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By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

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Sex offender changes headed to Snyder’s desk

By Ed Brayton | 03.25.11 | 7:31 am

The legislature passed a series of bills to reform the state’s sex offender registry to bring it into compliance with the Adam Walsh Act. At the same time they fixed one of the glaring problems with the list, that “Romeo and Juliet” relationships put someone on the list forever.

A press release from Sen. Rick Jones, who sponsored the bills, explains how the new registry works:

Senate Bills 188, 189 and 206 create a three-tiered system to differentiate between levels of offenders. The new tiered system will more adequately inform concerned residents which individuals in their community are a real threat.

Under the proposed laws, offenders convicted of tier three offenses, the most serious, would have to report four times a year and remain on the registry for life. Michigan’s current system groups all offenders together on the same list.

The measures also include a change for so-called “Romeo and Juliet” offenses that was not required by federal law.

As an example, Jones said a 17-year-old boy consensually involved with a 15-year-old girl would no longer be placed on the registry, and those who were can appeal to a judge to have their name removed.

The bills will become law as soon as they are signed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Comments

  • Anonymous

    Well, this law can be ignored! Yes, that is right, the registry law can be ignored and/or fled from in any way possible.

    Why? Because a person has already been sentenced according to their crime. When that sentence is over, the State cannot re-introduce the evidence used to punish the person and then determine, without any hearing, that the person MUST be dangerous.

    That is a violation of the “due process” clause of the United States Constitution.

    Does the State have ANY evidence their registry is protecting while at the same time passing extraordinary laws AFTER a sentence?

    The answer is, NO. The registry has actually been shown to have a net negative impact on public safety because the registry ONLY leaves a person with such limited ability to find housing, employment and socialization that the affect is anti-social behavior.

    Without a hearing to determine what is in the best interest of the offender, balanced with the rights of the community to be safe, ALL your registry laws have no credibility. No legislature can determine, through fiat, a person dangerous. It is ridiculous on its face.

    Because the State has decided to ignore their basic fundamental laws when it comes to the registry, it is the RIGHT to flee the registry and do whatever what one can do to avoid this illegal and unconstitutional registry.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TZB2YCMN3ESPPQ2BWTTYJKGGIU Lewis

      I know this is going to make me sound like scum, but im going to go ahead and tell the story. Currently, im 30 years old with a family of 6, four girls and two boys, with my fiancee at age 30. In 1998 upon turning 18 and getting ready to graduate I met someone from a chat site on yahoo, who said she was 16, and liked the way I looked in my profile pic. I humored her for around a month, explaining to her it was flattering, but I had a girlfriend. After finding out my girlfriend at the time was seeing other people, I said what the heck, and agreed to hang out with this girl. Being young and stupid yes it was mistake, but for some reason I needed to feel accepted. So this girl and I agreed to hang out in Clio, catch a movie at the theatre there, which was scheduled to play at 9 p.m. After meeting her in public she said she didnt have any interest in seeing the movie, cuz her friend said it was stupid, she wanted to leave and hang out at a park. One thing led to another and it was set in stone, no going back. My ex begged me to take her back after cheating that whole week, so I decided to give it another shot. Six months passed and all was well I was about to start taking classes at a local college and at the same time talking to a marine recruiter. One morning three men showed up at the front door and asked if I was Llews. I said yes and they flashed their badges and said I was to come with them. The Detectives took me downtown FLint and started asking questions about Aubrey. I was afraid for her at first, then afraid because I thought something bad happened to her, not knowing I was the criminal in the matter. My heart racing they asked a series of questions about us hanging out and if we had sex, I said yes, and they asked if I knew how old she was. I said yes 16 and the two police officers looked at each other and one said no, and my first thought was she must have been 15. The officer told me she was 12 turning 13. Dont know how I made this big of a mistake, but I did, I believed what she said. I didnt have a criminal past no running and gunning from the police, just went to school and came home. After going to court for two months we found out she was having sex with men 20+ and they were friends of her family from a diary, which she mentioned me in. After finding out her daughter orchestrated these events, she dropped the case, but the prosecuter kept it going. I ended up with a CSC 4th Misd. in 2000. I waited 5 years and represented myself in a effort to have my record set aside so I could join the military, the court set-aside my conviction, and I served in the military until I broke my back and had it fused. I have nothing to hide I am an open book. It was hard to fathom registering for 25 years and having to make such harsh living arrangements ( 1000 ft from school, reg every 3 months, and the occassional death threat by those using the MSP website). Now its a lifetime thing and I dont know if I can make it, this is a plea for help. Some of you will think I am scum and I deserve to die, but I hope people can have forgiveness in their heart for me, it was one mistake that will never happen again. My e-mail is Kenjiro2012@yahoo.com please help

  • Anonymous

    No offender should ignore this. It will become LAW! Once it is LAW, it must be obeyed. If an offender disagrees, they need to obey and if possible, challenge these laws. BUT to disobey is to go to prison.

  • Anonymous

    I agree that these laws need to come down and I agree that they protect no one and at a cost of Billions to the tax payer for laws that are ‘knee jerk,’ and cheap vote getter.

    There are very sound reasons why many states will not comply with this unfunded mandate. Some of them are here:

    Adam Walsh Act Statement of Position-CA: recommends not to come into compliance with the Adam Walsh Act. – CFC Guest Forum – http://t.co/uJEWZDN

    Texas Interim Recommends No Adam Walsh Act (AWA) pdf – CFC Guest Forum – http://t.co/H6WKuVy
    Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Report: “Do Not Implement the Adam Walsh Act.” That is the recommendation and in spite of the loss which would be $1,404,571, where as the cost is assessed at $38,771,924.
    States need to take a look at these recommendations since the AWA was deemed as “More Harm than GOOD by all the studies.

  • Anonymous

    While we are at it, SEE: “TEN MYTHS ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS”
    http://t.co/7V4pOB7

    Of all crimes, sex offenders are widely believed to have the highest level of recidivism. However, treatment professionals and criminologists have known for some time that once sex offenders are caught, only a small minority of them will commit another sex crime. Although some pedophiles, before they are caught, have many victims, most have a single victim in or about their own family.

    We all hope for the day when we can see fewer sex offenses and particularly fewer juvenile victims of such crimes. But so long as what we think we know about these types of crimes is based on myths and fear rather than facts, that day will never come. There are several myths that are widely believed that need to be debunked.

    In recent years social scientists and criminologists have combed through an immense accumulation of data from hundreds of studies, which have tracked tens of thousands of individual sex offenders for long periods of time, some even for decades.

    By 1994, 670 studies of sex offenders had been done and by the end of 2005 well over 700. Many of these studies have been systematized through a methodology called meta-analysis. The resulting data reveal that many common myths about sex offenders are simply false. We outline here some of them.

  • http://www.cfcamerica.org Concerned

    Citizens for Change, America
    LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

    http://www.cfcamerica.org

    • Anonymous

      Your one of the most outspoken sex offender groups in the country. I wanna know why you would click “like” to Rudy’s post above ?? Rudy is a hothead that advocates non-compliance and your group above all shouldnt be backing guys like Rudy. I have no use for “MSLGWCEO” overall but at least he had the presence of mind to bring sanity back to Rudy’s rants, why would you click “like” to Rudy’s efforts to ignore the laws at the expense of sex offenders being violated and going back to jail? Clicking “like” just told me how truly dangerous your group really is.What did you think no one would notice? You just re-enforced my position that offenders arent considered the brightest bulbs in the boxes..

      • http://www.cfcamerica.org Concerned

        I rushed and clicked Liked… although I agree with much said in the comment, I do not advocate breaking any law.. but rather advocate working to change the laws. Anyone who knows our organization knows this full well… My question to you Valigator… why do you persist in seeking to attack valid organizations who seek to effect change in the laws?

        WHy do you have such hell bent desire to persecute valid organizations? What drives you?

  • Anonymous

    Rudy Rudy Rudy they havent violated you yet? Amazing, What? I thought you offenders would scream from the bell tower on the Romeo legislation?? Oh thats right most of you guys dont fall under the “Romeo” criteria for removal, even though you have been telling anyone who would listen “you just got caught with your underage girlfriend right? Funny, not even a bleep about the “romeos” ..
    Thats what I keep telling you guys, you dont give a damn about the guys who are actually able to petition off, because most of you numb-nuts wouldnt qualify in the first place!
    The above comments re-enforce my position “stronger than ever”, most of you should have had a needle stuck in your arm, not trolling forums like this one..trying to ply your violation of constitutional rights BS and or re-offending myths.
    You guys must have had Two for One specials on sex crimes this week, the headlines were screaming with REPEAT OFFENDER Arrest.
    I thought you guys talked each other down from some of these crimes? Oh my bad, you just try and convince US your not really bad guys..

    • Anonymous

      Who are you to judge. I bet you have never made a mistake in a million years. If you get your head out of the sand and see what is really going on you may actually learn something. What happens when kids are being put on the registry when they have done something stupid and having an error in judgement, should we give them the needle. You are a sick person and I hope that these laws NEVER effect you or your family and maybe you need to educate yourself. Ignorance is how we got here in the first place and i believe you took this to a whole new level.
      I would not wish these laws on my worst enemy and that does include you. It is people like you that think they are so perfect. Fortunately I know that is not so. You need to get a life and leave these people alone until you actually get educated on the subject, because you have no clue.

  • http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com SOIssues
  • Anonymous

    I see one of your buddies crawled thru a window to grab an eight-year old little girl last night..I’ll bet old Rudy 101 above can give us a perfectly valid reason why this guy keeps repeating his crimes?? What ??is he one of your examples of an over-prosecuted, mis-understood guy that’s rights are being infringed on?? The freak needs a needle stuck in his arm..

    • Anonymous

      You just have no clue who the 21st Century sex offenders are, do you. You are just a sick person that has many issues in your own life and taking it out on people because you cant deal with your own problems is just wrong. Get a life!!!

      • Anonymous

        You need to be very careful with who you align yourself with on these forums, Rudy is “wreck waiting for a train”, he advocates that all SO’s refuse to comply due to their “constitutional rights”, Rudy is his own worst enemy and hasnt yet realized he is only one small bug trying to hide from a can of Raid, think about it MOM, how many offenders come onto these forums and spill their crimes? They lie and minimize them all day long to anyone who will listen.Hell, you even did it with the “never made a mistake” comment…thats not real compelling to those of us who have big mouths and sit on the other side of the fence. If you dont do your homework, you’ll be telling your tales of woe along with some very infamous offenders who “when the truth be really told” about their crimes will leave you asking yourself, why arent they in prison? If you truly are a “momseekingjustice”? the last people you want to side with is every guy with sex offender status!

        • Anonymous

          I do not need your sympathy and will not get it because my son is on the registry for one mistake he made at 19. We know that maturity of the brain does not happen until 25 but even then people DO make mistakes.First the Constitutional Rights of these individuals are all gone. This is not right at all. We have a constitution for a reason and it is to protect ALL citizens from wrongful doings by our government. I don’t care who Rudy is at all, I know that these men, women, teens, young adults have no life for a mistake that they have made one time. They are put out in the woods, trailer parks, away from society like lepers. You DO NOT know the stories behind everyone of these individuals. There is nothing you can convince me of that this is inhumane treatment of individuals in our society. We have government preaching to other countries for inhumane treatment of their citizens and we do the same to ours, it is called hypocrisy. Are there bad people in society, sure there is. There are murders, thieves, people that beat their kids, etc. But once they get out of prison they get their right back but not people on the registry. I believe you need to do your homework and see what the 21st century people on the registry are. There are people who have consensual sex, urinate in public, peer2peer networks, changing your children on the beach, mooning someone…These are most likely things that you most likely did as a kid or someone in your family.
          So don’t judge everyone by what they are labeled, but then again the ignorance of people and the fear mongering is what got them there in the first place.

    • Anonymous

      You just have no clue who the 21st Century sex offenders are, do you. You are just a sick person that has many issues in your own life and taking it out on people because you cant deal with your own problems is just wrong. Get a life!!!

  • Anonymous

    your preachin to the choir with me, 21 century sex offenders??? In just about every state there is criteria for removal from the registry, if your kid doesnt fit that criteria? Its not my fault! I busted my backside 10 years ago trying to get child advocates and sex offenders to unite and push for removal if there was a five year window of consentual. Your precious offenders couldnt get off their backsides to do even that, you know why? Because “they wouldnt fit the criteria” so they hung the Romeos out to dry. Your precious offenders didnt get that legislation passed, people like me did, why? Because regardless of my harshness, the perception of the public “underage girlfriends” and the truth were two different animals. I was sick to death of every offender aand their “mothers” trying to pass that off as every offender’s crime, when in truth? Most offenders walking our streets have commited some pretty heinous acts, You want me to go away so you and others can try and pass yourselves off as over prosecuted, You want to infer that I have some deep dark secret that is my driving force? The old adage “blow my candle out so yours shines brighter” syndrome. I am not going away as long as I have to wake up everyday and read about some freak grabbing a kid. Get use to it. Think about this MOM? For a person to find themselves on a sex offender registry IN THIS DAY AND AGE? Is the height of stupidity and demonstrates a complete lack of self control knowing what the repercussions are. Perhaps as you were giving that “just say NO to drugs speech, you should have instilled in your kid what constitutes a sex crime in your state! Who has the problem MOM?

    • Anonymous

      I have no problem. I guess you have never had sex or knew anyone that had sex before they turned 18. I guess John Walsh’s wife should have watched her son better so he would not be kidnapped. I guess Mark Lunsford should have stayed homw while his daughter slept so no one will hurt her. There are millions of children that have never been kidnapped, murdered, or molested because their parents watch them. So what you are saying is that me being a mom should watch that my kids so they won’t get in trouble or do stupid things as kids do to get on the reigistry BUT yet these two stories I just told you is that these parents should have been watching their children as well and they wold have NEVER gotten hurt. Bt instead they go around trying to make laws out of guilt. I have no guilt, my kids were raised in a safe environment, bt they grow up and learn from society and that is something we can not help them with. I can not imagine you have no one in your life, unless you live in a bubble that has ever done anything wrong. Because then I know you are lying.

      • Anonymous

        Honey you have been hanging out on sex offender forums too long..”parents fault” umm chicken or the egg syndrome, child advocates would have a field day with you, dialogue with you is becoming burdensome and predictable.
        The appropiate adjective for sex offenders is “opportunist” ..it doesnt matter if a crack addicted mother is passed out on the floor, on what planet does that give a “pass” to abuse her three year old? At some point, each and every person must take responsibility for their actions towards another human being, Your precious offenders didnt seem to inherit that gene. Instead they bounce on an innocent because the mother turned her back?
        Yet its people like YOU who blame either the victim or the caretaker, you dont do yourself or your son any good by blaming victims or claiming your kid just made a silly mistake. Does your son fit the criteria for petitioning off the registry as you keep inferring? If he does crawl off here and work on it, if he doesnt dont try and convince me he does..better yet quit trying to convince yourself..your kid obviously had problems long before he ended up on any registry, but being the dutiful mother you think you are, you cant see that far back..any mother who’s kid fit the Romeo criteria would be jumping for joy on this article, you never even mentioned it..mistake my backside..!!!..

        • Anonymous

          You are not worth my time. There is NO criteria to get off the registries in any state. This is how much you know. A judge does not even have discretion on your sentencing, did you know that. You are the most ignorant person I have met yet and again, have no clue what you are talking about.
          You stated I did not teach my kids to be good people, DO NOT accuse me of that. At least I never left them alone in a store. I feel sorry for you because your whole life is to bother these people.
          You need to understand the laws. You need to go crawl in your hole and not come out. You are on here threatening the lives and advising people to do things to these people. You are no better than them.
          You need to be put away for intimidation, death threats, and the like.
          Again, there is no criteria to get off the registry. Even people who committed a crime 20 years ago are being told they need to be put on there.
          I want to protect children and believe they need protection, but the difference is, they need to be protected by their parents, not the government. Parents need to take responsibility for their little ones, I did and mine were not kidnapped just like millions of other parents. These are “feel good” laws that [arents think their kids are protected but they are not, so get off it. I would not trust the government with my child life, they can not even take care of their own problems.
          You need to know the stories behind everyone of these individuals. But you don’t care. I bet you sit in your hole and have nothing else better to do.
          IGet a life.

          • Anonymous

            Parents need to take responsibility for their little ones, I did and mine were not kidnapped just like millions of other parents..
            Millions of other Parents?

            Yea the same guys (kidnappers) and walkin the streets by the way and just happen to be on the same list as your son mom..no honey as long as I have people like you who pop there heads out to moan and cry about their poor , over-prosecuted, mis-understood sons whose constitutional rights have been abused and try and convince the world the majority of sex offenders “just made a mistake” I’ll be right behind you correcting that BS..you can bank on it..

          • Anonymous

            . “”"You are the most ignorant person I have met yet”"” no mama take a look at the guys on the “list” but I bet you think they are real genius’s right?

          • Anonymous

            Just like I thought. you can not give me any answers. There is no way someone can get off the registry. My son did take responsibility for what he did and so do many others. He told the truth, that is what I taught him. I want no pity and neither does my son. I will be right there proving you are wrong all the time. I am not moaning. You just need to get a life and leave these people alone. Where are your facts?

          • Anonymous

            Thats what you get for thinking??? Mom since when do I have to give you anything? Its your kid on the list ,not mine..look it up..the old saying the ignorant and the poor of spirit will be with us always, seems you just made the new poster for it.
            You have presumed wrongly on two occations that I have sympathy or either I pity you. You flatter yourself, My words were I have sympathy for your” Plight”, that doesnt mean YOU, I can see why you have the problems you do..How do you know so many others took responsibility for what they did, now your an expert on offenders? You have yet to take responsibility? Your post scream that neither your son or yourself have taken any responsibility, oh, you have taken your punishment, but you and your son are far from “owning” the crime…you have a long way to go, your resentment towards me shows it..

          • Anonymous

            Again, like I stated my son DID take responsibility for his error in judgement and has no problem with it. I have nothing to take responsibility for. Just like mark Lunsfords son Josh is getting off the regstry for “sexual misconduct of a child” that is a worse crime, even close to rape if you ask me. What gives him the right to preach like he knows everything and then because his daddy is mark Lunsford he gets off the regstry.
            I want to protect children from the real predators and none of these laws enacted are doing this. The real predators NEED to be in prison or a mental hospital but what these laws are doing to young teens and young adults have unimaginable consequences even if they did not touch a “child” That is my problem. When I see people getting away with things like this because of who they are it is total hypocrisy, like Mark Foley from Florida, Bill Clinton, and many more. Hell even John Walsh stated he had a “sex addiction” but he was cured so why can not other people be cured from their disease. My son does not have a disease, he was STUPID and TRUSTING and that is what got him in trouble but its people like you that could care less and the laws place the same brush with all these people which is not fair. It is total hypocrisy and it is just plain wrong. You should not label everyone with the same brush.

          • Anonymous

            Lets you and I get something on the table..once and for all..not many people are more knowledgable about sex crimes and their definitions than myself, I doubt more people even law enforcement know more about residency restrictions, probation requirements, and the laws that pertain to offenders (at least in my state, Florida)..than I do, so calling me ignorant is not the best adjective, harsh perhaps but ignorant is not one of them..
            I can tit for tat with offenders all day long and spot them in three post or less these days with their reduntant tales of woe and “I am really a nice guy crap!” I dont paint broad brushes unless offenders doing what offenders do best, back me into a corner, Look at your son on the registry, now look at the guy above him and below him. Have you bothered to decipher what convictions accompany your sons neighbors on the list? I thought not. See mom I have, so you’ll pardon my sckepticsm when you say my “son’s really a nice guy” when the guy above him had a kidnapping, and sexual assault charge with internal injuries on a kid under 12..which usually means age 5 or under. You’ll pardon my doubts when I get up to read about a four year old stolen out of a window, raped and tore up and left walking in shock on a major highway.. these like it or not they are in the same company as your son. Then after reading those stories with my first cup of coffee, I have to read from that poor schmuck Rudy and his fellow offenders about Myths in re-offend rates, constitutional violations, and demanding the abolishment of the registry. Dont delude yourself MOM many legislative actions or inactions are due to budget and poor policies, do you honestly think I dont KNOW that? But quit telling me how low re-offend rates are, quit bashing a guy like John Walsh who only ever found his kid’s head, Mark Lunsford and or his son, I dont much give a damn, who’s baby girl was taken and a REPEAT FREAK fed off her for days..you people make me sick when you try and compare these mens’s trajedies to your pathetic inconsequential lives on a registry, most registrant should get down on their knees and thank God thats all they have to contend with, including your son. I am done with you..

          • Anonymous

            Sorry but Cooey did not want to get out of prison, but they made him leave. I feel bad for these families and every other one that has a child molested or kidnapped and that is the truth. My heart goes out to these families including Elizabeth Smart, but when I see these people out there trying to get laws made that had nothing to do wth their case that irritates me. Elizabeth was taken by a man that was known to the family, a non sex offender, Adam Walsh, a non sex offender, Jessica Lunsford, a predator that the state let out. How did and would these laws help these three kids, I am not a cruel person and I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Like I said predators need help and put away. These young kids should not be on the registry and named monsters with the molesters and the rapist. This is a problem and then we have people like you threatening and intimidating them and wanting people to kill them. And please do not use God in your sentences because God does not judge, every crime is the same in His eyes. You are evil and cruel. Why don’t you stop harrassing people. And yes I have plenty of info myself about this subject. I have the truth, you have false information. Not everyone should be painted with the same brush and that is what is happening. You never had a person that was a FELON in your life.

          • Anonymous

            well we see where the kid gets it from anyway..
            “There is NO criteria to get off the registries in any state”

            “look mom I am not going to be with you always, so you need to learn from me while you can”
            …In most states I dont remember which ones (but you can bank on your sex offender buddies knowing) There are criteria an offender must meet to petition Off the Registry..crawl off arguing with me and look it up, you have a computer..its not that common now and when an offender does petition off, it makes headlines…but the cold truth is, they are processing these petitions at a faster rate than ever before.. and many times guys are getting taken off for reasons most think would not qualify..thus the term “criteria” if you go to your states registry and link to Q&A many times they will ask and answer that Petition question. If its not there it may be in some other LE website, or get off your butt and ask an attorney? and I am the ignorant one????

        • Anonymous

          “at some point, each and every person must take responsibility for their actions towards another human being”. Uh-huh, unless your a “crack addicted mother (she does have a responsibility to watch and protect her child) or you Valigator, because you walk around hurting, slandering, falsely accussing people (Come on Val, you know that once you get a “hard-on” for someone, you’ll even LIE to have them arrested and/or violated). Where’s your share in that responsibility? I mean don’t get me wrong, the guy that rapes the 3 year old is FEFINATELY responsible, but are you saying that “parent- hu-hum” doesn’t have a responsibility to their child? We MUST never blame the parent? Is that your stance. Laughable. You have your own sense, but it’s far from common.

      • Anonymous

        “have no guilt, my kids were raised in a safe environment, bt they grow up and learn from society and that is something we can not help them with. ”

        About fell off the chair on that one, so its societies fault your kid couldnt keep his zipper up after all thats been writtten and said about sex offender laws??? You may need to take that long dreaded look in the mirror lady. You also better look at the “nobody ever did anything wrong” crap story..there are over 315 million people in the United States, and I am pretty sure most of them have done something wrong in their lives ?? We are coming up to about 705 thousand registered sex offenders, think about it the percentages here. The majority of persons go their entire lives and never end up on a registry, never even get close to it..but you want people to think its easy? A mistake? C’mon its me your talkin to, not a bunch of offender advocates..Liars can figure, figures dont lie..your kid did alot more than make a mistake or pee on a bush to get prosecuted and or do time…

  • Anonymous

    I see you guys were busy this week-end:

    Registered sex offender arrested again
    By Andrew Dys – adys@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL —
    A registered SEX OFFENDER who served time in prison for a child sex crime has been arrested after he allegedly propositioned middle school-aged girls at an apartment complex where he was living, according to police.

    Taipei Times
    The demand came after the recent rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, for which a REPEAT SEX OFFENDER, who had been convicted and jailed twice for other sex crimes, stands accused.

    Orlando Sentinel
    By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel A SEX OFFENDER with an extensive criminal history — including REPEATED arrests on suspicion of exposing himself — was arrested after he was caught touching himself in front of a girl inside a Seminole County McDonald’s

    Las Vegas Review – Journal
    A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER broke into a home, kidnapped an 8-year-old girl and molested her outside the home early Thursday, according to police in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Police Sgt. Troy Stirling said Justin Laidlaw, 22, was later arrested.

    Calgary Herald
    Closing arguments were held Thursday in the child pornography trial of Erik Brian Wanamaker, 62, a REPEAT sex offender. More than 30000 photos and 72 movies of children in various states of dress were found on the convicted pedophile’s computer and on …
    and on and on and on…

  • Anonymous

    is this you??????????? Nice record…We can find you as well or one of you.

    Case Summary
    Broward County Case Number: 96014408CF10A
    State Reporting Number: 061996CF014408A88810
    Court Type: FELONY
    Case Type: FELONY
    Incident Date: 08/03/1996
    Filing Date: 08/29/1996
    Court Location: BROWARD COUNTY CENTRAL COURTHOUSE
    Case Status: Disposition Entered*

    Case Parties
    Relationship Last Name First Name Middle Name Party Type Sex Race D.O.B. D.O.D. ID Type ID Number
    001 VALERIE DEF F W 11/19/1955 BCCN 0186912
    001 CHARLES JR PA BARID 000000793914
    UNASSIGNED NOT ON FILE JUDGE JUDGE UA

    Key Dates – Future Scheduled Events
    There is no key date information available for this case.

    Counts
    Select Count Count Status Statute Statute Description Filed On Filed By

    001 CLOS FXXL784021 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 08/29/1996 FORT LAUDERDALE PD

    • Anonymous

      i have more on you so do not play with me. remember just like the registry this stuff is public knowledge even your address…….

      • Anonymous

        Hi momseeking, don’t pay too much attention to old Valerie Parkhurst. She’s nothing but a joke who thinks she’s “making a difference” by spouting off the side of her mouth. Old Val has nothing better to do than troll these forums and “convince” the public that EVERY S.O. Is the spawn of satan. She doesn’t realize that most people don’t need to be convinced, most know that a true child molester should be in a cell forever, or that the guy who urinates behind a pub poses no threat to anyone but himself. She thinks we (the general public) are to stupid to figure that out for ourselves. And yes Val, before you point it out, I AM A SEX OFFENDER, AND part of the general public. See, as long I have the RIGHT to vote, serve on a jury, own a firearm (yes Val, I’m waiting on my CWP as we speak) then yes, I’m still part of the general public. But it’s ok, you can always count on Old Val to come on here and make new friends. Don’t worry Val, in the next few months, you’re gonna find youself on your own registry some of us are working on. It’s much needed, as we find people like you to be a constant danger to society, and since the government won’t give US a “bone”, we’ll just have to make one ourselves. But don’t worry, since the Vigilante Registry will be privately owned, you better believe it will be far more detailed and have A LOT more information on it than any SO registry could DREAM to have. Tootles!

        • Anonymous

          wow deviant1..the Public Registry for Old Val, sounds like a great thing. These ignorant people need to be put in their place and see what it feels like to be on a registry so everyone can see where you live, work, sleep, and best of all their picture, etc. This way these individuals on the registy will get their justice by having a registry of these incompetent, ignorant, haters of individuals and have no info to back up their hatred..I would like to know when this is up and running. Let them know how it feels. This would be great. And since law enforcement doesnt help these individuals in helping protect them from people like her, they can at least know who to watch out for….Love the idea, lets put it to action. How do you like that Val?????????????

          • Anonymous

            Don’t worry Momseeking, you be one of the first to know (well, besides Val, shell google herself and find herself on it). Were trying to make it so that when you google, yahoo, or bing Vigilante Registry, it’ll be the first hit. But don’t worry, MANY of us understand the dangers of people talking the law into their owns hands. This must be stopped, NOW. And since we will never stop the Vigilantes, the NIMBY’s and the ANTI’s, at least we can inform the general public of their dangerousness and wrecklessness. Anyone could stumble across one of these people and never know the danger that they’re in. I consider it my small contribution to humanity.

          • Anonymous

            @Deviant1—I can not wait. We should look at every state and post the information on each state so these individuals will know who to look out for because as we know it is against the law, as you stated, to harrass, threaten, and incite riots against people unlike these vigilantes. These vigilantes need a taste of what it is like to be on a registry for all to gawk at and know things about them. They all think they are perfect but as we can see Old Val is not and neither is her family. And I bet we can find a lot more like her. Maybe she will not have a place to live, a place to work, maybe not allowed around kids, maybe have to attend therapy for the digusting things that they say to people, maybe to research the laws and the studies that they are not getting, maybe they will never be able to get a loan, maybe they will have to move from where they call home into the woods without running water and facilities, maybe they will not be able to live with themselves and the way they treat others, maybe they will not be able to vote, have a gun, and I can go on and on and on. Afterall a FELON is a FELON is a FELON. ASSAULT is ASSUALT is ASSAULT. So what would make them any better than anyone else. Its amazing that they think their world is just grand when they have a whole lot of skeltons in it. LOL

  • Anonymous

    Hello Everyone, in case anything happens to me, just know that Valerie Parkhurst (Valigator) of Davie, Florida, has now decided to “follow” me on disqUS. She’s armed and dangerous, and if anything should happen to me, she’s the first person to be looked into. What’s the matter Val, couldn’t just respond to my comments? Had to follow me “behind the scenes”? Let’s keep it public, shall we?

    • Anonymous

      Case Summary
      Broward County Case Number: 96014408CF10A
      State Reporting Number: 061996CF014408A88810
      Court Type: FELONY
      Case Type: FELONY
      Incident Date: 08/03/1996
      Filing Date: 08/29/1996
      Court Location: BROWARD COUNTY CENTRAL COURTHOUSE
      Case Status: Disposition Entered*

      Case Parties
      Relationship Last Name First Name Middle Name Party Type Sex Race D.O.B. D.O.D. ID Type ID Number
      001 PARKHURST VALERIE DEF F W 11/19/1955 BCCN 0186912
      001 JOHNSON CHARLES PERRY JR PA BARID 000000793914
      UNASSIGNED NOT ON FILE JUDGE JUDGE UA

    • Anonymous

      hey deviant1–is she really threatening you..everyone has the right to view public knowledge..even the ones that she is harrassing. no one has the right to be harrassed, threatened, and this is what she is doing to people.but no one will listen. so lets show these people a little about her…and see how she likes it..

  • http://www.cfcamerica.org Concerned

    Ignoring laws is not the way to effect change.
    If the laws are bad, then the citizens need to unite to change the laws.
    That is the process.

    Nobody involved with Citizens for Change, America supports the breaking of any law, but rather supports the working together to CHANGE the laws.
    Citizens for Change…. Change is the key word that Citizens need to work on.

  • Anonymous

    Educate – educate – educate.

    Educate everyone as to the real impact of these laws. Most of these feel good laws create Constitutional “air bubbles,” or policies that apply only to “special groups” but over time apply to even broader groups. They limit a person’s rights, determine where he/she can live, with whom he can contract, and with whom he can associate, but offer no real protection to the public.

    If knowlegeable people do not educate, our less than informed media will frighten and miss-educate.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Katelyn-Marist/100001924526641 Katelyn Marist

    You tell me that I sin, you say I’m bound for Hell; so once your judgment condemns you, I shall see you there.