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36 registered sex offenders live in Wheeler County as of week ending Nov. 4

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There were 36 registered sex offenders living in Wheeler County as of the week ending Nov. 4, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

The Registry shows two of these sex offenders are sexual predators. 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 13 of these sex offenders are 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.

If a sex offender moves to another county in the state of Georgia or another state in the US, they are required to register with the Sheriff in their new county or state of residence.

SafeHome.org, a security think tank, found the number of sex offenders in the US increases by roughly 32,000 a year.

Registered sex offenders in Wheeler County as of the week ending Nov. 4
OffenderStatusCrime
Andy Keith LatjonIncarceratedWeapon or force sexual battery of a child less than 12 years of age
Ben Thurman Towery Jr.IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Calvin Lee HarveyIncarceratedChild molestation
Carl Ray RogersNot IncarceratedAggravated assault
Christopher Lee GregoryNot IncarceratedEnticing a child for indecent purposes
Dennis Lee WellsIncarceratedRape
Edward GillisNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Eric Cebern HollisNot IncarceratedSexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Fontaine Jabar SearsIncarceratedSexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction)
Henry Dolen PierceNot IncarceratedFalse imprisonment of a minor
James Johnathan WilliamsNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
James William PerdueNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Jefferson Jonathan KingNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Jeremy Wayne HillsIncarceratedRape
John Walter MyersNot IncarceratedCruelty to children
Johnny Lee Moore Jr.Not IncarceratedCriminal sexual conduct with a minor
Joseph Alan Brewer Jr.Not IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Juan Donnell DuntonIncarceratedRape
Katie Marie ThigpenIncarceratedSexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Kenneth Joseph KellamIncarceratedFalse imprisonment of a minor
Kyle Ishmael DixonIncarceratedStatutory rape
Marshall Nolan ThompsonNot IncarceratedCruelty to children
Matthew Johnson Jr.Not IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Michael D. McDonaldNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Patrick Savon LeeIncarceratedChild molestation
Robert Aaron OgleNot IncarceratedSexual assault
Robert Thomas TurnerNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Rodney Wayne HallIncarceratedStatutory rape
Roger Willis BrabonNot IncarceratedCriminal sexual conduct 1st degree (victim under 13 years of age)
Shannon Reid WalkerNot IncarceratedSexual assault by teacher/assault principal/other administrator engaged in sexual contact with another individual enrolled at school
Steve WilliamNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Terry Colon DixonNot IncarceratedSexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Timothy Russell NelsonIncarceratedChild molestation
Vincent BostNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
William HowardNot IncarceratedAbusive sexual contact with a child
William Rodney EvansNot IncarceratedSodomy with a minor 1st degree

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