Florida teen, Phillip Alpert, was arrested for child pornography and had to register as a sex offender.  This incident occurred after Phillip tried to get the attention of his ex-girlfriend.  He was angry he couldn’t get a hold of her and in his rage he sent explicit picture of her that she gave him to all of his friends, to get her attention,

I believe the punishment in this case, is a little server.  There is a difference between a grow man having and sending child pornography and a child having pictures of another child.  That is a natural part of life, young people have been exploring there sexuality from a long time now and it will continue.  The times have changed, now we have technology that can record and send anything.  With that being said, that still doesn’t make what Phillip did right, but now the young man is going to be labeled for life as a sex offender and he was a child himself at the time.

People being labeled as sex offenders is a great way for parents to know if there is a child predator in their area.  The court systems does need to be careful not to hand the title with little regard.  This is not the first case, in fact their are many cases, of teens being labeled as sex offenders for having sexual activity with a consenting teenage partner.

References

1. MTV.com

29-year-old sex offender Ryan Yates has been in and out of prison since he was 14.  He has a long track record of sexual attack and violence, and authorities are now really scrutinizing how such an obviously threatening man was let out into the world.
“There has to be a review, because this is not the first time that the system has failed. Grampian Police said he was complying with the terms of his order but he was still able to commit this awful offense.”
Conservative MSP John Lamont added: “Time and time again we have said that merely placing somebody on the sex offenders register is not enough.”

Less than a week after being released from prison on October 14 of 2009, Yates attacked a Grandma in Westfield Park in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don area to try to get to her two grand daughters so he could abduct and rape them.  He openly admitted that he was “find some children to have sex with” after being caught.  He had walked up to them and pulled a knife on the Grandma, but she was able to disarm him while her 8-year-old grand daughter was able to get away with her 2-year-old sister.  She quickly grabbed the bottom of the blade and the top of the blade handle while she kicked at her attacker.
Advocate depute Alan Mackay said: “While walking in the park the younger child asked to come out of her buggy. The grandmother bent down to unbuckle the child from the buggy and noticed a pair of legs standing very close to her.”
“She stood up and saw the accused less than an arm’s length away. He was holding pointed kitchen knife with a serrated edge,” said the prosecutor.  Yates had thrust the knife towards the woman’s chest.

Detective Superintendent Brian Yule said: “At the time of his arrest, Yates had fully complied with all the conditions relating to his registration and our officers had visited him regularly in the days after his release.”
Last night a spokesman for the Scottish Government dismissed calls for a review of sex offender management, saying three had already taken place since devolution.

He added: “Although we do not comment on individual cases, orders for lifelong restriction – effectively a discretionary life sentence for high risk offenders – now exist and we will continue to support the judiciary when they impose these.”

Reference

Ernest Lester
Address: 1506 Adeline Del City, Oklahoma
(Case # UNK)
Crime: 3cts. Aggravated Assault

Lampkin, Edwin
Address: 5110 N. Jerico Spencer, OK
DOC# 813165
Case Number: Unknown (Miami, Dade County, Florida)
Crime: Rape in First Degree

Stubblefield, Earl Warner
Address: 5806 NW 42 Oklahoma City, OK 73122
DOC# 198635
Case Number: CF 93-1846
Crime: Lewd or Indecent Acts with Child Under 16

Bacon, Thomas Dean
Address: 14551 SE 23 Choctaw, OK 73020
DOC # 270061
Case Number: CF 98-4467
Crime: Indecent Acts With Child Under 16

Gregory, William Francis
Alias: Bill Gregory
Address: 2924 S. Henney Rd
Choctaw, Oklahoma
DOC# 191452
Crime: Forcible Sodomy/ Second Degree Rape

Hodges, William Bradley

Alias: Bill Hodges

Address: 21905 SE 15th

Harrah, Oklahoma

DOC# 237994

Crime: Lewd Acts with a child under 12

Lee, Ronald Delbert

Alias: Ronnie Lee

Address: 3526 Outpost Dr.

Spencer, Oklahoma

Crime: 2cts. Indecent Acts with a child under 16 yrs. of age.

Blevins, David
Address: 321 W. Michael Drive Midwest City, OK 73110
DOC # 210660
Case Number: CF 95-6701
Crime: Making Lewd or Indecent Proposal to Child Under 16

Henson, Russell Timothy

Address: 1029 SW 63rd

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

DOC# 116774

Crime: Forcible Oral Sodomy

Rape/Second Degree

Jones, Tracy W.

Address: 17875 Twisted Oak

Choctaw, Oklahoma

DOC# 260887

Crime: Lewd Acts with a child under 16

Pickle, Jay W.

2124 Lahoma Circle Harrah, Okla. 73045

Age 41

Ht. 5’8”

Eyes: Gray

Hr.: Brown

Charges: 5cts. Indecent or Lewd Act with a child under 16.

1ct. Rape I with a child under 14.

Whitlock, Stan Lewis
Address: 2352 S. Dobbs
Harrah, Oklahoma
DOC# 188014
Crime: Forcible Oral Sodomy

Powers, Emmitt Harold
Address: 917 Flamingo
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DOC# 229117
Crime: Lewd Acts with a child under 16 yrs. of age

Wanted Sexual Offenders

These sexual predators were subject to arrest warrants as of November 19, 2007, reported by the Melbourne Police Department.  If you find out any information about either of these two men, contact the Melbourne Police Department.

You can also call Sex Offender Tracking Officer Luis Lopez at (321) 409-3412, or by email at: llopez@melbourneflorida.org.

Send written correspondence to:

Sex Offender Tracking Unit, Melbourne Police Department
650 N. Apollo Blvd
Melbourne, FL
32935-5066

Or sent by fax to: (321) 242-0795

Secretary Colleen Chamberlain may also be reached by phone at (321) 409-3419, or via email at: cchamberlain@melbourneflorida.org.

Keeping up to date with the latest news about sex offenders and criminals on the loose or getting caught is ideal for parents to stay aware of faces and places for the safety of their children.  This is as far as a lot of people can do, but there are also a surprising number of things parents and adults can do as well.  Check out your local government websites, or even stop at your local Police Department or other government building to find out about the different programs you can participate in to help prevent more terrible news.  The more help there is and eyes there are, the less kids, and other victims will have to suffer from such cruelty.  This in turn will help to break many cycles of people repeating these acts.  Here are a few different resources from each state in the United States that could help you or a friend to save many lives.

Wyoming

Office of Homeland Security

Wyoming Highway Patrol

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Emergency Management

West Virginia

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

State Police

Washington

Washington State Emergency Management

Washington State Patrol

Virginia

Department of Emergency Management

Department of Fire Programs

Secretary of Public Safety

State Police

Office of Commonwealth Preparedness

Vermont

Department of Public Safety

State Police

Utah

Department of Public Safety

Texas

Department of Public Safety

Commission on State Emergency Communication

Division of Emergency Management

Texas Commission on Fire Protection

Tennessee

Department of Safety

Emergency Management Agency

South Dakota

Department of Public Safety

South Carolina

Department of Public Safety

Emergency Management Division

Rhode Island

Emergency Management Agency

State Police

Pennsylvania

Emergency Management Agency

State Police

Oregon

Department of State Police

Office of Homeland Security

Oklahoma

Department of Public Safety

Department of Civil Emergency Management

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

Ohio

Department of Public Safety

Emergency Management Agency

North Dakota

Homeland Security State Radio

Official Portal for the North Dakota State Government

North Dakota State Highway Patrol

North Carolina

Department of Crime and Control Public Safety

New York

State Police

State Emergency Management Office

Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee

New Mexico

Department of Public Safety

Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

New Jersey

Office of Emergency Management

State Police

Homeland Security

New Hampshire

Department of Safety

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Nevada

Department of Public Safety

Homeland Security

Nebraska

Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

State Patrol

Emergency Management Agency

Montana

Disaster and Emergency Services

Highway Patrol

Department of Justice

Missouri

Department of Public Safety

Emergency Management Agency

Mississippi

Department of Public Safety

Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

Minnesota

Department of Public Safety

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Michigan

State Police

Department of Public Safety

Department of Homeland Security

Massachusettes

Executive Office of Public Safety

Emergency Management Agency

State Police

Maryland

Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Emergency Management Act

State Police

Maine

Department of Public Safety

Emergency Management Agency

Louisiana

Department of Public Safety

Louisiana State Police

Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

Kentucky

Justice and Public Safety Cabinet

Division of Emergency Management

State Police

Kansas

Division of Emergency Management

Kansas Amber Plan

Bureau of Investigation

Highway Patrol

Iowa

Department of Public Safety

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Indiana

Department of Homeland Security

State Police

Illinois

Emergency Management Agency

State Police

State Fire Marshall

Idaho

Bureau of Homeland Security

State Police

Hawaii

Department of Public Safety

State Civil Defense

Georgia

Department of Public Safety

Georgia Emergency Management Agency

Florida

Division of Emergency Management

Secure Florida

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Florida Highway Patrol

Delaware

Department of Public Safety

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

DPS: State Police

Connecticut

Department of Public Safety

Office of Emergency Management

Colorado

Department of Public Safety

Office of Emergency Management

California

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Seismic Safety Commission

Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention

Emergency Medical Services Authority

Department of the California Highway Patrol

Office of Traffic Safety

Arkansas

Department of Emergency Management

Fire Prevention Commission

State Police

Arizona

Department of Public Safety

Division of Emergency Management

Peace Officer Standards and Training Board

Alaska

Department of Public Safety

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Alabama

Department of Public Safety

Department of Homeland Security

Emergency Management Agency

In this day and age there are plenty of ways to go about getting information. You can go the old fashion route and read books, encyclopedias, and newspapers or you can use the ultimate source of information, the internet. Obviously you chose the latter if you are here, which is good! The internet isn’t the hive of scum and villainy it is normally portrayed as being, but an open-source tool that should be used to discover new things and gather information. This is especially useful in developing new ways to keep your children safe. I have collected an array of videos from YouTube that should aid in you and your quest to maintain safety for your kids and you.

Grayden Comstock is a convicted sex offender behind bars after taking part part in child pornography.  Just a few days before his release, he was informed he would not be let out because he was a sexual danger to society.  Now, three years later, this case is being over viewed by the Supreme Court because of arguments against the 2006 Adam Walsh Protection Act.  This act allows the Federal Government to deem a person to prison for life even after a states rule if they are extreme sexual predators.

This causes a disturbance about the governments power among many justices, including Antonin Scalia who said, “this is a recipe for the federal government taking over everything.”

“If the state’s not going to do it, the federal government must do it,” said victims’ rights advocate Martin Andrews, who was abducted by a repeat sex offender when he was 13 years old, buried in a box and left for dead.  This law, if in affect at the time, would have completely stopped this from happening.

“If this is overturned, I hope the Congress has the good sense to go back and rewrite their law and come back and try again,” Andrews said.

References

1. News Story

Harold Gonzalez, left, and Cameron Catanio

Thanks to the Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit, residents of Reno, NV are now informed of two sex offenders who have moved into Reno.  They are both in compliance with the law and are not wanted by authorities.

50-year-old Harold Gonzalez is currently listed as unemployed and homeless.

28-year-old Cameron Catinio is registered as living at 3100 block of Kings Row and works in the 1300 block of East Greg Street.

Contact the Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit for further questions and concerns:  334-2007

A sex offender is any person who committed a sex crime, but what exactly constitutes a sex crime? It varies place to place, jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In most jurisdictions, offenses include child sexual abuse, downloading child pornography, rape, and statutory rape. These are the things we think about when we see sex offender. However in much of the United States smaller more petty crimes such as public urination, mooning, streaking, and the failure to prevent one’s own teenage children from engaging in otherwise consensual sexual activity also result being designated as a sex offender. All of these people have to register as sex offenders on the publicly searchable lists.

So how do you know which sex offendors to be extra wary of since the term applies to anybody who was caught mooning somebody in highschool, to a serial rapist. Well the term sexual predator generally reserved for severe or repeat sex offenders. Also when looking up sex offenders you can in most cases see specifically what sort of offender they are.

42-year-old (yes you heard right, 42 years old!) Laurie Price is currently in jail for luring a 16-year old boy away from his home to have sex with him.  She flew from Canada, for the SECOND time, and was able to get the boy away from his home and to a hotel where she had sex with him.  She had started talking to him over a year before on World of Warcraft, sending him persistent and intense sexual messages.

“From our investigation, we have thousands of e-mails and instant messages to go through. She was very persistent to say the least,” Gray said.

Her first visit was a failure, and the 15-year-old would not leave his house with her.  After months more of creeping him on the internet, she was able to manipulate the KID’s feelings and hormones.

“She talked to him about sex and a lot of different stuff. It was a very long, long grooming process. She thought that in February she had him at that time. She continued to work on him until she finally felt she broke through,” he said.

On Dec. 29, Price flew back to Canada and lured the teen from his home, taking him to a hotel in Rosseau, about 70 miles away, and having sex with him, Gray said.  The teen had left a note for his mother saying he was running away with Price.  Authorities were then on the lookout when off-duty police officer in Rosseau spotted the two at a hotel.

Price is now charged in Houston by prosecutors with two accounts of online solicitation of a minor and one count of enticing a child with the intent to commit a felony.  In Canada the legal age of consent to sex in 16, but she is still facing even greater charges in the United States.  Tuesday, January 5, she was arrested at the Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport once returning to the states.  Her first court appearance was Wednesday morning.

Sadly, this woman is the mother of 4 children, while holding a position of a permanent substitute teacher at Cypress-Fairbanks school district in suburban Houston, where she was immediately fired after her arrest.  Price is being held in the Harris County Jail under bonds totaling $20,000.  She faces 2 to 10 years in prison upon conviction, and up to $10,000 dollars for each charge.

Let’s keep her children in our prayers and our hearts, because they are facing great shame, embarrassment, confusion, and most of all a terrible example and scarring.  Let us hope that they grow stronger and into better people than their mother.  She has left a terribly rocky road for them.

References

1. MomLogic