Sex Offender
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Md. court: Sex offender doesn't have to register
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Monday's ruling means one man will have his name removed from the sex offender database. Other offenders may also be able to challenge their inclusion as a result.
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I-Team investigation: Scott Breeze, convicted sex offender, speaks at Fairfax festival
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An investigation is underway looking into how a convicted sex offender was invited to be a guest speaker at a Fairfax County festival for families.
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Registered sex offenders fight Facebook bans
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Courts have long allowed states to place restrictions on convicted sex offenders who have completed their sentences, controlling where many of them live and work and requiring them to register with police. But the increasing use of social networks for everyday communication raises new, untested issues.
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Earl Benjamin Washington, St. Mary's County registered sex offender, sought
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Investigators are trying to locate a lifetime registered sex offender who failed to report a change of address to St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office.
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Cuyler Cornell, Aaron La Mere, arrested for sex offenses
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Cuyler Jay Cornell, 50, a 7th grade teacher, and Aaron William Murray La Mere, a technician at a Silver Spring high school, were both accused of sexual offenses.
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Virginia Senate passes tougher laws for sex offenders
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Virginia's Senate passes legislation requiring a life sentence for serious sex crimes against children for suspects 18 or older.
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Anthony Ross sentenced to seven months
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A former D.C. teacher who pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to seven months behind bars.
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Commission: Virginia's civil commitment program flawed
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Virginia's process of evaluating sex offenders to be detained for treatment after their prison sentence is over is flawed, meaning some offenders could end up spending years in treatment based on faulty information, commission says.
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Zemar Melgerei, convicted sex offender, caught on Fairfax High School campus
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Officials say that a man who walked onto the Fairfax High School campus and asked to take a shower on Wednesday is a convicted sex offender.
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Stephan Pittman, alleged Vince Young impersonator, is a registered sex offender
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ABC7 has learned that Stephan Antwain Pittman, the Prince George’s County man accused of impersonating NFL Quarterback Vince Young, is also a registered sex offender.
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Anthony Ross, former D.C. teacher, pleads guilty
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A former D.C. teacher pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender.
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