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Ohio Shorthanded in Its Efforts to Monitor Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

Ohio might be the only state in compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, but it is also entirely shorthanded in its mission to monitor local sex offenders. From Cleveland.com:Cuyahoga County has the most sex offenders in Ohio, but only two full-time deputies regularly check on the 1,416 people considered the worst offenders.Other large Ohio counties have fewer offenders than Cuyahoga's 3,300 but use more deputies to perform the state-mandated address verifications for Tier III offenders such as rapists. Franklin County uses five; Summit and Hamilton counties each use four.Residents on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland never knew Anthony Sowell was a convicted sex offender until police unearthed 11 bodies from his property.Neighbors questioned why they weren't notified by the Sheriff's Office about Sowell's violent past...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).