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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Jeff Lee Vancouver Sun Friday, July 23, 2004 An errant suitcase, well-honed investigative instincts and an unwavering determination to reunite a little girl born addicted to heroin with her Pennsylvania grandmother all helped Darren Wilson bring an end to young Sierrah Findeison’s nomadic lifestyle. On Thursday, Wilson, an investigator with the Missing Children...
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Saturday, July 17, 2004 – 12:00 AM | Justin Hill DAILY HERALD The watchful eye of a retired Springville reserve police officer — a man who neighbors say watches over their families — has delivered a pair of Springville sisters safely home after a man allegedly tried to abduct them. The observant neighbor,...
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June 24, 2004 PHOENIX (AP) – An ice cream vendor was arrested Tuesday on charges that he raped and impregnated a 9-year-old girl in his ice cream truck. Adrian Gonzalez, 24, was booked on two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and two counts of kidnapping, said Sgt. Randy Force, a Phoenix...
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May 5, 2004 NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has ruled that an imprisoned child molester is responsible for the disappearance and presumed death of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick said she declared Jose R. Ramos responsible for the boy’s death because he disobeyed her orders to...
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HELENA, Montana (AP) — A registered sex offender was arrested for allegedly soliciting baby-sitting jobs through fliers and classified advertisements, police said. Kenneth Lee Hall was arrested Wednesday and jailed for violating the terms of his sex-offender therapy, a condition of his probation. Hall, 41, was convicted in May 1999 of sexual assault....
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Four states have stricter laws against child sex offenders By TONY RIZZO The Kansas City Star Mark Lunsford is a quiet man by nature. But the terrible crime committed against his 9-year-old daughter, Jessica, has given him a voice that is hard to ignore. He has done in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arizona,...
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Pantagraph staff NORMAL, ILL. – A motorist who flagged down a Normal police officer Wednesday night helped lead to two arrests in a child abduction case. An Amber Alert was issued for a 1-year-old girl taken about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday from a Boys & Girls Club in Peoria, Normal police said. A man...
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