March 1: 14 registered sex offenders living in Mineral Bluff

There are 14 registered sex offenders living in Mineral Bluff as of the week ending March 1, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry shows three 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 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.

Offender	Status	Crime
Cecil James Brumfield	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Daniel Wayne Jones	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Deborah Lynn Lester	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Edward Flandio Ritchie	not incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
James Franklin Ross	not incarcerated	Sexual exploitation of children
Jeremy Terrence Campbell	not incarcerated	Criminal attempt to commit a felony
Matthew Lee Hogsed	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Nathan Lee Madison	incarcerated	Statutory rape
Paul Lawrence Elliott Sr.	not incarcerated	Rape of a child
Robbie Richard Woodruff	not incarcerated	Luring a minor for sexual exploitation
Steven Michael Lutz	incarcerated	Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Tony Lynn Fair Sr.	not incarcerated	Aggravated child molestation
Wesley Allen Petty	not incarcerated	Child molestation
William James Daniel Travis	not incarcerated	Child molestation