THAT LAW NEEDS TO BE REVISTED ESPECIALLY WITH THESE LIFETIME SANCTIONS!! IT IS BULLSHIT! I WAS NEVER LOOKING FOR NO KID! MOTHER WAS X FBI AS WELL SO THAT DIDN’T HELP! LIKE I SAID I BEEN NOW PUSHED TO FAR AND I HAD ENOUGH! ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS IS GOING TO END FOR ME! THEY CAN ONLY PUSH PEOPLE SO FAR UNTIL THEY START FIGHTING BACK OR DO SOMETHING! AND I HAVE NOW BEEN PUSHED TO FAR!
Registrants can absolutely find an attorney.
Under Florida’s sex offender registration laws, there is no statute that establishes an official grace period—such as 12, 24, or 72 hours—to respond after missing a random compliance or Sexual Predator Offender Tracking (SPOT) residence check. If you miss a compliance check, the safest course of action is to contact your tracking unit or assigned deputy immediately.
Florida Statutes § 775.21 (the Florida Sexual Predators Act) and § 943.0435 require registrants to maintain accurate registration information and comply with reporting requirements. If law enforcement cannot verify that you reside at your registered address and you do not promptly explain your absence, they may begin investigating whether you have failed to comply with the registration laws. Depending on the circumstances, this can lead to serious criminal charges.
That said, enforcement practices may differ between sheriff’s offices. In my county, an SVU detective told me that his office generally allows up to 72 hours to respond to a SPOT placard before moving forward with additional enforcement. He explained that this practice is based on the three-calendar-day reporting period that applies to certain residency and registration changes under Florida law. However, he also acknowledged that this 72-hour period is a matter of agency discretion—it is not written into the statutes as a legal grace period.
This means registrants can face different expectations depending on the sheriff’s office or even the individual deputy handling the case. From the perspective of persons forced to register (PFR), that discretion creates uncertainty because there is no uniform statewide standard governing how long someone has to respond to a missed SPOT check before an investigation or arrest may be initiated.
This is an odd one. I never read in the statute that you had to be home for compliance checks. Nor have I ever been told anything about them. They just say see you in 6 months and I leave the building. FAC? is the home compliance check part of the statute or is that just another thing they do to make the public feel safe?
Frequency: Under Florida Statute 943.0435, local law enforcement must physically verify a Sexual Predator’s address four times a year, while a Sexual Offender’s address is checked at least once or twice a year depending on the specific offense severity. Im a sex offender low lever but Herando does mine 4 times been told to harass
This is repost but relevant happened July 8th
Home SPOT check have camera and audio of this
An update: They came today with the lead registration sheriff, who was conducting a spot check and training a new trainee officer. I was glad to see that training is taking place.
During the visit, the trainee officer asked the supervisor where the “FS 943.0435” designation appears on a driver’s license, and the supervisor pointed it out. The trainee then asked me how that number gets placed on the license and whether I have to request it from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
I explained that every time I renew my driver’s license or replace a lost one, I have to sign paperwork acknowledging that I am a registered sex offender. He responded, “Really? Wow, that’s crazy.” That was his genuine reaction.
I then asked him whether he thought that could be considered compelled speech. He said yes, but that it would take the right case brought before the right people to change it.
It also made me wonder: shouldn’t law enforcement officers—especially those in the Special Victims Unit (SVU) who handle offender registrations—already know the driver’s license process at the Department of Motor Vehicles?
I get mine every 90 days like clockwork maybe the should not be so on time lol
RYAN, Please tell me and others where it says you must be home or even assist these PIGS! with an address check? as far as i know you don’t have to be home, you don’t have to answer, you don’t have to assist them! in fact it is best you don’t assist them make them come back 10 times. waste there time and resources! now if your on probation or parole that will be different of course.
There is no requirement you must be home.
Trust in me the absconding charges could pile on and get federal. I KNOW. SPOT checks keep feds happy too
Feds only require address checks.
As Ryan points out, address verifications are in statute. But beyond that, compliance checks are not.
With this ID check required, you present, they call in ID to check for warrants, and ask anything change that needs reported? Every time 90 days
yes it is in the statue but in Osceola none have been done on me in years so they are allowd to break the law?
but i don’t think it says anywhere that we must assist them or answer the door or anything else though. so start using up resources and make them come back 20 times imo! we all need to start sticking together more!
PFRs should stand up and not allow “compliance checks”. If the criminal regime must verify anything, that is their problem. Let them verify. Let them investigate. So what. I want to burn as many of their resources as possible, always.
Speaking of which, PFRs definitely should try to elect politicians who are opposed to big government. Obviously, government is already far too big and has far too much money. American citizens should be doing everything possibly to keep resources from them in the first place and to take any they have. This is our country and we can demand the government we want. We just need to overpower the idiot Karens and Kens who love big government.
If you’re NOT on paper/parole/probation, you reserve the right to NOT acknowedge or engage these twerps when they show up at your doorstep during a sweep or soc-alled “operation.” It’s all about intimidation and subjugation. They’re relying on your fear to answer to the door and talk to them. This goes for any state not just Florida. This is all just an election year distraction away from the war, high gas and grocery prices and the general malaise people have for the current administration.
Don’t “back the blue.” They sure as hell don’t care one iota about you are your family’s safety.
I’d go further and say that it is a bad idea to ever speak to them. Law enforcement (LE) does not exist to help.
Personally, as long as Registries exist, I will never support LE. Not for anything. They, and the rest of the out-of-control big government, are running around arresting people for email addresses and similar, all while letting actual murders and other serious crimes occur. People must turn against them until they can get some priorities and stop harassing.
You can simply refuse to comply ?
Isn’t that a violation?
It is a violation if your supervision paperwork orders you to comply. Otherwise, you can simply show your ID and wish them good day.
I was told I have 72 hours to respond after a spot check or it could be charged as a felony.
In Hernando County, they leave a green notice on your door with the officer’s name, the time they stopped by, and a phone number to call back.
The difference compared to Colorado is huge. In Colorado, the deputy who handled the checks called me while I was camping and simply asked where I was. I told him I was out camping, and he said to call him when I got back. I ended up calling him about two weeks later, he stopped by in regular clothes with his bag, completed the check, and that was it—quick and easy.
In Florida, it feels like one missed step can turn into a felony. It feels like we’re treated as if we’re being hunted instead of simply monitored.
Ryan
If not on probation, you have no obligation to be at home. I have missed numerous checks, they just put a flyer on my door and when I see it, I call them back and tell them when I will be home. I can sit at the house for 1000 years and they do not show up, but the second I got grocery shopping, or somewhere else, they magically appear LOL
The good thing is, my deputy is pretty chill and gives you a chance to comply, although on their end, it still has to be random so sometimes it is a while until they find me. I just do not like the sex offender flyer on my door when I am not home, that is not at all necessary.
Told by whom? That is not correct.
Do PFRs in Florida have to respond at all? Does the law require it?
I know it is not PC or popular with FAC, but why should PFRs who are not under government control allow “compliance checks” at all?
I think best case is that they have to go to every PFR home over 10 times before they see anyone.
You have to show your license.
FAC
Show my license when I register 4 times a year at registration, but have never shown it at a home check. I have had the same deputy for about 10 years now, and never once asked for my license. He just asks how I am doing and if anyone has bothered me and I wish him a blessed day and to stay safe and he is on his way to the next house he needs to check on.
Every once in a while if he is on vacation, another deputy comes and they have all been pleasant. I do not give them any grief and they do not give me any. They didn’t make the laws so I am not blaming them, although some counties go way beyond just checking on us. I know that from experience in another county I used to live in.
Before 2019/2020 hernando had a different deputy but after Detective Breedlove died yeah the new sheriff in town like to make a name and will violate if law says
Ryan
Florida has 67 counties and each one of them have different rules. Some are super chill if you comply and other counties you could be a priest and still be treated like you were scum on their shoe. That is why I moved to another county, the deputies would show up two or three times a day, knock on neighbors’ doors, harass me, and come all hours of the day and night. And since I lived in a city at the time, the city police would stop by and throw in their opinions about us being dipshits as well.
I will say in my 35 years since my crime, I have never met an FDLE agent thank God. And since we do not have state police, we have highway patrol and do mostly traffic accidents and speed enforcement and not likely to get involved in registry compliance unless asked by another agency for some reason.
I posted this before but this happened not even 8 months ago to me. How strict they are but they do not know how to determine the law!!
eBay is not a social media account, yet it appeared on my reporting list because, while I was on probation, there was disagreement among the SVU detective, an FDLE Sex Offender Enforcement officer from Tallahassee, and the local sheriff over whether it qualified as social media. They also questioned a YouTube account that I did not have and accused me of failing to report it.
During probation compliance searches in October and December of last year, I witnessed these officers debating the issue among themselves. I can read lips, and I saw one of them suggest they could “leave it up to the DA,” meaning they could arrest me first and let the courts decide later. Even if the charges were eventually dismissed, an arrest alone could jeopardize eligibility for clemency, a pardon, or removal from the registry.
A few days later, an FDLE supervisor reviewed the situation with the detective and personally called me. He advised me to report my eBay account just to be safe and confirmed that I was not required to report the YouTube account in question.
During those compliance checks, my probation officer was required to search my phone completely, including my photos, apps, messages, and even private communications with my wife. Any device I had access to was subject to inspection, although my wife’s and children’s personal devices were kept separate. Every vehicle was also thoroughly inspected, with officers verifying the full VIN, year, make, and model to ensure there were no discrepancies. They conducted a complete search of our property as we walked through it together.
Each time these searches occurred, my wife feared I would be arrested over some misunderstanding. It felt as though they were looking for anything that could be used against me.
Later, my probation officer—who could be strict but generally followed the rules—told me he had never seen anything like it. He said other agencies frequently overrode his decisions and that no other group under the Department of Corrections, including people on parole or probation, experienced the same level of scrutiny as registered individuals. He remarked that he had seen agencies participate in these investigations that typically would not even be involved in homicide or major drug cases. One example he gave was the Department of Agriculture participating in a sex offender compliance operation.
From my perspective, it appeared that these operations had expanded far beyond their original purpose, involving multiple agencies and significant resources. That was a disturbing realization.
In 2004, at the age of 23, Lafave was working as an English teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida. She was arrested after it was discovered that she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male student. Her attorney famously argued that she was “too pretty for prison,” a statement that became one of the most controversial aspects of the case. The judge ultimately accepted a plea agreement that allowed her to avoid prison time, which sparked significant public debate.
Looking back more than two decades later, the contrast between cases like this and today’s criminal justice debates in Florida is striking. The current political climate includes calls to remove judges for decisions involving issues such as granting bond to defendants accused of serious crimes. Supporters of judicial discretion argue that the purpose of bond is to ensure a person appears in court while maintaining the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, not to serve as punishment before a conviction.
It is concerning to see a system where public pressure and demands for punishment can sometimes overshadow the principles of due process and equal treatment under the law. Florida’s approach to justice has become increasingly focused on being tough on crime, but that pursuit must still be balanced with fairness, constitutional protections, and the role of judges to apply the law independently.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged lawmakers to impeach a Leon County judge after she released a convicted sex offender on bond before sentencing. The man later allegedly killed his 5-year-old stepdaughter. DeSantis cited the case while signing “Missy’s Law,” which restricts bond eligibility for certain convicted offenders awaiting sentencing. This shows that they will even turn on each other when there is a sex offense present if the census is unpopular.
https://www.chronicleonline.com/weeklies/wakulla_news/desantis-impeach-tallahassee-judge-for-releasing-sex-offender-led-to-death-of-5-year-old/article_29d95f59-359d-5726-90a4-0ba866f3a304.html