Keep sex offenders out of homes with children!

Cross posted from WASP


The Ohio House has passed a bill aimed to keep people convicted of sexual crimes out of the homes of children. It would be a case of child neglect if a child victim offender was living with children.

The Ohio Senate needs to pass this bill in order for this law to proceed and become law.

SOSEN ~ a group of sex offenders and thier advocates who work to get laws for sex offenders LOOSENED has decided to fight this legislation, and has started an email campaign to the senate to make it seem that nobody wants this legislation.I am in need of your help! I need you to write or call the Ohio Senate members and tell them you are in support of HB111.

Children should not be led to the slaughter by careless parents.

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_HB_111

Here is a form letter that you could copy and paste to your email:

Dear Senator,
I am writing to show my support for HB111. I want Ohio children to be protected from sexual offenders. Children should not be endangered from neglectful and careless parents by being forced to live with sexual offenders.This bill is common sense, and Ohio needs to stop protecting the needs of sex offenders, and work on protecting our children. If this bill is passed it will actually prevent sexual abuse of children.

According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
29% are age 12-17.
44% are under age 18.
80% are under age 30.
12-34 are the highest risk years.

Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
7% of girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
3% of boys grades 5-8 and 5% of boys in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.

In 1995, local child protection service agencies identified 126,000 children who were victims of either substantiated or indicated sexual abuse.
Of these, 75% were girls.Nearly 30% of child victims were between the age of 4 and 7.93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.34.2% of attackers were family members.58.7% were acquaintances.Only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.

Please pass HB111 and protect these innocent children who cannot protect themselves.

Sincerly,


Copy and paste this into your TO box in your email:

SD22@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd10@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, senatorboccieri@maild.sen.state.oh.us, SD01@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, senatorcafaro@maild.sen.state.oh.us, sd17@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD04@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, kcoughli@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD12@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, fedoroffice@maild.sen.state.oh.us, dgoodman@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD18@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD19@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, jjacobso@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, Senatorkearney@maild.sen.state.oh.us, senatormason@maild.sen.state.oh.us, SD23@maild.sen.state.oh.us, rmiller@maild.sen.state.oh.us, senatormorano@maild.sen.state.oh.us, mailto:SD26@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd14@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd20@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, troberts@maild.sen.state.oh.us, senatorsawyer@maild.sen.state.oh.us, SD31@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD07@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, SD29@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd08@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, senatorsmith@maild.sen.state.oh.us, rspada@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd16@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, sd02@mailr.sen.state.oh.us, senatorwilson@maild.sen.state.oh.us

please forward this to all groups that have an interest in protecting children!Thanks! Tracy
posted by WASP Ohio at 10:19 AM on Jun 26, 2008

Picnic table sex offender sentenced

A Bellevue man will spend six months behind bars after police say he was caught on tape having sex with a picnic table. 40-year-old Art Price, Junior has now pleaded no contest to several misdemeanor charges.

Police say it was all out in the open and within eyesight of Ridge Elementary School and its playground.

West Covina takes steps to track sex offenders

The City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance urged by Councilman Mike Touhey that calls for the electronic tracking of registered sex offenders.

"We want to make sure that they are not loitering in places like playgrounds," Touhey said. "We are trying to strengthen our laws to protect our residents."

Among the council- approved code amendments that creates more restrictions on where sex offenders can live and loiter are:
Cannot live within 2,000 feet of child care centers.

Cannot have multiple sex offenders living together in multi-family
dwellings, hotels, motels and inns, and extends the prohibition beyond a sex offender's parole.

Declares it a public nuisance for owners and their authorized agents to knowingly rent to more than one registered sex offender.

Makes it a misdemeanor for a registered sex offender to loiter within a 300-foot radius of child care centers, public and private schools, school bus stops, parks, public libraries, swimming pools and children's playgrounds.

Currently, neither state nor local law prohibits loitering near places where children congregate, according to the staff report.

Sex offender cited for being near school

A 25-year-old convicted sex offender was cited on June 8 for being at Gavilan Hills Elementary School without permission. Police said the man was on the school's soccer field while two groups of people were having a picnic. School was not in session at the time, but the man's sex offender status prohibits him from being at the school at any time. A police officer in the area recognized the man then cited and released him.

Sex offfender found in a local school

He's a convicted sex offender from California who was working at a Toledo Catholic Parrish; a Parrish which includes a grade school.

The diocese says they did not require a full background check because he worked primarily at the St. Joan of Arc Church, not the school.

William Werner, 65, is a sex offender. He had been convicted of lewd and lascivious behavior with a girl under 14-years-old. After he reportedly did time, he moved to the Toledo-area and, we're told, did not register as a sex offender.

Prom limo driver had suspended license, is sex offender

Parents of some Haverhill High School seniors were angry that a limousine driver who had a suspended license and is a convicted sex offender drove their children to the prom.

Troy Barrett, 29, transported the students to their prom, but when he returned to pick them up, something was off.

The prom ended around 11:30 p.m., and when Barrett showed up ten minutes late, there were empty beer bottles and a cooler in the limousine.

The students did not touch the alcohol and they immediately called their parents, who asked police to check it out.

"I would think the limousine company would look at their people a little bit harder," said Deputy Chief Donald Thompson, of the Haverhill Police Department.

Ashwaubenon board approves sex offender loitering ordinance

Sex offenders still under state supervision shouldn't be allowed to hang out near parks, schools and other places children might gather within the village, leaders have agreed.

The Village Board on Tuesday approved an ordinance forbidding sex offenders under court-ordered supervision by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections from loitering within 200 feet of restricted zones.

They also won't be allowed to participate in a holiday event involving children under the age of 16, such as distributing candy or other items to children on Halloween.