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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In Indiana, at least 2 inquiries are under way into rings that push people into prostitution, slavery By Kevin Corcoran November 28, 2005 A false promise of a $500-a-week baby-sitting job lured illegal immigrant Marlene Harpi from New York City to Indianapolis four years ago. But when she arrived here, the job turned...
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BY RICH SCHAPIRO DAILY NEWS WRITER Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 A dozen convicted sex fiends have been freed to hit the streets of New York as early as next week. The “Dirty Dozen” perverts – exclusively profiled in Sunday’s Daily News - were tossed into mental hospitals by Gov. Pataki, even though they...
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The Treasure Coast runaways were located after a newspaper article about missing children appeared. By Gabriel Margasak staff writer October 14, 2005 STUART – Two missing runaway girls have been located safe and sound after hearing about themselves being featured in a newspaper article about missing children, sheriff’s officials said. Cassandra Rocha, 14,...
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By Jennifer Miskewicz (Charlotte) June 30, 2005 – It’s the outcome Diana Romay’s family hoped for. The Sumter Girl, who just turned 13, was reunited with them at the Charlotte airport on Thursday afternoon. Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson was there, “It’s a wonderful feeling to have Diana home and it’s a wonderful...
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By Sam Wood Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Mar. 22, 2005 A Cherry Hill teenager who had been missing for more than a year has been reunited with her family, police said yesterday. Zhen Li, 16, known to friends as Jenny Lee, was a ninth grader at Cherry Hill High School East when she...
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By John J. Hopkins Times A police dispatcher’s determination to decipher the reported license plate of a suspect’s vehicle led Cheektowaga and Buffalo police to a man who allegedly attempted to abduct an 11-year-old girl last week along Cleveland Drive. The August 16 abduction was thwarted by the girl, who ran screaming to...
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By Annette Espinoza Denver Post Staff Writer When Denver police Detective Paul Baca looked Heidy Lucero square in the eye in November 2002, he promised he would get her kidnapped 3-year-old son back. Baca kept his word. The boy, Mateo, who is now 7 and prefers to be called Matthew, was kidnapped on...
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