May: Number of registered sex offenders living in St. Marys remain unchanged
Overall, there are 29 sex offenders currently living in St. Marys.
The Registry shows that two 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Ross Rule | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16 |
| Brandon Lamonte Drayton | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Christopher Allen Doty | Not Incarcerated | Lewd and lascivious battery |
| Corey Scott Thimlar | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Eldon Dean Pitcher | Not Incarcerated | Rape of a child |
| Ervin Lee Smith Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Crimes against nature |
| Gabriel Ronald Vedua | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Gregory Neal Cope | Not Incarcerated | Child pornography |
| Jacob Christopher Doughty | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| James Alan Luna | Not Incarcerated | Sexual offense wiht certain victim(s) |
| James Harold Cook | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jeremy Chris Cartrette | Not Incarcerated | US federal conviction |
| Joseph Edward Ackerman | Not Incarcerated | Sodomy with a minor 1st degree |
| Joseph John Mele | Not Incarcerated | Possessing a sexual performance by a child |
| Joseph Michael Crosby | Not Incarcerated | Lewd and lascivious on a child under 16 |
| Kenny Mac McGuire | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Michael Charles Graves Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Federal sexual offense |
| Michael Dewayne Aldridge | Not Incarcerated | Criminal sexual conduct offense date was in 1993 |
| Michael Glenn Oeming | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Renee Nanine Levesque | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Nelson Haney | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Robert Thomas Young | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ronnie Lee Ely | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Thomas Christopher Toler | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Timothy Austin Wilke | Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Timothy Paul Green | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Toby Winston Herndon | Not Incarcerated | Use of the internet to solicit, attempt to solicit a child for unlawful sexual activity |
| Troy Austin Piano | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Wendell Eugene Mellette | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse of a child involving sexual contact |