Registered sex offenders: 44 living in Tunnel Hill as of week ending Jan. 25

There are 44 registered sex offenders living in Tunnel Hill as of the week ending Jan. 25, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry shows two 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 eight 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.

Offender	Status	Crime
Anthony Ray Lance	incarcerated	Sexual exploitation of children
Austin Miguel Tate	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Bobby Dale Rye	not incarcerated	Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Casey Andrew Stamey	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Charles Anthony Miller	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Christopher Kade Stephens	incarcerated	Child molestation
Clarence A. Rick	not incarcerated	Sexual assault
Darrell Wayne Kilgore	not incarcerated	Sexual abuse intent
David Lee Patton	not incarcerated	Child molestation
David Roy Brewer	not incarcerated	Aggravated child molestation
David William Holmes	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Donovan Lewis Downer	not incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Enoch Hiram Griffin	not incarcerated	Enticing a child for indecent purposes
Frances Bonner Cook	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Gregory Lea Hartman	incarcerated	Child molestation
Henton Dwight Reed	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Isaac Donavan Alexander	not incarcerated	Statutory rape
Jack Michael Lay	not incarcerated	Criminal attempt to commit a felony
James Earl Warren II	not incarcerated	Aggravated child molestation
Jimmy Ellis Smythers	not incarcerated	Statutory rape
John Francis Mullen	not incarcerated	Indecency with a child by contact
Jonathan Salvador Fernandez	incarcerated	Statutory rape
Jonathan Wade Monroe	not incarcerated	Indecency with a child through sexual contact
Joshua David Parker	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Joshua William Long	incarcerated	Statutory rape
Kenneth Eugene Parrish	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Kevin Lee Hicks	not incarcerated	Statutory rape
Kristopher Lamar Parker	incarcerated	Child molestation
Marcus Dewayne Benford	not incarcerated	Sexual battery by authority figure
Marvin Raymond Pilcher	not incarcerated	Aggravated sodomy
Mathew Glenn Moon	not incarcerated	Possession of child pornography on computer
Matthew Patton Locke	not incarcerated	Sexual exploitation of a minor
Narcie Franklin Robinson	not incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Patty Jennifer Bradley	not incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Richard Lamar Betterton	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Robert Lamar Smith	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Robert Verlin Lamb	not incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Ryan Alexander Geister	incarcerated	Sexual exploitation of children
Samuel Dean Pendergrass	incarcerated	Rape 2nd degree
Scotty Lynn Keeler	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Steven Perry Smith	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Timothy Lamar Hale	not incarcerated	Incest with a minor
Tony Alan Horn	not incarcerated	Aggravated child molestation
Walter Ray Scott	not incarcerated	Aggravated child molestation