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Scott Dutton, Assistant Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation
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Registered Sex Offenders: Numbers go up in Dalton in May
Published 06/07/26
Overall, there are 267 sex offenders currently living in Dalton.
The Registry shows that 19 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 that 93 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.
Registered Sex Offenders in Dalton as of May
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Anthony Elder | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Aaron Keith Utley | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Aaron Phillip Gilbert | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Alvan Darrell Vanover | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Andrew Dean Buford | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Andrew Joseph Miller | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Angel Ayala Deltoro | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse |
| Anthony Deparish Quinn | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Anthony Terrance Thomas | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault |
| Anthony Wayne McNair | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Anthony Wayne Ray | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Asael Delgado | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ashim Lal Shrestha | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Austin Lee White | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Baron Edward McWhorter | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Barry Claude Fowler | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Barry Ellis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Benjamin James Grover | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Bennie Dixon | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Bernard Dale Payne | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Billy Hicks | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Blas Valles | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bobby Dale Rye | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual assault of a child |
| Bobby Morrow Tucker | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Brandon Trey Bryant | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Brent Andrew Wingfield | Not Incarcerated | Child pornography |
| Brian Jacob Benoit | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Brian Keith Sawyer | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bryan Dale Langham | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Byron Kelly Caskey | Not Incarcerated | Assault and battery 1st degree- molestation of minor |
| Caddarius Donte Jackson | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Calvin Lee McClure | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 |
| Carl William Hawkins | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Chad Murray Carlock | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Charles Lewis Ballard | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Charles Vernon Curlin | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christian Alex Gonzalez | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christian Zapien-Becerra | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Christopher Avery Adams | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Christopher Cline | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Christopher Donald Maples | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christopher Keith Tate | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Christopher Scott Dyer | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christopher Scott Meyer | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christopher Taylor Bridges | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Clarence A. Rick | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault |
| Clarence Greever Whitt | Not Incarcerated | Sexual offense |
| Clifford Allen Payne | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Clifton Lee Crysel | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Cody Allen Satterfield | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Cody Drew Hester | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Cody James Fugate | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Crystal Leanne Cothren | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Daniel Allen Newton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Daniel DeWitt Saylor | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse 1st degree |
| Daniel Lee Burk | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Daniel Lewis Lawson | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Daniel Taylor | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Danny Wayne Cochran | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Darrel Floyd Hulett | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Darren Keith Pritchett | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| David Cornelius Dixon | Not Incarcerated | Incest with a minor |
| David Earl Drain | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Guzman | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Lee Gunter | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Leroy Cochran | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Michael Lane | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Derek Kenneth White | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Dewayne Buckner | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Dominick Sky Burton-Tallent | Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Donald Gregory Santamour | Not Incarcerated | Attempt to commit an aggravated sexual battery |
| Douglas John Southerland | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eddie Dean Wilcox | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eddie Joseph Clayton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated statutory rape |
| Eddie Joseph Couch | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Eddie Morales Salaises | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment of a minor |
| Edward Cornell Freeman | Not Incarcerated | First degree rape |
| Edward Eugene Trantham | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Edwin Romero | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault |
| Eric Matthew Wells | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eric Norman Vineyard | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Evert Pellom Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Freddie Morales | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Gary Allen Grayson | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary Dale Gilbert | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary Dennis Morrow | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gene Calvin Queen | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| George Cason Burse | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| George David Greenhaw | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Greg Paul Mitchell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gregory Marlin Townsend | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Grover Lee Joseph III | Not Incarcerated | Obscene telephone contact with a child |
| Harley David Klepper | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Harvey Benjamin J. Franks | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Hilberto Perez | Not Incarcerated | Assault with an intent to commit criminal sexual abuse |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jacob Corey Harrell | Incarcerated | Indecency with a child through sexual contact |
| Jalen Corey Williams | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse of a child |
| James Adam Hawkins | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Clayton Winters Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Cody Roberson | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| James Dennis New | Incarcerated | Sexual battery by an authority figure |
| James Eugene Wiley | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Hill | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Lee Grubbs | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Lee Kirksey | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Wesley Hallman | Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Jared Ross Tate | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jason Aaron Cothran | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jason Dewayne Rickell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jason Eric Burchfield | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jason Lamar Lance | Not Incarcerated | Cruelty to children |
| Jeffery Despain | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Jeremy Alexander Willis | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jeremy Jason Reid | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Jeremy Lee Caldwell | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jeremy Lee McKee | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jerome Walton | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jerry Dewayne Martin | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jerry Dwight Rollins | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jerry Lee Reed Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jesse John Davalos | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jesus Perez | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jimmy David Emerson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Joel Hernandez | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Joel Sebastian Hilario | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Daniel Brooks | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault |
| John Edward Judy | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Everett Lewis | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| John Nathan Valdez | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Paul Jones | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John William Bagby | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Johnnie Paul Moore | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Johnny Leon Crowder | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Jonathan Eric Cochran | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Jose Valentin Hernandez | Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact - obscene communication |
| Joseph Allen Campbell | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse of a child 3rd degree |
| Joseph Lee Brock | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joseph Marlin Quarles Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joseph Michael Dixon | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joshua Anthony Martinez | Not Incarcerated | Child pornography |
| Joshua Steven Harteau | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Juan Carlos Rangel | Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Juan Ibara Lopez | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Keith Richard Fretz | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Kendra Elena Torres | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kenneth Wayne Padgett | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Dewayne Williams | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kevin Lynn Massey | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kristie Yvette Cummings | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kyle Chase Miles | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Larry Joseph Brown | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Leroy Clifford Tallent | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Lester Steven Crump | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Lester Thomas Edwards | Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Little Eddie Hairston | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse 2nd degree |
| Lonnie Jerome Franklin | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Luis Angel Dela-Pena | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Luis Arturo Pena | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Luther Bedwell Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Sexual offense sodomy 1st degree |
| Mario Tapia | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Mark Anthony Leonard | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Markus Alvin Hambrick | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation - 3rd degree |
| Matthew Thomas Hilley | Not Incarcerated | -- |
| Matthew Wayne Blue | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Matthew Wilbergene Dover | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Melvin William Collins | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault of a child |
| Michael Andrew Phillips | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Michael Eugene Truitt | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Michael Jason Noblitt | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Michael Jay Sanford | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Michael John McLarney Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Michael Joseph Pratt | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated statutory rape |
| Michael Justin Gribble | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Peter Espy | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Wayne Wright Jr. | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Micheal Larry Morgan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Millard Dean Bradley | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Nathan Noel Peek | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Neal Melvin Parrish | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 |
| Onofre Rodriguez Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Oscar Rendon Rendon Sr. | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Pascual Diego | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Paul Andrew Baer | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Paul Anthony Joseph | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Paul Douglas Arnold | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Pedro Ivan Medina | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault |
| Phillip Anthony Utterburg | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Preston A. Clark | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ramona Alma Orona | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act with a minor under 16 |
| Randall Clayton Townsend | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Randall Lee Morgan Sr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Randy Scott Famber | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ranulfo Gonzalez Pina | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Raymond Christopher Nelson | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Charlie Roach Jr. | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Lawrence Chesney | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Paul Knight | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Rickey Dean Shaffer | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Ricky John Vanmunn | Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Ricky Lee Barmore | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Robert E. Watson | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment of minor |
| Robert Lewis Prather | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Robert Terrell Lovelace | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Robert William Nix | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Robin Gerene Bierig | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Rodolfo Matthew Fraire | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Rodrigo Lucas | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Roger Lewis Minatree | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ronald Dale Hesselrode | Not Incarcerated | Statutory sodomy in the first degree with a person under 14 years old |
| Ronald Williams Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ronny Dale Lanham Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Rory Donovan Krone | Not Incarcerated | Forcible sexual abuse |
| Roy Clayton Gaddis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Royal Cliford Smith | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Russell Dewayne Shoemaker | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Samuel David Keeler | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Samuel Edward Swim | Not Incarcerated | Criminal solicitation of a minor |
| Samuel Gaines Frank Locklear | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Samuel Virgil Whitt | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Sean Patrick Hammontree | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Seth Rodney Johnson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Seth Trevor Bonds | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| Shalliek Andra Bynum | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Shannon Dale Pittman | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Shawn Eugene Parks | Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Shawn Michael Jones | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Shawn Micheal Harris | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Stacy Lee Newport | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Stanley Eugene Ware | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Stephen Conroy Deal | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Sterling Edward Brown | Not Incarcerated | Attempted pornography involving juveniles |
| Steven Eugne Jordan | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault of a child |
| Steven William Graham | Not Incarcerated | Sexual imposition |
| Terry Lamar Jennings | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Terry Lee Bryant | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Terry Lynn McBrayer | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Thomas Allen Treadway | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Thomas Gerald Davis Sr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Thomas Joel Parrish | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Tiffany Ann Brackett | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Timothy Austin Patterson Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Timothy Lee Richards | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Timothy Paul Nunley | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
| Tommy Wayne Ellard | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Tony Eugene Vance | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Travis Ritchie Cline | Not Incarcerated | -- |
| Trinidad Saenz | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Tristian Delany Smith | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Troy Lamar Keeler | Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Valentino Duane Macon | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Victor Manuel Pabon | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Virgil McKeachie | Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Wayne J. Norwood | Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| Wayne Lamar Hasty | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Wayne Lowery Fox | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| William Battles | Not Incarcerated | Sodomy - felony |
| William Dwight Massingil | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William Earl Shelby | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| William Isaac Dyer | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William Jay Patton | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| William Joseph Bennett | Not Incarcerated | Molestation of a minor |
| William Joseph Slaton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| William Taylor White | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| William Wayne Crowley | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Xander Kyle Morris | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Zachary Cabe Rogers | Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
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