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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By JENNIFER KAY MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The mayor has proposed an ordinance that would effectively ban registered sex offenders from living in Miami Beach. Mayor David Dermer wants to prevent sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet, or a half-mile, of any school, school bus stop, day care center, park or...
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Nov 2, 2005 (WJZ/AP) WOODLAWN, Md. Baltimore County police are still looking for three men who kidnapped a 4-year-old boy, triggering an Amber Alert Tuesday night. Michael Lee Benjamin was with his mother and a friend when they were approached by three men in ski masks armed with shotguns before 9 p.m., according...
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By JENNIFER KAY MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The mayor has proposed an ordinance that would effectively ban registered sex offenders from living in Miami Beach. Mayor David Dermer wants to prevent sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet, or a half-mile, of any school, school bus stop, day care center, park or...
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CHICAGO (AP) ‹ An 18-year-old Chicago man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping two young children to perform a demonic ritual intended to get back his former girlfriend, authorities said. David Rodriguez was being held on $500,000 bond. Prosecutors said he and a 15-year-old companion snatched the children Friday outside a South Side library...
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DES MOINES (AP) — A homeless man who’s a registered sex offender was arrested after police said he grabbed a toddler and sexually assaulted her in the men’s room of the downtown public library. Police hailed library workers who pulled the girl away from the man as heroes. James C. Effler Jr., 32,...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 13-year-old Milwaukee boy who went missing last week was found Tuesday in Phoenix with a man wanted on a child sex charge, police said. Justin Terlecki apparently took a bus to Arizona last Wednesday, lured to Phoenix by a 32-year-old man with whom he had corresponded over the Internet,...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 12-year-old Las Vegas boy returned home Sunday – 18 months after he vanished with his father. Jonathan Mystery, who was found in the Philippines earlier this month, attended a news conference in Las Vegas with his mother. Shante Mystery was reunited with her son there last week after...
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October 4 2004 GARDEN CITY, Mich. (AP) – A janitor whose body was found in the church where he worked had hundreds of illegal videotapes in his home, some depicting the man molesting children in the church restroom, police said. The body of Todd Darow, 40, was discovered Sept. 23 in Merriman Road...
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