Category Archive for : ‘MEGANS LAW NEWS’

November 14, 2019
Jenny Day
KYMA

News 11 investigates the sex offender next door:
Statistics show 99% of child sex offenders reoffend, yet they are still being released into our community.
We spoke to police, probation, victim advocates, lawmakers and even knocked on the doors, of those who have spent years in prison and now have to register as a sex offender for life.
Convicted sex offenders have to inform law enforcement of where they’ll be living, even if homeless these predators have to tell police something – even under the bridge off First Street is

November 14, 2019
Michael Locklear
2 KUTV

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Salt Lake City Police Department recently arrested 21 sex offenders who were out of compliance with court orders and registry requirements. Many hadn’t updated their address.
Officers conducted 83 compliance checks — verifying current vehicles, state-issued IDs and other information are on file — and 59 residence checks over the past few months.
“In this case, we wanted to go out and double check and make sure that we’re finding everyone who’s not compliant,” said Det. Michael Ruff, “and make sure

November 11, 2019
Lindsay Schnell
USA Today

The Catholic Church has been under scrutiny from survivors, victims’ advocates and, in some cases, law enforcement, since early 2002, when the sex abuse crisis that involved church administration covering for thousands of priests first became public knowledge.
In the last two decades, there’s been major church reform, including the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, which established guidelines for dealing with allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Meanwhile, dioceses across the country have released lists of credibly accused priests, many of

September 30, 2019
Tap Into

Senator Joe Pennacchio condemned Governor Murphy’s sanctuary state policies that resulted in the release from county jail of an illegal immigrant who was arrested for sexual assault of a minor, despite a detainer request by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A directive from the Attorney General has prohibited local law enforcement agencies from working with federal immigration authorities.

When the “Immigrant Trust Directive” was announced, Attorney General Grewal was quoted as saying the directive was  and would “protect the safety of all New Jersey residents.”

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January 11, 2019

Delcotimes

MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A 43-year-old Colwyn man who dressed as cartoon characters for children’s parties was sentenced to five to 10 years in a state prison Thursday after entering “no contest” pleas involving sexual misconduct with children.  Michael Cripps pleaded in three different cases to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, both felonies of the first degree, three counts of indecent assault, felonies of the third

Good Housekeeping/Amy Engeler 2005 The sounds of children and splashing water caught Francine Johnson’s attention on a weekdayafternoon last May. Wondering if school had let out early, she looked out her window at herneighbor’s above-ground pool and saw a half dozen young boys, each around eight years old, playingin the water. With them was Robert Forzano, the strapping blond automobile mechanic who lived nextdoor to Johnson in suburban Rancho Cordova, California. She was puzzled, thinking it odd thatForzano, 42, who didn’t socialize with other adults in their neighborhood, would be