NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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ex offender registry: The measure has already passed in the House By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Smart, whose kidnapping in 2002 drew national attention, encouraged senators to approve a national sex offender registry bill that was passed by the House on Wednesday. “I don’t want to see others...
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By DALE WETZEL, Associated Press Writer North Dakota law requires sex offenders to inform police if they get another job, even if they haven’t changed homes, the state Supreme Court ruled. The court’s decision revived a felony case against Michael Darnell Jackson, who did not tell Fargo police he had worked at a...
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KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS MIAMI – A new state law designed to protect students from sexual predators includes a little-noticed section requiring fingerprint checks for all vendors and contractors who work at public schools while students are present – a measure that could affect thousands of construction workers, sports referees and maybe even delivery...
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The Tracy women who helped rescue a missing 12-year-old girl say they figured out who she was from seeing a televised Amber Alert. Looking grimy and hungry, the missing girl and the man accused of taking her were at a Tracy hardware store Thursday evening looking for new clothes. A woman who worked...
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RUBÉN ROSARIO Its official name is the Parental Abduction Child Recovery Team, but perhaps Kidnap Busters is a better fit after this week. With the help of St. Paul cops and others, a week-old Minnesota-based group of private investigators, lawyers, retired FBI types and other do-gooders cracked its first case with the dramatic...
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Police seeking assistance from public to help officers identify, apprehend suspect. By JON OTTMAN – Staff Writer Shelby Township police are continuing their search for a man who attempted to abduct a teen on her way to school. Detective Lt. Steven Stanbury, commander of the township’s Criminal Investigation Bureau said that the 16-year-old...
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PORTLAND, OR — Two bystanders who thought something was wrong when they saw a 10-year-old girl walk away with a man who had flashed what looked like a badge are credited with thwarting the child?s kidnapping. “Our worst gut fears were realized,” said Ken Gillam, who had watched the incident unfold…when he and...
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Police search for an attempted kidnapping suspect. Officers say he tried to take an 11-year-old boy at a Broken Arrow park. It happened last week at Urbana Park. Parents in the area say, they will focus on stranger danger, and they’re worried. “That’s what makes it even more frightening. This isn’t a main...
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