Registered Sex Offenders: Numbers go up in Duluth in May
Overall, there are 30 sex offenders currently living in Duluth.
The Registry shows that one of these sex offenders is a sexual predator. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Andre Matino | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Bradley Michael Vogel | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Christopher Lamont Harrington | Not Incarcerated | Indecent liberties with a child |
| Danny Ray Hanners | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Dylan Dhimani Duque-Lopez | Not Incarcerated | Lewd lascivious battery victim under 16 years of age |
| Edward Eliot Kramer | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Edward Paul Wood | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Emmanuel C. Hernandez | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Ernest L. Gregory | Not Incarcerated | -- |
| Han Ming Yang | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Hector Edwin Prieto | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| James Edward McLaury | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual assault victim 13 |
| Joel Anthony Narva | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Keith Cooper | Not Incarcerated | Attempted (sex act on a person believed to child who had attained the age of 12 years but had not attained the age of 16 years) |
| Louis Hill | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
| Mathew Scott Whelchel | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Michael Andilla Gattie | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Michael Anthony Bell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Randy Bruce Scruggs | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Richard Arsenault | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Earl Barber | Not Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact - obscene communication |
| Robert Virgil Baucom | Not Incarcerated | Use of minors with an obscene purpose |
| Ronnie Dean Rosser | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery on child by person with custodial authority |
| Shawn Stephen Labar | Not Incarcerated | Attempted first degree sodomy |
| Steven Allen Purgason | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Sung On Yi | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Terrance Clark Lewis | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Walter G. Wallace | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Wei Zhao Zhu | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| William Burke Clunan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |