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 THOMAS HARGROVE Scripps Howard News Service December 19, 2005 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it will soon begin reporting how many children go missing each year in America, ending its 15-year violation of an act of Congress meant to improve how police report lost, kidnapped and runaway children. The...
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July 22, 2005 How many registered sex offenders are living in your neighborhood? If you don’t know, the Justice Department has put together a new Website where you can track sex offenders. The National Sex Offender Public Registry will be able to give you an up close and personal look at the convicted...
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Monday, May 16, 2005 Washington state police agencies failed to report at least 76 missing children to the FBI from 2000 through 2004, despite a federal law requiring such reports, according to data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But Washington did better than...
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Rhianna Powers Jacob Goldschmidt Posted: Thursday, Feb 17, 2005 – 04:52:00 am HST Mom faces charges in California, Hawaii By Paul C. Curtis – The Garden Island A boy believed to have been abducted by his mother in Lihue near the end of 2003 has been reunited with his father in California, after...
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Undercover officers will train to pose as kids ERIC FRAZIER Child molesters prowling for victims on the Internet will soon stand a greater chance of running into undercover officers. A new N.C. law, combined with a ramped-up police training program, will bring tougher penalties and higher numbers of undercover officers onto the Internet....
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Salt Lake Tribune It was last October when Tonia McPeak and Steve Garrett heard an Amber Alert broadcast information about a 3-year-old boy who police believed had been kidnapped by his father. McPeak was astonished when she realized the car in front of her on I-15 matched the description of the car in...
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The Kansas City Star By BENITA Y. WILLIAMS Date: 09/18/00 22:15 A 20-year-old Smithville man pleaded guilty Monday in Clay County Circuit Court to creating a Web site to promote child pornography. Christian Hunold also admitted making threats via the Internet and telephone to frighten a girl in Townsend, Mass. Hunold made the...
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