Mildly Disturbing

[adpiucf]

I'm not sure I wanted to know that there were nearly 500 registered criminals and sex offenders in my neighborhood... but I thought it might be valuable to pass along this web site to you all so you can check out your area: http://www.familywatchdog.us/ShowMap.asp

The more you know... right?

[tunatartare]

I tried to do that for my neighborhood, the screen basically looked like the map of Manhattan was covered in confetti.

[RU OX Alum]

There is a red square right next to a school building on my map

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

There is a red square right next to a school building on my map

Me too - that's disturbing.

[SoCalGirl]

Distance: 0.01 miles

A meer three buildings away.

[DSTRen13]

There aren't too many in our area ... of course, I live in the middle of nowhere right now. Still, I hope my little sister doesn't see this website, she'll never leave the house again.

[PhoenixAzul]

the PA megan's law website posts pictures of these guys...and some of them (vast majority) are HARDCORE CREEPY. As in, nightmare worthy! I showed the site to my professors in Belfast, and they were AMAZED that it was legal (no such thing in the UK due to the Human Rights Act).

[KSUViolet06]

708 in my area.

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

It only showed 21 (known) around my area. I noticed all the rape category people all lived very-very close to eachother....hmm.

[VandalSquirrel]

There's 20 in my town of about 20,000. I recognize some of them, a downfall of living in a small town.

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

Umm...eww. There are 292 of them in the neighborhood that I am moving to in less than week, including one that is only like .37 miles away, awesome. That's in downtown Omaha though so I guess it's not that surprising....The place I live right now though, a small college town, has 150 offenders and one of them is .06 miles away from me, even better! This website is terrifying.

[ADPiShannan]

It looks like I have about 10-15 in my area, the closest about 4 miles from my home. It looked like all mine were old old gray haired men. Yuck.....

Only 1 was for rape, and 2 were for children offenses, the others were in green and didnt say what for.

Creepy though. I hope I dont see any of them when Im out now.... When I lived in Akron and went to U of A, we had so many in downtown it wasnt funny. Our sorority house got notices people were offenders and living in the neighborhood and when I moved a few streets from the sorority house, we'd get notices all the time about people. I actually got scared and wouldnt walk alone because some were on my way to class. Id pull into the driveway and run into our house....

I came from a small town with like a couple thousand living there so that scared the crap out of me....

Now I need to go look and see if my hometown has any...

[ADPiShannan]

Ok I looked at my hometown. We have about 5. One is down the street from my moms. The guy looks like hes 90 and he was arrested for importuning. All the rest are for sexual conduct with a minor and sexual imposition.

One guy I know too. The girl he dated was 17 and he was 18 and the mom didnt like him so she reported him...

[JonInKC]

Should a teenage guy who hooks up with a younger girl be listed along with violent sex offenders? For the sake of argument, assume that the boy and girl are within a few years age difference.

[AGDee]

That's why they tell you what they were convicted for and give the code. I prefer Michigan's sex offender website because they also give you a place to look up what the codes mean. People who are convicted of indecent exposure for urinating in a bar parking lot are also listed on those sites forever, and that seems less threatening to me that the situation you pose.

And yeah, I'd want to know if the 17 year old boy that my 15 year old daughter is dating has been convicted of having sex with a minor...