Registered sex offenders: 12 living in Whigham as of week ending March 1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan Keith Maxwell | incarcerated | Obscene telephone contact with a child |
| Devin Taylor Bell | not incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| George Lee Sandefur | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Lee Salyers | not incarcerated | Lewd and lascivious act on a child |
| Michael Steven Lee | incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Patrick Gray | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Ricky Lee Sadler | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Stephen Lee Wisham | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Timothy Craig Stevenson | not incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Tony Kelly | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William David Wynn | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| William J. Gordon | not incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act |