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Taliaferro County is home to 14 registered sex offenders as of week ending Nov. 23

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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 were 14 registered sex offenders living in Taliaferro County as of the week ending Nov. 23, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

The Registry shows that none 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 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 Taliaferro County as of the week ending Nov. 23
OffenderStatusCrime
Austin Lee HeddenIncarceratedSexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Cathy Lynn RimesNot IncarceratedPimping of a person under 18 years of age
Cody Weldon SullivanNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Dennis Durell ThorntonNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Horace Lamar WheelerNot IncarceratedChild molestation
James ScottNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Joshua Quamaine EdwardsNot IncarceratedStatutory rape
Kenneth Charles LawsonNot IncarceratedAggravated child molestation
Latara Maria HarrisNot IncarceratedSexual assault against person in custody, on probation or parole, patient in a hospital etc
Marcus Shamar MilnerNot IncarceratedSexual exploitation of children
Patrick Nicholas AlexanderNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Ricky Eugene HerringtonNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Russell Recardo MiltonNot IncarceratedChild molestation
Shawn Randall Barns Jr.Not IncarceratedEnticing a child for indecent purposes

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