Eight registered sex offenders live in Plains as of week ending April 5

There are eight registered sex offenders living in Plains as of the week ending April 5, 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 three 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 Neal Davis	incarcerated	Enticing a child for indecent purposes
Damion Marquis Burns	incarcerated	Statutory rape
Jonathan Tyler Surface	not incarcerated	Sexual exploitation of children
Mario Arkeem Howard	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Owen Wallace Parnacott	not incarcerated	Aggravated sodomy
Phillip Clyde Dozier	not incarcerated	Child molestation
Wayne Denorris Pierce	incarcerated	Aggravated assault with an intent to rape
Wilfredo William Ayala	not incarcerated	Child molestation