May: 12 registered sex offenders living in Meigs
Among them, one was considered a sexual predator by the Registry. 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 one of these sex offenders is 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.
Under Georgia law, sex offenders must register with the sheriff in their county of residence, employment, and schooling. They must update their information within 10 days of any change and notify authorities when moving in or out of state.
The number of registered sex offenders in the U.S. reached approximately 795,000 as of August 2024, an increase of nearly 43,000 individuals (about 6%) since 2019. In the same month, Georgia’s registry listed nearly 25,000 individuals.
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Groves | not incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Bobby Clark | not incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Charlie Richard Ezell | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Daniel Eugene Rackley Jr. | not incarcerated | Incest |
| Dustyn Jodi Jones | incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Thomas Page | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jeffrey Michael Clark | not incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 |
| Michael Lynn Hughes | not incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 |
| Nelson Holton | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Robert Lee Duhart | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Rusty Daniel Clinton | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| William Tron McCraw | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |