No registered sex offenders displaced from the Budgetel Inn last month are being housed with city or county money, officials said after Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp sent an email this week objecting to "free hotel rooms for child molesters."
Proposed legislation could make it easier for former sex offenders in Illinois to find a home and remove the threat of being forced to move if a childcare…
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) A convicted sex offender is not welcome in a Jefferson County neighborhood.
Residents hoped a St. Louis County judge would revoke the bond of Korey Kranefuss after a RING doorbell camera captured a potential bond violation. “I’m honestly just terrified of him being around,” said Morgan Pisoni who lives across the street from Kranefuss.
Kranefuss is a former police officer who was previously convicted of molesting a boy under the age of 10 in 2007. Pisoni has a son around the same age as Kranefuss’ victim. “I’m terrified to keep my kids outside,” she said, “They can’t play chalk. It’s just an overwhelming uncomfortable feeling.”
The bill sponsored by state Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Chicago, would reduce the proximity from 500 feet to 250 feet former sex offenders may locate from protected areas.
Proposed legislation could make it easier for former sex offenders in Illinois to find a home and remove the threat of being forced to move if a childcare facility locates near them.
The proposal would change a requirement that forces people living in residences sanctioned under registry guidelines to move if a daycare or other protected entity moves within 1,000 feet of the home.
House Bill 3913 also seeks to eliminate weekly registration requirements, instead relying on annual and quarterly check-ins. Registrants would still be required to alert police of any change circumstances, including address and employment.