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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Creve Coeur reviews school bus stop safety Kevin Dishman Scott Lindholm September 10, 2004 By ANDY KRAVETZ of the Journal Star PEORIA – After a night of drinking and using drugs, two Peoria men set out for East Peoria and Creve Coeur on Tuesday, looking for a woman – any woman – to...
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By Tania E. Lopez August 11, 2004 MORGAN COUNTY The man arrested after a chase that ended in a Morgan County cornfield was held Tuesday on $1 million bond on charges stemming from the rape and attempted murder of an Illinois girl. Ronnie L. Johnson, 53, Kansas, Ill., was being held in the...
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By Tom Farmer Friday, July 30, 2004 A Maine camp counselor charged with possessing child pornography was reported by his Jamaica Plain roommates who found hundreds of sexual images of young boys on his computer, a prosecutor said yesterday. Matthew Elansky, 22, was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail by West Roxbury District...
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Background checks are common, but gaps remain By Carolyn Johnson and Emily Anthes, Globe Correspondents | July 27, 2004 A Massachusetts man’s removal from a camp counseling job because of child pornography charges renews concerns about children’s safety at camp, despite increased efforts to check workers’ criminal backgrounds, child advocates say. ADVERTISEMENT The...
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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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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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