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SEX OFFENDERS IN LORAIN COUNTY FOUND USING STREET CORNERS, HOMELESS SHELTERS FOR ADDRESSES
September 11, 2019
Kevin Freeman
Fox 8
LORAIN, Ohio– When a registered sex offender moves into a neighborhood, many parents are understandably alarmed. But some local residents were shocked to learn that offenders are living in their communities without having an address to report.
They might register the address of a homeless shelter, a motel or simply a street corner.
On Tuesday, FOX 8 caught up with Lorain County Sheriff’s deputy John Steenstra as he walked into a homeless shelter on Caroline Avenue in Lorain to check up on registered sex offenders.
“We have a lot