Scam targeting sex offenders reported in Pender County
By WECT Staff. . . The Pender County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a scam that is reportedly targeting registered sex offenders. According to a news release, the sheriff’s office
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NC News
NC Newspaper compiles mugshots and data on sex offenders each year
By CAMMIE BELLAMY . . . Sexual abuse against children has come under a laser focus in the Wilmington area this year, following the conviction of a former teacher and investigations
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Social media, NC legislature needlessly target RSOs
By Dwayne Daughtry . . . When it comes to sex offender restrictions, some legislatures have taken unusual steps to either ban registrants entirely from the internet or restrict access to various
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Federal court slams NC’s registration procedure
By ROBIN . . . Jonathan Merideth moved to North Carolina in 2004 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor sexual offense in the state of Washington. Upon arriving, Merideth checked
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Grady heads back to N.C. Sup. Court
By EMERY P. DALESIO . . .North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives,
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NC COA: Satellite based monitoring unreasonable without evidence it works
Associated Press . . . North Carolina’s second-highest court says authorities can’t force a sex-offender to wear a monitoring device for decades because evidence fails to show that tracking protects
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Republicans invest half million to upgrade statewide database of sex offenders
By DAN KANE . . . North Carolina’s new budget includes $500,000 in taxpayer money to keep better track of sex offenders by cataloging where they work, what cars they
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