VALPARAISO â Exactly 13 years after he was sentenced to register as a sex offender for life, Dewey Camp was back in a Porter County courtroom and found to be incompetent to stand trial on accusations of failing to comply with that requirement.
Capt. Larry Sheets, who serves as the sex or violent offender registry coordinator for the Porter County Sheriff's Department, said as far as he knows, this is the first time the department has faced this type of situation.
The case sheds lights on the unique challenge of how to maintain sex offender registries when mental health issues due to age or other circumstances leave convicted offenders unable to comply with the strict requirements.