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Wheeler County is home to 40 registered sex offenders as of July

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Chris Hosey, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

Chris Hosey, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

There are 40 registered sex offenders living in Wheeler County as of July, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

The Registry shows that three 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 that 15 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 July
OffenderStatusCrime
Andy Keith LatjonIncarceratedWeapon or force sexual battery of a child less than 12 years of age
Angel Alfredo CintronNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
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
Edward Rashawn JenkinsIncarceratedChild molestation
Fontaine Jabar SearsIncarceratedSexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction)
George Tavis BessIncarceratedStatutory rape
Henry Dolen PierceNot IncarceratedFalse imprisonment of a minor
James MacBeth GiddensNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
James William PerdueNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Jefferson Jonathan KingNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Jeremy Wayne HillsIncarceratedRape
John Lee SpillersNot IncarceratedIncest
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
Marcus Elliott SimmonsIncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Marshall Nolan ThompsonNot IncarceratedCruelty to children
Michael D. McDonaldNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Patrick Savon LeeIncarceratedChild molestation
Robert Aaron OgleNot IncarceratedSexual assault
Robert Thomas TurnerNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Rodney Wayne HallNot IncarceratedStatutory 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
Tony Steven GoogeNot IncarceratedRape 2nd degree
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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