19 registered sex offenders live in Port Wentworth as of June
Among them, three were considered sexual predators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Jackson | incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Dante Tyler Buck | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Elliot K. Jordan | not incarcerated | |
| Enrique Pizarro Ortiz | not incarcerated | Sexual battery with weapon or force |
| Gary Earl Salmen | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jacob Bonaparte | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jamel J. Washington | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| John Calvin Butler | not incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| John Joseph Leonard | not incarcerated | Sodomy - felony |
| Joshua Stephen Newman | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Mario Dwight Smokes | not incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Norman Letito Overton | not incarcerated | Trafficking of persons for sexual servitude |
| Patrick George Daniel | not incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Phillip W. Guthrie | not incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Raymundo Cortez Quintanilla | not incarcerated | Indecent a and b on child under 14 |
| Sean Jordan White | not incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Sharay Maurice Newton | not incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Taylor E. Pierre | not incarcerated | Promoting possessing sexual performance by a child |
| Winton Shelton | not incarcerated | Sexual battery by an adult on a victim under 12 |