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13 agencies verify addresses of more than 200 people as part of mass operation
By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008
Manila folders in hand, Summit County Sheriff's Inspector Bill Holland and Deputy Dan Cuckler walked up to a nondescript gray brick building in south Akron.
Six registered sex offenders had reported that they lived at the boardinghouse.
Holland and Cuckler stopped by to make sure the offenders really lived there — as opposed to providing a fake address or moving without alerting authorities as required by law.
Similar unannounced checks were held Tuesday as local authorities conducted the first countywide verification of sex offenders' addresses. Authorities from 13 agencies set out to visit the homes of more than 200 people convicted of the most serious sex crimes, including murder, rape, kidnapping and offenses against children.
Deputies routinely check the whereabouts of sex offenders, but the mass review, which continued this morning, was a first. As of late Tuesday afternoon, authorities had issued 10 warrants for offenders who couldn't be located.
People convicted of the most serious sex offenses are required by law to report their addresses to authorities. Then, deputies are required to keep tabs on them and notify people living in the area.
''It's obviously an important job,'' said Holland, who oversaw the operation.
With 900 to 1,000 convicted sex offenders in the county, deputies said they are overwhelmed keeping track
of all of them. The mass operation Tuesday helped update records on the most serious offenders.
During the visits, which included stops in every community in the county, authorities talked with the individuals and examined their rooms. If there were any problems, parole officers were notified.
If no one was home, authorities left neon green notices ordering the sex offender to call them as soon as possible.
The majority of offenders are happy to comply with the checks and avoid any problems. They don't want to be sent back to prison for any violations, Holland and Cuckler said.
In a rare case, someone will complain about being hassled.
Outside one of the buildings, a man opened the main door to question the presence of a Beacon Journal reporter and photographer. The men had done their time and didn't want to see their names or photos appear in the newspaper, he said.
Of course, there are the few offenders who disappear and warrants are issued for their arrest.
''Some of the guys don't want to be found,'' Cuckler said.
The Sheriff's Office maintains a searchable database for local sex offenders online at http://www.co.summit.oh.us/sheriff/. The Web site also has a link to the ''Most Wanted Sex Offenders'' — those who have disappeared and aren't living at the address they reported to authorities.
People also can sign up for e-mail alerts if a sex offender moves into their neighborhood.
In addition to the Sheriff's Office, police from Akron, Barberton, Copley Township, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Twinsburg and the University of Akron; the U.S. Marshals Service; Ohio Adult Parole Authority; Summit County Probation Department; and Portage County Sheriff's Office and Prosecutor's Office participated in the operation.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.
Manila folders in hand, Summit County Sheriff's Inspector Bill Holland and Deputy Dan Cuckler walked up to a nondescript gray brick building in south Akron.
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Posted 05:52 AM, 11/19/2008
Sex crimes against children should be a capital offense for several reasons - such as:
1. The rehabiltation rate would rise to 100%.
2. The expenses involved in keeping them housed
or chasing them down would be diminished.
3. They would be easy to find once they are
interred.
4. The lives of the kids and their families that
might be damaged by repeat offenses would be
saved.
Akron, OH
Posted 07:27 AM, 11/19/2008
One of the few right wing police actions I am OK with is what you wrote.
I would add that they would get automatic appeals, and the best defense provided to them.
That way, when it's all done, there are no regrets.
Posted 08:22 AM, 11/19/2008
Sex crimes against children? Rape? Murder? These "people" would be much easier to keep track of if the had a cemetary plot.
Posted 08:29 AM, 11/19/2008
The problem is not all sex offenders suffer from pedophilia.
Akron, OH
Posted 09:19 AM, 11/19/2008
JACK,
You don't know Jack.
Knee-jerk reaction by a Republican ^*(%*%
Done.
akron, OH
Posted 10:03 AM, 11/19/2008
more bs
Posted 10:57 AM, 11/19/2008
Just want to thank the guys for doing this dangerous job, which I would never want! Be safe and thank you. I'm think its great you check on these people.
Posted 03:40 PM, 11/19/2008
Charles has the right idea...
Posted 07:56 PM, 11/19/2008
As a mother of a daughter that has been raped, I feel that they have every right to check in on these people. After all it is part of the price they have to pay for doing the things that they have done.
Posted 10:30 AM, 11/20/2008
The average cost of an execution exceeds the cost of incarceration. If they can bring the cost in under $200,000, I’d be for it, but they can’t (or won’t). The problem with the American penal system is that it operates on the assumption that there is some kind of “debt” to be repaid. Locking someone up at a cost of $38,000 a year isn’t repaying me. Furthermore, it’s not a cash transaction. Either you’re a threat or you aren’t and if a given time doesn’t neutralize you as a threat, then we’re still at risk. All criminals should be behind bars indefinitely until there is reason to believe that the criminal is no longer a threat to civilized society. Since we can’t cure stupid, crazy or wicked; we should just be prepared to warehouse these people indefinitely. One of the problems with crime in America is that Europe used the Southern states as penal colonies; all the most defective, behavior problem DNA in Europe wound up as American hillbillies and the Great Lakes region imported them for factory work. It would be nice if we could set up a penal colony in Iraq or Afghanistan and let the Arabs deal with our socially toxic human waste.
