March 1: five registered sex offenders living in Shady Dale

There are five registered sex offenders living in Shady Dale as of the week ending March 1, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry shows none 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
Christopher Alan Pruett	not incarcerated	Criminal attempt to commit a felony
David Neil Jalbert	incarcerated	Possession of child pornography on computer
Philip Earl Call Jr.	incarcerated	Rape
Steven Jay Champion	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Tony Weekley	not incarcerated	Child molestation