Sex offenders in your neighborhood.

[finn's mom]

I was going to make that point, also. We had a discussion on another board about a man that had grabbed a young girl out of the road to save her from getting hit by a car. Can you believe they gave him the title of sex offender? So, though most of them are bad, it's a shame for the others like the boyfriend/girlfriend and other situations like the one I listed.

Yeah, it really is. And, like I said, Romeo ended up marrying the girl he was jailed for having sex with. They have two kids, even. I agree with you, I think the majority of them probably are scum sucking $%^&*#@, but, for those few that aren't...it's just unfortunate that they don't list exactly the crime, so, that you could make an informed decision on whether or not you need to avoid them. I guess that's against the law, though, I don't even know for sure...

[lady_zana]

Yeah, it really is. And, like I said, Romeo ended up marrying the girl he was jailed for having sex with. They have two kids, even. I agree with you, I think the majority of them probably are scum sucking $%^&*#@, but, for those few that aren't...it's just unfortunate that they don't list exactly the crime, so, that you could make an informed decision on whether or not you need to avoid them. I guess that's against the law, though, I don't even know for sure...

I know someone like that too. He was in my sister's high school class. I don't believe the couple ended up getting married, though; they were just two teenagers and her parents decided to press charges.

However, on that note, I am going to add that I don't know how old the girl was but I knew the boy and knew he did often date girls several years younger than himself. It's quite possible that she was several years from sixteen yet.

Also, I wanted to ask if anyone knew if perhaps this page was just getting started. I'm from KY and even though my state was listed, I checked their list with Kentucky's official list and the watch dog site had nearly everyone listed but not quite.

[Cincy'sMom]

When my sister and Brian were looking to buy their house, the realator had them get on this site, or a similar one, and check the area before they bought the house. Not a bad idea, with a small child to think of.


I put in our address and wow!!! Toledo is awful!!! 8 offernders in our "big" block alone!! Look closer to the inner city, and there are more coclors then I can count! Scary!

[QueenScoopalot]

I'm surrounded! No faces I recognize yet. The one problem with databases like this is if you are caught urinating in public (indecent exposure), you can be labeled a sex offender. Makes me wonder how many listed are human, as opposed to true preditors who need to be known.

[DJFyrewolf36]

The only problem I see in Nevada is that if you're under 18 (and male, the law isn't supposed to be biased but I've never seen anyone win pressing charges against a female), and you have consensual sex with a person who is also under 18, the parents can press charges (without the childs consent) and if they stick, they'll follow you into adulthood unlike other juvinile offenses. A friend of mine has to register as a "sex offender" for the rest of his life because of this. I agree that it is good for parents to know if a sex offender lives in the neighborhood but I disagree that some people have to register, especially if the act was consentual.

I've heard of too many cases where a woman has "regrets" about the act and will press charges of rape. Here, a precident has been set that the woman is always right and the guy is always lying. It isn't right, but it DOES happen. I wonder how may people are victims of this type of bias?

[ramanth]

It lists a bit of info under "Convictions", so you could ask a lawyer or go to any law library and look up the specifics of that crime.

I have mostly green squares around me and two red. There is one red square less than a mile from the high school where my family grew up.

Scary.

[Scooby4]

I am not too worried about the ones that do show up on the website... I am worried about the ones that haven't!!! The people on the website are only there because they got "Caught". They know about their rights and rules and what happens if they violate them.
There was a story recently about a little girl getting shot and killed because she was going to tell on her friend's father for molesting his daughter! The father shot the girl so she wouldn't tell. Could you imagine what his daughter is going through? She was too scared to speak up so her friend was going to do it for her.
Instead of worrying about identifying the posted offenders, let's worry about the signs of the ones NOT caught. Let's make sure our children understand what "good/bad touch" is and who to talk to about it. We should also amend our laws so that teenage boyfriend/girlfriend offenses aren't treated as harshly. I have no problem with an 18 year old dating a 16 year old. I do have a problem with 16 and younger having been violated by adults. At age 16 your old enough to drive to the police station and be believed.

[just me]

OMG
Thanks for the site.
Unbelieveable.