YELL & TELL: STOP CHILD ABUSE NOW endeavors to
prevent all manner of child maltreatment through education.
A giant step YELL & TELL and all of us can take
toward reducing one category of child abuse can be found
by clicking on the .Lucas
County Sheriff's Sex Offender Registry.
Since July, 1997, Ohio has required that an adult convicted
of, or having plead guilty to, sexually oriented offenses,
e.g., rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition,
unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, register with
the Sheriff of the County in which the adult lives after
being released from jail or prison.
By frequently visiting YELL & TELL: STOP CHILD ABUSE
NOW and monitoring any sex offender registrants in your
neighborhood, you will protect not only your child but
all neighborhood children from becoming a victim.
The following is taken from the Lucas County Sheriff's
website and categorizes Sex Offender Classifications:
Sexual predator: An adult or juvenile
classified as sexual predator has been convicted of
[adult] or found delinquent by reason of [juvenile]
a very serious or violent sexually oriented offense
and determined at a classification hearing as likely
in the future to commit sexually oriented offense[s].
Sexual predators must register, every 90 days for life,
with the Sheriff of the County in which the offender
lives; and whenever he/she changes residence. Neighbors
and other community entities, such as schools, day care
centers, and the like, are notified by the Sheriff whenever
a registered sexual predator notifies the Sheriff of
the offender's intention to reside within certain distances
of such entities.
Habitual Sex Offender: An adult or
juvenile classified as a habitual sex offender has been
convicted of [adult] or found delinquent by reason of
[juvenile] one or more sexually oriented offense[s];
and determined at a classification hearing to have engaged
in repeated sex offenses. Habitual sex offenders must
register, once a year for 20 years, with the Sheriff
of the County in which the offender lives; and whenever
he/she changes residence.
Some persons classified as habitual sex offenders have
an additional classification: subject to community notification.
A sentencing judge can impose the requirement that neighbors
and other community entities are notified by the Sheriff
whenever a registered habitual sex offenders subject
to community notification informs the Sheriff of the
offender's intention to reside within certain distances
of such entities.
Sexually Oriented Offender: An adult
or juvenile classified as a sexually oriented offender
has been convicted of [adult] or found delinquent by
reason of [juvenile] a sexually oriented offense; but
has not been classified as either a sexual predator
or habitual sex offender. Sexually oriented offenders
must register, once a year for 10 years, with the Sheriff
of the County in which the offender lives; and whenever
he/she changes residence. For more information call
419-213-4269 or 419-213-4965.
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