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Aug. 24: 20 registered sex offenders living in Oconee County

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Chris Hosey, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

Chris Hosey, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

There were 20 registered sex offenders living in Oconee County as of the week ending Aug. 24, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

The Registry shows that one of these sex offenders is a sexual predator. 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 that 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 the week ending Aug. 24
OffenderStatusCrime
Benjamin Scott SimmsNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Crescencio Arturo EspinosaNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Donald Memory GearinNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Fernando D. CarrNot IncarceratedObscene internet contact - obscene communication
George David FieldingNot IncarceratedAggravated assault
Joshua Ray SilversIncarceratedChild molestation
Kenneth Wayne GordonNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Kevin Scott HawkinsNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Lolan Ernest ReevesNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Martin Miles BodieNot IncarceratedObscene internet contact - obscene communication
Michael Sebastian HancockNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Nicholas Wayne HughesNot IncarceratedRape 2nd degree
Sanchez Demario JonesNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Thomas William TurnbullIncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Timothy Denoris DuncanNot IncarceratedSexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Travis Allen PirtleNot IncarceratedChild porn
Turner DeatonNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Wallace Lynn DewNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Wendy Katherine PackerNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
William Henry AllenNot IncarceratedPurchase or possession of child pornography

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