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Iowa law clusters sex offenders in Davenport trailer park

By "eAdvocate"

10-19-2010 Iowa: DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The same home address has been given to the Scott County Sheriff?s Department this year by 18 registered sex offenders. West Kimberly Park, 4847 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, is one of the few rental places in the county that is at least 2,000 feet from any school or day care, which means it complies with state law as an eligible place for certain sex offenders to live. The trailer park owner could prohibit sex offenders from renting there, but he does not. Ken Miller, the park owner, declined to be interviewed for this story, saying, ?I don?t want to get involved in anything like that.? At one point this summer, 12 sex offenders were living at West Kimberly Park at the same time. ?It?s like a modern-day leper colony,? said sheriff?s detective Peter Bawden, who keeps track of the 300-plus registered offenders in Scott County...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).