Sex Offender
Individuals convicted of sex-related crimes
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Harnett County sex offender pleads guilty to child sex crimes. Judge sentences 60 days after plea
Steven Vest, set to face a jury trial this September, will instead spend 60 days in jail per a judge's ruling. The victim families say the sentencing is much lower than what they anticipated it would be.
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Police: Registered sex offender arrested for larceny, sexual battery at Knightdale park
Arnell Jackson was convicted in 1999 for sexual crimes before being released in 2011, when he was entered as a registered sex offender.
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16 suspected sexual predators arrested after NC law enforcement pretended to be minors online
A four-day undercover operation that took place in February involved more than 150 officers from 13 law enforcement agencies. The operation was to identify, investigate and arrest alleged sexual predators believed to be communicating with children under the age of 16.
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Harnett County sex offender indicted on more than 50 charges of sex crimes involving children
A Harnett County man, who is a registered sex offender, is facing new charges of sex offenses with children.
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Registered sex offender arrested at Fayetteville daycare in October 2023 crackdown
Cumberland County sheriff's deputies arrested 26-year-old Calvin William Elliot, a registered sex offender, on Tuesday after he was accused of being seen at a child daycare. He is expected in court on Wednesday.
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Cumberland County sex offender arrested for driving onto elementary school property
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office arrested Danny Yarborough, a 66-year-old registered sex offender, for driving onto the property of Gallberry Farm Elementary School in Hope Mills.
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Carrboro sex offender charged in new sex crimes case
Edwin Silva-Badillo was on probation after his guilty plea in Alamance County for a 2022 offense, and now, he faces similar charges. Newly released warrants show he met the 13 year-old girl on social media.
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Carrboro sex offender is arrested on similar charges
Edwin Silva-Badillo was on probation after his guilty plea in Alamance County for a 2022 offense, and now, he faces similar charges. Newly released warrants show he met the 13 year-old girl on social media.
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Registered sex offender arrested after being on Douglas Byrd High School campus in Fayetteville
The sheriff’s office said GPS monitoring showed John Taylor was on campus both Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Authorities looking for sex offender who left work release in Duplin County
Authorities say Kevin Worsham has a criminal record dating back to 2004, including a past sex offense requiring him to register as a sex offender.
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Registered sex offender arrested, was on campus of NC School of Science and Math
A registered sex offender was arrested for being on the premises of Durham's North Carolina School of Science and Math last month.
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Sex offender arrested at elementary school's trunk-or-treat
Deputies recognized Mark Allen Knight at the event as a convicted sex offender who was banned from being on public school property.
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62-year-old registered sex offender arrested at elementary school trunk-or-treat event
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office arrested a 62-year-old registered sex offender at an elementary school's truck-or-treat event.
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Video shows registered sex offender talking to and stalking 10-year-old girl inside Home Depot
A new view inside a Home Depot in Southwest Miami-Dade shows what police described as a creepy crime involving a 60-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl that landed the man in jail.
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Registered sex offender in Orange Co. charged with 26 counts of child exploitation
Lucas Owen Atwater, 23, was arrested Friday and charged with 26 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and a felony probation violation, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
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Rocky Mount parents worry about halfway house as neighbor to event center
The halfway house on Atlantic Avenue was in operation long before the Rocky Mount Event Center opened nearby.
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Rocky Mount residents concerned about sex offenders living a block from downtown event center
Some in the Rocky Mount community are concerned about a halfway house that's providing a home for registered sex offenders a block away from the city's downtown Event Center.
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Central Prison on lockdown after inmates beat convicted sex offender to death
The offender, Ronald Rhodes, was assaulted by offenders on Friday morning in the recreation yard, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
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'There was a random man in my room last night': Sex offender went into girl's room during Fuquay-Varina home invasion, deputies say
Harnett County deputies said Adam Sipes entered the bedroom of a 12-year-old neighbor early Wednesday morning. Sipes is a registered sex offender.
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Homeless sex offenders living in tents in busy section of Fayetteville
Cumberland County deputies have alerted the public about a group of registered sex offenders that live around a busy part of Fayetteville.
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Cumberland Co. Sheriff's Office warns families of sex offenders near bridge
Cumberland County deputies are tracking a group of sex offenders that live in a homeless community in Fayetteville.
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Two sanitation workers credited with 10-year-old girl's rescue
Two Louisiana sanitation workers are being credited with helping rescue a missing 10-year-old girl.
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Judge: Former Raleigh restaurant manager must register as a sex offeder
Jordan Hester, former beverage manager of Brewery Bhavana, will have to register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty to secret peeping, and numerous women accuse him of inappropriate sexual conduct.
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Wanted Pender County sex offender may be in Wake County, deputies say
The Pender County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help locating a registered sex offender who has changed his address without notifying deputies.
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Police: Sex offender was babysitting in Raleigh home
A registered sex offender was babysitting a child at his Raleigh home last week, according to an arrest warrant.
