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13 registered sex offenders live in Echols County as of week ending Dec. 14

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Scott Dutton, Assistant Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

Scott Dutton, Assistant Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation | gbi.georgia.gov

There were 13 registered sex offenders living in Echols County as of the week ending Dec. 14, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

The Registry shows that one of these sex offenders is a sexual predator. 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 one of these sex offenders is 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 Echols County as of the week ending Dec. 14
OffenderStatusCrime
Andres Benjamin GonzalezNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Austin Lee HerndonNot IncarceratedCriminal attempt to commit child molestation
Bennie FenderNot IncarceratedCruelty to children
Christopher BlantonNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
John M. KuljanichNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Matthew Franklin CarterNot IncarceratedTraveling to meet a minor to commit an unlawful sexual offense
Michael Wayne MillerNot IncarceratedAggravated sexual assault
Ronnie Earl ColbertNot IncarceratedSexual battery upon a child under 16 years of age
Santos GallegosNot IncarceratedEnticing a child for indecent purposes
Wallace Newton Gaskins IIIIncarceratedObscene internet contact - obscene communication
Waver Henry PadgettNot IncarceratedChild molestation
William FenderNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Willie Henry RichardsonNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation

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