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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Oconee County is home to 11 registered sex offenders as of Q3

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There are 11 registered sex offenders living in Oconee County as of the third quarter of 2022, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry shows none of these sex offenders are sexual predators. In Georgia, a sexual predator is an individual who is determined by the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to be at risk of perpetrating any future dangerous sexual offense.

The Registry also shows two of these sex offenders are currently incarcerated.

Sex offenders in Georgia remain on the Sexual Offender Registry for life unless removed by a court order or other legal means. Any individual who fails to register when required “shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 30 years,” according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

If a sex offender moves to another county in the state of Georgia or another state in the US, they are required to register with the Sheriff in their new county or state of residence.

SafeHome.org, a security think tank, found the number of sex offenders in the US increases by roughly 32,000 a year.

Registered sex offenders in Oconee County as of Q3
OffenderStatusCrime
Crescencio Arturo EspinosaNot incarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Donald Memory GearinNot incarceratedAggravated child molestation
George David FieldingIncarceratedAggravated assault
Joshua Ray SilversIncarceratedChild molestation
Justin Matthew DysonNot incarceratedFurnishing/distributing obscene material to minors
Kenneth Wayne GordonNot incarceratedStatutory rape
Kevin Scott HawkinsNot incarceratedStatutory rape
Sanchez Demario JonesNot incarceratedStatutory rape
Turner DeatonNot incarceratedChild molestation
Wallace Lynn DewNot incarceratedSexual exploitation of children
William Henry AllenNot incarceratedPurchase or possession of child pornography

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