Box Springs is home to 21 registered sex offenders as of May
The Registry shows this sex offenders is not a 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 none 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Scott Price | not incarcerated | Aggravated sexual assault |
| Charles Ronald Hamlin | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Darren Leslie Ampel | not incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 years of age |
| David James Gibson | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Dewayne Curtis Burnette | not incarcerated | Indecent liberties with a child, rape |
| Eric W. Arrington | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary Thomas Chastain | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gregory Lockhart | not incarcerated | Incest |
| James Lee Brady | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Paul Ramey Jr. | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joseph Barry Wells | not incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Joseph Scott Craft | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Kenan Lee Hutchins | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Louis Philip Colburn Jr. | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Olan Richard Goodman | not incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Paul William Votzke | not incarcerated | Rape 2nd degree |
| Perry Stewart Snider | not incarcerated | Indecency sexual contact with a child |
| Phillip Harris Sizemore | not incarcerated | Rape strongarm |
| Scotty Newton Ellis | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Stanley Fredrick Yates | not incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Steven Derek Dukes | not incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |