Wednesday, December 26, 2012
A bill sponsored in 2012 by State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) will prohibit sex offenders from participating in holiday events involving children as of Jan. 1.
- GOVERNMENT
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
An Illinois law that takes effect Jan. 1 will officially prohibit convicted sex offenders from participating in holiday events—from dressing up as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to handing out candy on Halloween. Offenders who break this law (SB 3579/PA 97-0699) could be subject to fines or revocation of their parole or probation, and could face additional jail time, according to a press release from Senator Kirk Dillard's office. “I do not believe child sex offenders should be given the opportunity to dress up and participate in a holiday event that caters directly to young children,” Dillard said in a statement. He said he sponsored the law in response to real incidents that occurred in Illinois where child sex offenders used holiday…
Friday, July 13, 2012
Greg A. Voegtlin, 44, was convicted in May of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenager from 2003 to 2007.
A Will County judge sentenced a Lemont man on Thursday to six months in jail and four years of sex offender probation for repeatedly molesting a teenage girl between 2003 and 2007, according to a Sun-Times Media report. Greg A. Voegtlin, 44, must register for life as a sex offender, and must not have any contact with girls under the age of 18, others than his two daughters, according to the report. Voegtlin was convicted in May on three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Last year, Charles B. Pelkie, spokesman for Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow, said the victim was first abused in May 2003, when she was just 14 years old. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the victim told her family about the abuse in 2010, and went …
Monday, April 30, 2012
There are 63 registered sex offenders in unincorporated Cook County and eight in Lemont.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Registered sex offenders living in unincorporated Cook County were once again notified to check in with the Sheriff’s Office, in order to re-register. Notifications went out to all registered sex offenders in Unincorporated Cook County that they were required to appear in one of four chosen locations on April 21st, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to re-register as a sex offender in Illinois. State law requires that all sex offenders in Illinois re-register once a year, with their respective law enforcement agencies. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office usually requires sex offenders to do this at least two times a year. In addition to re-registering, the offenders are each required to view a video which reiterates the responsibilities and rules …
ltm
2:11 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Soon flatulence will be a crime. We can start a heading for social crimes with a minimum of 5 years in a federal prison and build on that. I should be a politician. My political platform would be "Serving my community will be a gas and my laws will protect your children and yourselves from evil doers). We will round up all the social criminals and gas them all at one time to save the expense of … more ›