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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Suspect Allegedly Met Girl Through Internet Chat Rooms March 15, 2005 ONEONTA, Ala. – The FBI has released more information about the abduction of a 14-year-old Blount County girl and the arrest of her alleged kidnapper. The case led authorities to issue an Amber Alert early Tuesday morning. According to Carmen Adams, special...
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By Daniel Lovering The Associated Press McKEESPORT, Pa. — A woman who disappeared as a teen 10 years ago had been living with a middle-school security guard who didn’t allow her to leave his home for several years, police said Wednesday. Tanya Nicole Kach, now 24, was reunited with her family this week....
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The Jessica Lunsford Act takes effect this week, increasing sanctions for crimes committed against children. BY DAVID ROYSE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE – Some sex criminals who target kids will face the possibility of life in prison or lifetime monitoring by satellite starting Thursday as the Jessica Lunsford Act takes effect. It could be...
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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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POSTED: 1:30 pm EDT August 6, 2004 MOBILE, Ala. – A 6-year-old North Carolina boy missing for four years has been found living in Mobile with his father, a discovery made with the help of a tipster who had seen a computer-enhanced picture of the child at a web site. Nicolas Dipietro vanished...
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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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