Category Archive for : ‘TRACKING SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS’

Larimer County’s top law enforcement official took to social media at 2 a.m. Friday to lambasteFort Collins leadership and service providers who enable and encourage criminality amongtransient people and travelers.

Sheriff Justin Smith’s post came a day after Fort Collins police announced the arrest of JeffreyEtheridge, a recently arrived transient man and convicted felon accused of sexually assaulting andkilling 23-year-old Heather Helena Hoffmann.

Etheridge is a multi-state sex offender who is also transient.

I assure you, it’s no coincidence that our community, with a record low unemployment rate, isoverrun by intentionally unemployed transients,

Robert Howard is accused of killing 12-year-old Naomi Jones in Pensacola. Howard, a convictedrapist, was a registered sex offender in Escambia County, Alabama, but investigators say he wasstaying at the apartment complex in Florida where Naomi lived. In this Reality Check, Local 15’sAndrea Ramey uncovers a loophole that allows sex offenders to travel freely and finds out howinvestigators keep track of them all.

It’s a hot muggy Thursday morning in June, and these volunteers are checking out this shack inIrvington to make sure the 53 year old sex offender who molested

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Suffolk County officials yesterday touted the record of their nearly 2 year oldprogram for monitoring convicted sex offenders, saying it had reduced recidivism. Theofficial’s remarks came less than two weeks after the state Court of Appeals struck down aNassau County law prohibiting level 1 sex offenders, considered the least likely to reoffend, fromliving within 1,000 feet of a school. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the ruling willhave minimal impact because of the work of Parents for Megan’s Law, a Ronkonkoma-basednonprofit that monitors the behavior of sex offenders and

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rnrnSuffolk County officials yesterday touted the record of their nearly 2 year oldrnprogram for monitoring convicted sex offenders, saying it had reduced recidivism. Thernofficial’s remarks came less than two weeks after the state Court of Appeals struck down arnNassau County law prohibiting level 1 sex offenders, considered the least likely to reoffend, fromrnliving within 1,000 feet of a school. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the ruling willrnhave minimal impact because of the work of Parents for Megan’s Law, a Ronkonkoma-basedrnnonprofit that monitors the behavior of sex offenders and

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rnSuffolk County officials yesterday touted the record of their nearly 2 year oldrnprogram for monitoring convicted sex offenders, saying it had reduced recidivism. Thernofficial’s remarks came less than two weeks after the state Court of Appeals struck down arnNassau County law prohibiting level 1 sex offenders, considered the least likely to reoffend, fromrnliving within 1,000 feet of a school. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the ruling willrnhave minimal impact because of the work of Parents for Megan’s Law, a Ronkonkoma-basedrnnonprofit that monitors the behavior of sex offenders and

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Parents for Megan’s Law is slated to begin monitoring the online activities of NassaurnCounty’s 550 registered sex offenders early next year, including tracking posts on Facebook andrnTwitter, and forwarding leads to police.  Acting Nassau Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpterrnsaid the Stony Brook-based nonprofit, which focuses on preventing sex abuse crimes and supportingrnvictims, also would create a smartphone app to allow the public to report possible sex offenderrnviolations.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law, said the expandedrnprogram would boost public safety by helping to maintain an accurate and up-to-date sex offenderrnregistry.  Ahearn said her group also will create a telephone hotline for people withrnquestions about Megan’s Law and for victims to report allegations; refer sexual abuse victims tornlocal counseling program; and create a prevention-based education program in schools and policernprecincts.  The police department and the county’s Department of Probation will continue tornmake all visits and phone contacts with convicted offenders.rn
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