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Registry shows 19 sex offenders living in Richmond Hill as of week ending March 1
The Registry shows one of these sex offenders is a sexual predator. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Byron Edward Bero | not incarcerated | Unlawful sexual contact |
| Chad Takashima Forbes | not incarcerated | Rape |
| Christopher Jason Griffin | not incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Clayton Randall Barrow | not incarcerated | Attempted sexual battery |
| Donald Miller Hillis Sr. | not incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Douglas Rigsby | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Enoc Jose Jerez | not incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Frank Brown III | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary Earl Salmen | incarcerated | Child molestation |
| George Anthony Wilson | not incarcerated | Rape |
| James Edward Butler | not incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Joshua Caleb Morris | not incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Kenneth Reid Carpenter | not incarcerated | Sodomy 1st degree |
| Mark Edward Mattil | not incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Mark J. Ribera | not incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 16 |
| Matthew Arthur Mosley | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Noel Conrad Engelman | not incarcerated | Obscene internet contact - obscene communication |
| Phelix Theophis Jackson | not incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| William A. Merritt | incarcerated | First degree sexual assault and abduction |