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Loophole Means Utah Sex Offender May Go Free

Apr 1st 2011 – 1:51AM

PROVO, Utah -- Prosecutors in Utah are fighting to have a convicted sex offender facing multiple child sex abuse charges committed indefinitely after doctors deemed him no danger to society but mentally incompetent for trial, meaning he could soon see the case against him dropped and be set free. They won at least a...

Dad Accused of Putting $3,000 'Dead or Alive' Bounty on Daughter's Boyfriend

Mar 30th 2011 – 1:40PM
La Mesa Police Dept.

La Mesa Police Dept.

A California man charged with putting out a $3,000 bounty on his daughter's boyfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment in East County Superior Court in El Cajon. Arrested at his Spring Valley home last week, Domingos Oliveira, 49, was charged with solicitation of murder. He stands accused of posting a dozen...

Probation for Man Who Twice Pleaded Guilty to Having Sex With Horse

Mar 23rd 2011 – 6:13PM
AP

AP

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A South Carolina man who twice pleaded guilty to having sex with a horse has been released from prison after 16 months and ordered to stay away from the stable where the animal lives. Probation officials said Monday that Rodell Vereen, 51, was let out of prison March 1. Vereen must complete two...

Sex Offender Gives Himself Up on Live TV

By Hugh CollinsOct 29th 2010 – 4:14PM
KTLA-TV

KTLA-TV

(Oct. 29) – Talk about TV drama. A registered sex offender on the run surrendered himself to authorities Thursday -- by giving his identity to a reporter. Police were hunting for Valentino Rodriguez, 46, when he approached Eric Spillman of Los Angeles TV station KTLA, who happened to be interviewing people in...

Cops Fear Missing Ky. Teen Being Held by Sex Offender

By David LohrJul 28th 2010 – 5:22PM
WAVE-TV

WAVE-TV

(July 28) -- Authorities in Kentucky are searching for Brittney Kustes, a 19-year-old Bullitt County woman who they allege is being held against her will by a registered sex offender with a previous kidnapping conviction. "We're very concerned for this girl's safety," Lt. Scotty McGaha of the Bullitt County Sheriff's...

Background on sex offender

A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime.

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