<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - sex-offender</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/sex-offender</link><description>Newsvine - sex-offender</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:23:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:35 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Texas sex offenders in sight of rare policy win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four convicted sex offenders huddled in a busy hallway at the Texas Capitol, congratulating each other for going public and testifying against a bill that would plaster their criminal past on their Facebook profiles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul J. Weber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul J. Weber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518300-texas-sex-offenders-in-sight-of-rare-policy-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518300-texas-sex-offenders-in-sight-of-rare-policy-win</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>rollback</category><category>xgr</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:31:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Vt. paper aware of reporter's sex offense</title>
<description><![CDATA[The publisher of a Vermont newspaper defended his paper's hiring of a convicted sex offender to cover police and courts, saying in a story Thursday that he supports fair punishment for those who break the law but also giving them an opportunity for rehabilitation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546941-vt-paper-aware-of-reporters-sex-offense</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546941-vt-paper-aware-of-reporters-sex-offense</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>reporter</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:59:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sex offender suspected in 1970 Wis. child murder</title>
<description><![CDATA[Virginia Davis describes says the pain left behind by her 9-year-old sister's 1970 rape and strangulation as being like "a million holes."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Antlfinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carrie Antlfinger]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15257238-sex-offender-suspected-in-1970-wis-child-murder</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15257238-sex-offender-suspected-in-1970-wis-child-murder</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>slaying</category><category>us-news</category><category>1970</category><category>virginia-davis</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:51:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30328694-d7c5-411e-bd6f-ecf1027c25d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30328694-d7c5-411e-bd6f-ecf1027c25d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1970 handout photo shows Donna Willing. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=378e4246-a1e5-4b68-878f-9d86a8b4c629.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=378e4246-a1e5-4b68-878f-9d86a8b4c629.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1967 photo provided by the family shows Donna Willing, center, with her sisters Barb and Virginia. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eec0bb1c-d8e8-4637-afba-9dc69aee2114.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="406" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eec0bb1c-d8e8-4637-afba-9dc69aee2114.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo shows the home of Donna Willing. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdc824aa-399e-4027-9c08-7f24d2d43b03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="390" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdc824aa-399e-4027-9c08-7f24d2d43b03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1963 family photo shows Donna Willing, left, with her sisters, Susan and Barb at Christmas. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe39a925-9d8e-4346-b7c4-8eee3ce34893.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="397" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe39a925-9d8e-4346-b7c4-8eee3ce34893.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1969 family photo shows Donna Willing during her first communion. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efc8c376-6ccc-4127-a5da-26078eb7596c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="405" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efc8c376-6ccc-4127-a5da-26078eb7596c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1969 family photo shows Donna Willing in front of her home in Milwaukee. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1befafa2-f6de-4988-90ea-a5c8aca19d3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1befafa2-f6de-4988-90ea-a5c8aca19d3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1969 family photo shows Donna Willing during her first communion. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3455050-f565-48e1-ba91-978c38f3b8ee.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3455050-f565-48e1-ba91-978c38f3b8ee.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1969 photo provided by the family shows Donna Willing with her grandmother during her first communion. Donna was raped and strangled in 1970. Police have identified Donna Willing's childhood neighbor as the alleged killer: 73-year-old Robert Hill. Hes been in prison for other sexual assaults of children. The biological evidence in Donna Willings case was lost or destroyed, and prosecutors are using Wisconsin's sex offender law to possibly keep him in custody indefinitely. They hope to prove Hill is a sexually violent person during a Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 hearing. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>States not in compliance with sex offender law</title>
<description><![CDATA[The following 34 states have been unable to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to take part in a nationwide effort to track sex offenders. Five of them &#8212; Arizona, Arkansas, California, Nebraska and Texas &#8212; have completely given up on the effort, even though it means forfeiting millions of dollars in federal grants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14225585-states-not-in-compliance-with-sex-offender-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14225585-states-not-in-compliance-with-sex-offender-law</guid><category>us</category><category>list</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>registry</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:53:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Many states fall short of federal sex offender law</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, including five states that have completely given up on the effort because of persistent doubts about how it works and how much it costs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14225252-many-states-fall-short-of-federal-sex-offender-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14225252-many-states-fall-short-of-federal-sex-offender-law</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>registry</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:27:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=095a0c6b-25ef-4471-a84c-c5de4824cdc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=095a0c6b-25ef-4471-a84c-c5de4824cdc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James Womack, director of Hand Up Ministries, walks through the gate which has a sign prohibiting women or children inside the community, in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Hand Up Ministries is a non profit faith-based organization that offers help to men and women coming out of the prison system to re-enter society. The grounds currently house 150 sex offenders and 7 other felons. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f21c7716-ad6e-4ad8-b47f-3d6f8acd3108.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f21c7716-ad6e-4ad8-b47f-3d6f8acd3108.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A resident rides a bicycle on the grounds of Hand Up Ministries in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Hand Up Ministries is a non profit faith-based organization that offers help to men and women coming out of the prison system to re-enter society. The grounds currently house 150 sex offenders and 7 other felons. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=740b4b09-7fbe-4a78-8f56-e6969d0bf389.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=740b4b09-7fbe-4a78-8f56-e6969d0bf389.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James Womack, director of Hand Up Ministries, talks with members of the Oklahoma Metro Prayer Alliance on the grounds of the Ministry in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Behind Womack are some of the trailers where 150 sex offenders who have been released from prison after serving their sentences are housed. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51fbe58b-4553-4f6f-9da4-141d9ed3581f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51fbe58b-4553-4f6f-9da4-141d9ed3581f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Oklahoma City Metro Prayer Alliance say a prayer on the Hand Up Ministries grounds in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Hand Up Ministries is a non profit faith-based organization that offers help to men and women coming out of the prison system to re-enter society. The grounds currently house 150 sex offenders and 7 other felons. From left are John Youell, Carol Gordon, Billy McGill and Richard Peterson, blowing a shofar. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf02d69f-d66b-400d-b682-273ec8d56097.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf02d69f-d66b-400d-b682-273ec8d56097.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Andrew Perrigo sorts through shoes which are provided along with clothing and household goods to new residents at Hand Up Ministries in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Hand Up Ministries is a non profit faith-based organization that offers help to men and women coming out of the prison system to re-enter society. The grounds currently house 150 sex offenders and 7 other felons. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52c75e10-0005-4f73-b47d-314ef04748ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52c75e10-0005-4f73-b47d-314ef04748ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A religious sign is pictured on a refrigerator in a housing unit at Hand Up Ministries in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Hand Up Ministries is a non profit faith-based organization that offers help to men and women coming out of the prison system to re-enter society. The grounds currently house 150 sex offenders and 7 other felons. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Minn. judges block rapist's bid for more freedom</title>
<description><![CDATA[A convicted rapist on Friday lost his bid to gain more freedom from a Minnesota program that confines more than 600 of the state's most dangerous sex offenders after they leave prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11760862-minn-judges-block-rapists-bid-for-more-freedom</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11760862-minn-judges-block-rapists-bid-for-more-freedom</guid><category>us</category><category>minnesota</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>minnesota-sex-offender</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sex offender to remain free despite new law</title>
<description><![CDATA[A convicted sex offender who faces nearly two dozen charges in Utah but has remained free because of a legal loophole likely will never face trial or be confined to an institution, a prosecutor said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604518-sex-offender-to-remain-free-despite-new-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604518-sex-offender-to-remain-free-despite-new-law</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>release</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:23:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: Sex offender to remain free  &amp;#8212; for now</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lonnie Johnson is a sex offender, a felon with one rape conviction in Washington state and nearly two dozen charges of rape and sex assault now leveled against him in Utah. But he remains a free man.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270023-judge-sex-offender-to-remain-free-for-now</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270023-judge-sex-offender-to-remain-free-for-now</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>release</category><category>us-news</category><category>lonnie-johnson</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:29:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Convicted molester who cast for Hollywood arrested</title>
<description><![CDATA[A convicted child molester who worked under an alias in casting children's movies has been arrested on charges of violating sex-offender registration laws.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/10/9343410-convicted-molester-who-cast-for-hollywood-arrested</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/10/9343410-convicted-molester-who-cast-for-hollywood-arrested</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>director</category><category>us-news</category><category>casting</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:18:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: Casting asst. is registered sex offender</title>
<description><![CDATA[A casting assistant who helped choose child actors for some kid-friendly movies is a convicted child molester, according to a newspaper report.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/18/8870871-report-casting-asst-is-registered-sex-offender</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/18/8870871-report-casting-asst-is-registered-sex-offender</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>director</category><category>us-news</category><category>casting</category><category>casting-director</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:51:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NJ sex offender sentenced 3 years for census job</title>
<description><![CDATA[A sex offender who managed to get a job with the U.S. Census Bureau until an astute New Jersey mom recognized him from an online offender registry was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7357541-nj-sex-offender-sentenced-3-years-for-census-job</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7357541-nj-sex-offender-sentenced-3-years-for-census-job</guid><category>worker</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>offender</category><category>census</category><category>census-bureau</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:49:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. sex offender busted logging onto Facebook</title>
<description><![CDATA[California authorities say a registered sex offender who's banned from using the Internet was arrested while browsing Facebook &#8212; next to a sheriff's detective in an Apple store.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6722911-calif-sex-offender-busted-logging-onto-facebook</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6722911-calif-sex-offender-busted-logging-onto-facebook</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>facebook</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:31:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Convicted sex offender arrested at Mont. egg hunt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities in Montana say a convicted sex offender was arrested at a Missoula-area Easter egg hunt after one of his victims recognized him there.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6524791-convicted-sex-offender-arrested-at-mont-egg-hunt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6524791-convicted-sex-offender-arrested-at-mont-egg-hunt</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>egg-hunt</category><category>missoula-area-easter</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Sex offender released, now in Oregon</title>
<description><![CDATA[A convicted sex offender released from Utah custody last week after being deemed incompetent to stand trial has moved to Oregon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/07/6425604-apnewsbreak-sex-offender-released-now-in-oregon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/07/6425604-apnewsbreak-sex-offender-released-now-in-oregon</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>release</category><category>us-news</category><category>ut</category><category>utah-county</category><category>sex-offender-release</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:25:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Loophole means Utah sex offender may go free</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in Utah are fighting to have a convicted sex offender facing multiple child sex abuse charges committed indefinitely after doctors deemed him no danger to society but mentally incompetent for trial, meaning he could soon see the case against him dropped and be set free.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6381057-loophole-means-utah-sex-offender-may-go-free</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6381057-loophole-means-utah-sex-offender-may-go-free</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>release</category><category>us-news</category><category>incompetent</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:01:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Minn. sex offender asks judges for release</title>
<description><![CDATA[A convicted sexual predator seeking an extremely rare release from Minnesota's sexual offender treatment program was confronted Friday by one of his victims, who rejected the man's claim that he no longer poses a threat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/03/6181804-minn-sex-offender-asks-judges-for-release</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/03/6181804-minn-sex-offender-asks-judges-for-release</guid><category>us</category><category>minnesota</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>minnesota-sex-offender</category><category>john-rydberg</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/65f9b1b1-5c02-4d32-93b1-0de32755e3be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/65f9b1b1-5c02-4d32-93b1-0de32755e3be.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this 1985 photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Corrections, convicted sex offender John Rydberg is shown during his intake into the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater, Minn.  A special three-judge panel opens a hearing Friday, March 4, 2011 to determine whether the 68-year-old really is a changed man, as he claims. (AP Photo/Minnesota Department of Corrections)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vt. sex offender who sparked sentence debate freed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Vermont man whose sentence for sexually molesting a child sparked a debate about the treatment and sentencing of sex offenders has been released from prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/26/5930157-vt-sex-offender-who-sparked-sentence-debate-freed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/26/5930157-vt-sex-offender-who-sparked-sentence-debate-freed</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:31:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>101-year-old pedophile dies in New York prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 101-year-old pedophile who was New York's oldest state prison inmate has died.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5607827-101-year-old-pedophile-dies-in-new-york-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5607827-101-year-old-pedophile-dies-in-new-york-prison</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><category>centenarian</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:49:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NJ sex offender admits lying to get Census job</title>
<description><![CDATA[A sex offender admitted Wednesday that he had lied on forms to get a job as a U.S. Census taker, blaming it on a series of mix-ups and his desperation to get a job.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5521589-nj-sex-offender-admits-lying-to-get-census-job</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5521589-nj-sex-offender-admits-lying-to-get-census-job</guid><category>worker</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>census</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:50:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New California parole team targets sex offenders</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Harden's problems were just beginning when agents rolled up to his cluttered trailer to arrest him for letting the battery in his GPS ankle bracelet run low, making it difficult to track the movements of the paroled child molester.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5493902-new-california-parole-team-targets-sex-offenders</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5493902-new-california-parole-team-targets-sex-offenders</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>sweep</category><category>us-news</category><category>michael-harden</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:02:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a99558c4-0e69-4693-bd20-7bd6ec2bd426.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="312" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a99558c4-0e69-4693-bd20-7bd6ec2bd426.jpg" width="120" height="197" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, paroled sex offender Michael Harden sits handcuffed as parole agent Steve Nakamura, left, fills out paperwork before taking Harden to jail on parole violations as part of a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by the California Parole Apprehension Teams, created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/661c6175-ec2f-4f44-bb8a-7c4a6f049306.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/661c6175-ec2f-4f44-bb8a-7c4a6f049306.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, paroled sex offender Michael Harden sits handcuffed as parole agent Steve Nakamura, fills out paperwork before taking Harden to jail on parole violations as part of a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by the California Parole Apprehension Teams, created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cde90a93-38e9-4259-90c0-1f3bc8b5a142.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cde90a93-38e9-4259-90c0-1f3bc8b5a142.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, paroled sex offender Michael Harden is taken to a law enforcement vehicle for transportation to jail by Sacramento County Probation officer Glen Sandmeier, on parole violations as part of a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by the California Parole Apprehension Teams, created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7ef266f1-8bd4-47c3-bf9c-7ac14be5fa87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7ef266f1-8bd4-47c3-bf9c-7ac14be5fa87.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, parole agent Gary Viegas uses a scanning device to check the information on a cell phone of a sex-offender on parole during a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by the California Parole Apprehension Teams, created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.  The specially trained apprehension teams use computers and other high-tech devices to scan the Internet and electronic databases for clues to the whereabouts of some of the state's 13,000 ex-convicts who have broken off contact with their parole agents.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ddb93412-63c6-4f6b-a0e0-ed7c82cb9498.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ddb93412-63c6-4f6b-a0e0-ed7c82cb9498.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, parole agent Steve Nakamura, left, holds up evidence for agent Brooke Orendorff to photograph  that was found in the apartment of parolee Adam Tucker,  during a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by the California Parole Apprehension Teams, created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.  Tucker was taken into custody for violating the conditions of his parole.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d23291ca-6dd5-49be-bdfc-7083982f93f8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d23291ca-6dd5-49be-bdfc-7083982f93f8.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, parole agent Brooke Orendorff, center, checks the backyard of paroled sex-offender Adam Tucker as other agents quickly move in to begin searching the apartment for illegal items during a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by members of the California Parole Apprehension Teams, which was created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.  Tucker was taken into custody for violating the conditions of his parole.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/895d560b-d05e-4c08-b279-4fa91c496ce3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/895d560b-d05e-4c08-b279-4fa91c496ce3.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, parole agents Steve Nakamura, left, Eric Sakazaki, center, and Brooke Orendorff check under the mattress in the apartment of parolee Adam Tucker where they found items that violated his parole, during a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by members of the California Parole Apprehension Teams, which was created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.   Tucker was taken into custody for violating the conditions of his parole.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a24864b0-8e65-4271-af85-44429a1d76b9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a24864b0-8e65-4271-af85-44429a1d76b9.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2010, paroled sex-offender Adam Tucker is taken into custody by parole agents, left, Steve Nakamura, left, and Eric Sakazaki,  as part of a sweep of paroled sex offenders, in Sacramento, Calif.  The statewide sweep was conducted by members of the California Parole Apprehension Teams, which was created in January partly in response to criticism that parole agents failed to properly monitor Phillip Garrido.  The specially trained apprehension teams use computers and other high-tech devices  to scan the Internet and electronic databases for clues to the whereabouts of some of the state's 13,000 ex-convicts who have broken off contact with their parole agents.  Tucker was taken into custody for violating the conditions of his parole.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Registered offender fails to report bridge address</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York man who served a year behind bars for attempted sexual abuse 14 years ago is heading back to prison for failing to report his new address under a bridge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/28/5196761-registered-offender-fails-to-report-bridge-address</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/28/5196761-registered-offender-fails-to-report-bridge-address</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>bridge</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:53:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: NY can try to detain man who infected women</title>
<description><![CDATA[The state can try to keep a sex offender who infected at least 13 women with the AIDS virus locked up beyond the 12-year prison sentence he completed in April, a judge ruled Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Thompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carolyn Thompson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/19/4706872-judge-ny-can-try-to-detain-man-who-infected-women</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/19/4706872-judge-ny-can-try-to-detain-man-who-infected-women</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>aids</category><category>offender</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:47:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/585be4f7-8956-409c-89c3-a4dfb8d93811.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="454" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/585be4f7-8956-409c-89c3-a4dfb8d93811.jpg" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This 1996 file booking photo released by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department shows Nushawn Williams in Mayville, N.Y. New York can continue its efforts to keep Williams, a sex offender who infected at least 13 women with the AIDS virus, locked up beyond the 12-year prison sentence he completed in April. A state Supreme Court judge in Buffalo refused a request by Williams' lawyer to throw out the attorney general's case to have Williams held indefinitely under a civil-confinement law, The Associated Press reported Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NH sex offender claims religious rights denied</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New Hampshire sex offender is asking the state's highest court to allow him to go to church with a chaperone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4533063-nh-sex-offender-claims-religious-rights-denied</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4533063-nh-sex-offender-claims-religious-rights-denied</guid><category>us</category><category>church</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. to consider marked IDs for sex offenders</title>
<description><![CDATA[The father of a 14-year-old girl who was raped and murdered joined the latest legal offensive against registered sex offenders in California when he backed legislation to require them to carry marked driver's licenses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/25/4354682-calif-to-consider-marked-ids-for-sex-offenders</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/25/4354682-calif-to-consider-marked-ids-for-sex-offenders</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>tracking</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-diego-area</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1d239909-4eca-42fd-a79f-abdc8cdb1e2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="309" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d239909-4eca-42fd-a79f-abdc8cdb1e2f.jpg" width="120" height="199" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maurice Dubois, father of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, who was abducted and murdered by a registered sex offender in San Diego County in 2009,  announces the introduction of four measures to find missing children more quickly and keep a closer watch on sex offenders, at a news conference in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2ada4102-39fd-4f79-96e8-cfd9d34df52c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2ada4102-39fd-4f79-96e8-cfd9d34df52c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maurice Dubois, left, father of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, who was abducted and murdered by a registered sex offender in San Diego County in 2009, and California Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, announce the introduction of four measures to find missing children more quickly and keep a closer watch on sex offenders, at a news conference in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, May 25, 2010.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28d69db3-f84a-4555-a73a-b332d5f9272e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28d69db3-f84a-4555-a73a-b332d5f9272e.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maurice Dubois, left, father of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, who was abducted and murdered by a registered sex offender in San Diego County in 2009, and California Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, announce the introduction of four measures to find missing children more quickly and keep a closer watch on sex offenders, at a news conference in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sex offender held for San Diego-area knife attacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Northern California sex offender with a history of parole violations cut off his ankle monitor and went on a two-day crime spree in which he tried to rob or kidnap several women and teenage girls at knifepoint in the San Diego area, authorities said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/21/4323418-sex-offender-held-for-san-diego-area-knife-attacks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/21/4323418-sex-offender-held-for-san-diego-area-knife-attacks</guid><category>us</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>san-diego</category><category>northern-california</category><category>attacks</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-diego-county</category><category>napa-county</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 20:04:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>