Sex Offenders Map

[Kodos]

http://www.familywatchdog.us/

Just put in your address to see if you have any registered sex offenders in your area. I was alarmed to see the number of schools within a couple miles of my house! Five of 'em!

[Hurst2112]

wow. found a couple fuckers around my house. Nice to see some of the scags don't have their pictures on there. (rolleyes)

[moriarty]

I found 35 in my area. Is that bad?

[PilotMan]

This is a handy site. Disturbing as hell. There is a convicted rapist that basically lives across the street in the apartment complex. That is never good to know. Oh, and I have a total of 9 within a mile and a half. Not as bad as other parts though.

[George]

Interesting and scary! :eek:

[DeToxRox]

Two of my friends dads are on here. We always had our suspicions.

[PilotMan]

Total of 154 on the initial map area, max range about 5.2 miles. Still, it could be worse.

[MizzouRah]

I found 35 in my area. Is that bad?
No wonder your location is: A negative place

[moriarty]

No wonder your location is: A negative place
:D

[jeff061]

Yay!!, the only neighbor I have spoken to in 3 years here was convicted of sexual assualt in '99. I can hear him talking through the walls now.

[Hurst2112]

Yay!!, the only neighbor I have spoken to in 3 years here was convicted of sexual assualt in '99. I can hear him talking through the walls now.

kudos to you for not getting wasted one night and screwing his life up more.

[jeff061]

Well the funny thing is he's always been a real nice guy. In a "I've been beaten down my whole life so I kiss everyone's ass" kind of way.

[cthomer5000]

I've checked a site out like this before, but never this specific one. Just found one of my friends from high school. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/eek.gif

[Eaglesfan27]

Hmmmm.. It's showing up as service unavailable when I click on the link.

[jeff061]

Happens sometimes, just need to refresh.

[DeToxRox]

I don't condone violence but honestly, if every green blip on that map turned into a corpse, I'd applaud.

[Wolfpack]

A fair number around here (88 at lowest zoom), fortunately mostly green. If that can be said to be a good thing. I think Michigan must classify offenses differently or something because there were no rapists shown, just varying degree of sexual offense, shown in the "other" category.

Detroit is absurd, though. Shows about a thousand per map at broadest expanse. Lit up like a Christmas tree.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nevermind, it worked now.



774 within 5 miles of my current residence! :eek:

4 within 1 block of my current residence! :eek:

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

3 of the 4 were convicted of child molestation :(

[rkmsuf]

Nevermind, it worked now.



774 within 5 miles of my current residence! :eek:

4 within 1 block of my current residence! :eek:


watch your cornhole, dude.

[jeff061]

Checked where I grew up, rich and yuppiesh type town in southern New Hampshire. That has half a dozen or so child molesters. Kind of surpised by that.

[WSUCougar]

Damn, this bothers me. Looking at these bastards almost makes me literally snarl. I swear to God if anyone ever touches my wife or son I will kill them with my bare hands.

[rkmsuf]

Checked where I grew up, rich and yuppiesh type town in southern New Hampshire. That has half a dozen or so child molesters. Kind of surpised by that.


Hollis...Amherst?

[Kodos]

It is disheartening to see just how many of these people are out there.

[gottimd]

28 within a block of me.

I always wondered why there were random bars of soap everywhere.



















j/k there are no offenders within 10 miles of me.

[jeff061]

Hollis...Amherst?Haha. that's great. Amherst. My mother lives there and I grew up there. My father lives in Hollis, no one on the map there.

[rkmsuf]

I grew up and live in Nashua. None near the house but enough downtown.

We pick apples in Hollis. Much yuppiage there.

[jeff061]

Indeed, never went to school in Hollis, but from the few people around town I'd say they beat out Amherst. School kids in Amherst were a piece of work though, your place on the social ladder depended heavily on the car and vacation houses your parents owned.

[gottimd]

I was looking around my parents address, and I saw someone on there that the offense listed was just, "Carnal Knowledge", what kind of offense is that?

[rkmsuf]

Indeed, never went to school in Hollis, but from the few people around town I'd say they beat out Amherst. School kids in Amherst were a piece of work though, your place on the social ladder depended heavily on the car and vacation houses your parents owned.


Oh yes. Lots of dough over there.

Should we be talking about this in the sex offender thread?

[RendeR]

3 within 10 miles, every conviction almost 10 yrs old and related to screwing their girlfriends

[ibnsgirl]

Wow. Happy to report that there are none when the zoom level is on 1. Of course, an airport and its property takes up a nice chunk of the map.

Unfortunately, 69 when the zoom is at 5 -- and the vast majority of those are against kids. :(

[rkmsuf]

I was looking around my parents address, and I saw someone on there that the offense listed was just, "Carnal Knowledge", what kind of offense is that?

You know that thing you do with sheep? I think it's pretty close to that.

[st.cronin]

22

All male

[Hurst2112]

22

All male


yeah, i was a little disappointed that all those female teachers ksyrup finds, aren't moving to my neighborhood. :D

[Hurst2112]

I was looking around my parents address, and I saw someone on there that the offense listed was just, "Carnal Knowledge", what kind of offense is that?

its a crime to screw?

[st.cronin]

yeah, i was a little disappointed that all those female teachers ksyrup finds, aren't moving to my neighborhood. :D

I was surprised. I think I read somewhere that some significant percentage of sex offenders are female (10%, or maybe more). Of course, most of the girls around here are lesbian, so I don't know how that skews the data.

[Coffee Warlord]

WOW are there some creepy looking dudes on there.

[Raiders Army]

I only have 1 that is 6.72 miles away from me. Not too bad.

[dervack]

It's somewhat disturbing that when I put in my zipcode, 69 are found within my area.

[wade moore]

I had 21...

My brother lives on Logan Circle in DC...

He had 879... http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/eek.gif

That's at whatever the default zoom level is...even at zoom level 3 he had almost 200...

[JeeberD]

190 on the default, only one in the highest zoom.

The bad thing is that the vast majority of the 190 are red... :mad:

[Passacaglia]

When I put in my old address in Grand Rapids, MI, 341 showed up -- mostly green. I found someone from my high school who had been convicted for this. Scary thing is, friends of mine still talk to the guy -- he's married, and goes by a different name to avoid the list. I don't even know if his wife knows about it.

[Schmidty]

I don't condone violence but honestly, if every green blip on that map turned into a corpse, I'd applaud.

If they all actually did it, then I think that might be ok. But we all know that the judicial system doesn't always get it right. Plus there are probably quite a few young guys that get hit with statutory rape (which isn't a good thing of course).

[Schmidty]

When I put in my old address in Grand Rapids, MI, 341 showed up -- mostly green. I found someone from my high school who had been convicted for this. Scary thing is, friends of mine still talk to the guy -- he's married, and goes by a different name to avoid the list. I don't even know if his wife knows about it.

Yeah, I just moved from Kentwood 3 years ago, so I put in my old address. Voila! There were like 30 people within 3 miles of my old place. Most of them were apartment dwellers (specifically Wingate), which isn't a suprise since a lot of them are probably loners. I think I recognized a few of the wierder looking guys, which is creepy.

[sabotai]

My town is sex offender free!

[QuikSand]

My town is sex offender free!

Or, perhaps more likely, they haven't made their information available for this database.

Just guessing.

[st.cronin]

I'm curious if there's anybody here who thinks this is a bad thing. I know aclu types get all bent over this sort of thing, and I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

[jeff061]

I only have issues with an 18 year old having to register as a sex offender for life after having sex with his 17 year old girlfriend, or cases similar to that.

Other than that I really don't care about the rights of these people.

[Hurst2112]

I'm curious if there's anybody here who thinks this is a bad thing. I know aclu types get all bent over this sort of thing, and I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

as far as being publicly listed? No, it's not a bad thing. It appears that quite a few are repeat offenders or have multiple counts against them.

Either way, it's good to keep the Chesters' whereabouts documented for the normal people to see.

[Schmidty]

I'm curious if there's anybody here who thinks this is a bad thing. I know aclu types get all bent over this sort of thing, and I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

Before I was a parent, I probably would have been mildly against it.

Now that I am a parent, I think it's an important tool. It's unfortunate that some people (and their families) have their privacy destroyed and maybe even have their lives threatened, but I think (hope) the good outwieghs the bad. Kids can't defend themselves, so this seems to be a necessary evil.

[Hurst2112]

I only have issues with an 18 year old having to register as a sex offender for life after having sex with his 17 year old girlfriend, or cases similar to that.

Other than that I really don't care about the rights of these people.

Eh, a rule is a rule; but I kinda feel the same way about your scenario.

EDIT: Not YOUR scenario...the one you gave. Sorry :D

[Hurst2112]

have any of you watched the dateline shows where they bust the internet chat guys? I saw show number 3 last night and it was pretty fricken disgusting.

[Kodos]

I'm curious if there's anybody here who thinks this is a bad thing. I know aclu types get all bent over this sort of thing, and I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

You want to avoid getting on this site -- don't commit sex crimes. It's pretty straightforward.

I do agree that an 18 year old having consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend should not get put on the list.

[Huckleberry]

I do agree that an 18 year old having consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend should not get put on the list.
Then live somewhere where that's not illegal. Like Texas. ;)

17 is the age of consent and it's an affirmative defense to statutory rape if it was consensual and you're no more than 3 years older than the consenter.

Anyway, nice to know that a guy convicted of aggravated kidnapping with the intent to violate lives .42 miles from where my older daughter starts kindergarten next year.

[Hurst2112]

Then live somewhere where that's not illegal. Like Texas. ;)

17 is the age of consent and it's an affirmative defense to statutory rape if it was consensual and you're no more than 3 years older than the consenter.

Anyway, nice to know that a guy convicted of aggravated kidnapping with the intent to violate lives .42 miles from where my older daughter starts kindergarten next year.

Is that even possible? Aren't they supposed to be further away from a school?

[Airhog]

I was looking around my parents address, and I saw someone on there that the offense listed was just, "Carnal Knowledge", what kind of offense is that?


A search brought up that it is a term used to describe forcible rape.

[Raiders Army]

Or, perhaps more likely, they haven't made their information available for this database.

Just guessing.
Good point. Talked to a person at work today and my wife, and there are two known sex offenders that aren't listed that live near us.

[General Mike]

A search brought up that it is a term used to describe forcible rape.

Not necessarily. A friend of mine is listed as that, but it wasn't forcible rape, it was statutory. He was 19, and the girl was 15, but she said she was older.

33 people on the farthest zoom.

[Hurst2112]

ok, so i looked at my hometown. Saw a couple dudes I went to school with. Fuckers.

I have noticed that this phrase is appearing in most of the mugs.

"First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child"

There are a couple other degrees but I was questioning what a child is considered? A minor or a person UNDER the age of consent in that state or city. I think 16 is the age of consent back in Wisconsin...maybe 17.

Scared to find out that it does mean under the age of consent.

[gottimd]

A search brought up that it is a term used to describe forcible rape.
So is there a difference between "Carnal Knowledge" and rape itself? It says forcible, is there such a thing as consensual rape, coerced rape, etc?

[QuikSand]

I'm curious if there's anybody here who thinks this is a bad thing. I know aclu types get all bent over this sort of thing, and I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

I have no idea if, as this sort of thing becomes more and more readily available, we'll start to see acts of violence against the registered offenders. It certainly strikes me as a real possibility -- just look at the things people have brought up in this thread, without any provocation.

I, too, don't know how I feel about this stuff generally. I don't want someone with that kind of past to get a job working at my daughter's school, but I'm not sure that I'm wild about handing his picture and address to a bunch of liquored-up 18 year old hoods, either.

[Airhog]

Im not a lawyer, but the way I read it was that its just a term used to describe forcible rape. Instead of calling it rape.

[Vince]

Holy crap. 960 offenders at the default zoom.

[Hurst2112]

"just look at the things people have brought up in this thread, without any provocation."

The provocation is the fact that they are fucking Chesters and don't deserve the same rights as most people.

[Lorena]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I defy ANYONE to beat 1040 within an 8 mile radius. WOW! That's my old neighborhood in East L.A., I'm glad I'm outta there. A few women were on the list too.

[tarcone]

A guy i knew has a friend who had to register because he was drunk and peed outside and got nailed for indecent exposure
he is now a registered sex offender
and it looks like i have a rapist living a couple blocks away

[jeff061]

A guy i knew has a friend who had to register because he was drunk and peed outside and got nailed for indecent exposure
he is now a registered sex offender
and it looks like i have a rapist living a couple blocks awayI've heard about situations like that before. You just have to wonder how they let this happen and no one seems to want to fix it. Kind of a gaping hole in the idea of registering sex offenders.

[mgadfly]

I've heard about situations like that before. You just have to wonder how they let this happen and no one seems to want to fix it. Kind of a gaping whole in the idea of registering sex offenders.

I don't know if it is true or not, but there was a dorm at my college that had a practice of streaking once a semester during finals week. One year they sent out a campus wide email that said anyone caught streaking was guilty of a sex crime in the state of WA, that the school would press charges, and that the person would be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of our lives.

The streaking ended...

As for me I have an incest or two nearby, a few "Rape of a Child" (but that is what is called statutory rape in most states and the guys look pretty young-probably 18 year olds with 15 and 1/2 year old girlfriends, which may be bad, but not as bad as an actual forcible rapist type in the neighborhood), and a couple of child molestors. Oh, and 1 indecent liberties. They are all fairly far off so this was mostly good news for me.

[Buccaneer]

Streaking as a sex offender? I guess the annual clothing-optional ski day at Crested Butte couldn't happen in WA.

[Tasan]

Oh yay. One RIGHT behind my house, and another a block over....At least all of the ones near me have pics, so I can watch out for the sickos.

[Rizon]

Strange, all the sex offenders around my home are all clustered around schools.

[Desnudo]

Odd, there's a green guy convicted of residential burglarly, but he's registered in the database? About 6-7 child molesters and rapists within a few miles of me. Actually less than I expected to see given the population density. Two within a few thousand feet of a school, which is ridiculous.

[DaddyTorgo]

i have 0. yay for that

[stevew]

Looks like PA doesnt like to publish data.

[Karlifornia]

I've got 917 in my area! I win!!!

[Glengoyne]

its a crime to screw?That is the one problem I have with the laws that make this stuff public. There is a lot of stuff you can do that will land you on one of these lists for life. You have sex with your high school sweetheart when she is still 15...her family presses charges...you are a sex offender for life. I honestly believe that many of these people have paid their price for their crime. They did their time, paid their debt to society. I don't feel it is right to hang them eternally in the public stocks in the town square for all to see. Don't get me wrong...you do anything to a child, and not only should you serve your time, they should tattoo that offense on your forehead.

Note: While I'm personally against the laws that make this public, there is one of these guys with "Lewd and lascivious conduct with someone under 14" and a "Annoy/Molest Children" on his record. Bastard lives less than half a mile away. I already want to shoot the fucker.

[tucker rocky]

Appalling and disgusting acts of perversion.
Men and women.

I noticed a 400lb woman that is registered in my area. :eek:

[miked]

In NJ, many petty crimes like public urination and things like that are considered "sex crimes" and you will have to register. I think you get busted for indecent exposure and things like that. But yeah, it does seem kind of whack that people who are convicted of things like that are forced to register and be known as sex offenders...

[ice4277]

A guy from my high school is listed for "Criminal Sexual Conduct 4th Degree--Incapacitated Victim." Classy.

[jeff061]

Strange, all the sex offenders around my home are all clustered around schools.I noticed that to. Elmentary school to be specific, one within a thousand feet (child porn charges).

[ice4277]

dola

I found one a few miles from my house with three offenders living at the same address. Wtf.

[Klinglerware]

I have no idea if, as this sort of thing becomes more and more readily available, we'll start to see acts of violence against the registered offenders. It certainly strikes me as a real possibility -- just look at the things people have brought up in this thread, without any provocation.



Perhaps a possible way to address the issue would be to institute a zero-tolerance attitude towards vigilante attacks. Also, if a state has them, perhaps classifying them as hate crimes might also be warranted...

[Klinglerware]

Dola -

And then publish the hate-crime list with no details, so people will think that the vigilante is a racist...

Yeah, it's rather harsh, but since some places already do it for prostitution cases, and since the sex-offender list apparently doesn't discriminate between rape and urinating in public, we might as well...

[sachmo71]

dola

I found one a few miles from my house with three offenders living at the same address. Wtf.


halfway house?

[Klinglerware]

halfway house?

Could be, I've seen a few instances of multiple offenders at one address. It also could be a flophouse motel type place--that is where the offender closest to my parents lives.

I know it's a serious topic, but I can't help but envisioning a "bosom buddies" or "odd couple" type sitcom...

[Scholes]

I have zero on the farthest zoom... hooray for me!

[Hurst2112]

dola

I found one a few miles from my house with three offenders living at the same address. Wtf.

me too. I think they are indeed halfway houses.

[ice4277]

me too. I think they are indeed halfway houses.
Yeah, this makes the most sense. Still...ugh.

[JeeberD]

As for me I have an incest or two nearby...

So which state do you live in, Arkansas or West Virginia? ;)

[Rizon]

I noticed that to. Elmentary school to be specific, one within a thousand feet (child porn charges).

There is an elementary school a block from my house. And 3 sex offenders within 2 blocks of the school. I thought sex offenders had to stay a certain distance away from schools.

[st.cronin]

Perhaps a possible way to address the issue would be to institute a zero-tolerance attitude towards vigilante attacks. Also, if a state has them, perhaps classifying them as hate crimes might also be warranted...

More legislation, the solution to any difficulty. :rolleyes:

Maybe I really am a conservative.

[Desnudo]

Sexual assault of children is a unique case. Studies have shown that people who are child molesters are incredibly difficult to rehabilitate. So basically, stick any convicted child molester near a child and you can almost guarantee that he'll eventually attempt to molest him/her.

As a layman, to me the only comparable type of criminal is a serial killer. Another category where the person is completely unable to control their urges.

Normally I'm all for privacy, but in some cases, I think common sense actually makes real sense.

[kingfc22]

165 on the default

[Izulde]

This type of registry makes me furious... not only because of the statutory rape scenarios and other ridiculous "crimes" getting registered as sex offenders, but because it's essentially a giant fucking scarlet letter that doesn't go away.

People do change and they do improve their lives... to slap them with a stigma like this actually reduces the chances that they'll ever be able to rebuild their lives.

After all, those of you who knew people before you saw them on this list, wouldn't you say your opinions of them have changed as a result?

[Hurst2112]

This type of registry makes me furious... not only because of the statutory rape scenarios and other ridiculous "crimes" getting registered as sex offenders, but because it's essentially a giant fucking scarlet letter that doesn't go away.

People do change and they do improve their lives... to slap them with a stigma like this actually reduces the chances that they'll ever be able to rebuild their lives.

After all, those of you who knew people before you saw them on this list, wouldn't you say your opinions of them have changed as a result?

I think one thing you are fogetting is....

THEY GOT CAUGHT IN A SEXUAL POSITION WITH FUCKING
KIDS

It's not my problem that the criteria for the list doesn't separate the public pissers from the child molesters.

It IS my problem to protect my loved ones from the endless amounts of repeat offenders that are out there. This list helps with that.

I don't believe you can prove to me that slapping them with this 'stigma' prevents them from improving their miserable lives.

[mgadfly]

It's not my problem that the criteria for the list doesn't separate the public pissers from the child molesters.



Although I have no problem with the idea of having sex offenders registered I do think this is a pretty pathetic and short-sighted statement. If you are a voter or tax payer it is (or at least should be) your problem that our government is abusing an otherwise helpful tool to protect children.

It is people that have an indifference like this that allow officials to continue without fixing the problems.

[Hurst2112]

Although I have no problem with the idea of having sex offenders registered I do think this is a pretty pathetic and short-sighted statement. If you are a voter or tax payer it is (or at least should be) your problem that our government is abusing an otherwise helpful tool to protect children.

It is people that have an indifference like this that allow officials to continue without fixing the problems.

hah,

as long as the pervs are locked up, then my money is going to a good place.

[Hurst2112]

I do think this is a pretty pathetic and short-sighted statement.

Have you ever had a member of your family, who was a child, molested by somebody? Seriously. I think that if you can answer yes, then you should rethink seeing my statement as pathetic.

I am not going to quarrel over the fact that the 'law' is faulted. You aren't going to sit there and call me pathetic when it comes to personal views.

[mgadfly]

Yes.

And that is why I want the tool to actually work. I need to know who the sexual predators are, not the neighbors that streaked when they were 19. Until that is fixed (at least for my state) the tool is almost completely worthless.

Your total lack of responsibility for the actions of a democratic government is pathetic.

[Izulde]

I think one thing you are fogetting is....

THEY GOT CAUGHT IN A SEXUAL POSITION WITH FUCKING
KIDS

It's not my problem that the criteria for the list doesn't separate the public pissers from the child molesters.

It IS my problem to protect my loved ones from the endless amounts of repeat offenders that are out there. This list helps with that.

I don't believe you can prove to me that slapping them with this 'stigma' prevents them from improving their miserable lives.

Age of consent laws vary from state to state, so what would be considered a sex offense in one state wouldn't be in another. Hence, the definition of a child also varies from state to state.

Endless amounts of repeat sex offenders? Miserable lives? *shakes his head* I'm sorry, but those are both gross generalizations that are sheer fallacy. The amount of repeat sex offenders is certainly not endless.

Furthermore by saying their lives are miserable, you're proving my point that this sort of registry attaches a stigma to them. How are they supposed to rebuild their lives when there's people like you who instantly villify them for something they've done in the past?

And no, I don't think I can prove to you that the stigma prevents them from improving their lives. You're too blinded by your own hate, which is sad.

[Hurst2112]

im in session tonight. response is certainly pending.

[cthomer5000]

Why these lists scare me to a degree:

Vigilante kills two, then himself
http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/04/vigilante_kills.php

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, I saw that... I seriously think that these lists should be more private, ie, send a letter to the people in the neighborhood or just have a cop go door to door to share the news. Even that has some problems with some idiot vigilante type who may think he's killing a child molestor and ends up offing someone who was convicting of exposing himself.

[cthomer5000]

Yeah, I saw that... I seriously think that these lists should be more private, ie, send a letter to the people in the neighborhood or just have a cop go door to door to share the news. Even that has some problems with some idiot vigilante type who may think he's killing a child molestor and ends up offing someone who was convicting of exposing himself.

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, even. When this thread was first posted my friends and I had this discussion. I was like "it is incredibly easy to get their photo and address and just go start killing sex offenders." With this kind of info so readily available, it's going to happen.