https://www.newsweek.com/sex-offenders-art-sculpture-allegedly-attracts-children-disrupts-neighborhood-1463965
SEX OFFENDER'S ART SCULPTURE ALLEGEDLY ATTRACTS CHILDREN, DISRUPTS NEIGHBORHOOD
BY MARIKA MALAEA ON 10/8/19 AT 6:16 PM EDT
An art sculpture in the front yard of a Kansas City home attracts a lot of children, which has the surrounding neighbors upset. Normally such art wouldn't be a problem, though in this case, it's in the yard of a registered sex offender.
The sculpture is made of hanging bikes, and a majority of the bikes look like they're for kids. The neighbors thought it was a piece of art until they found out the creator and man who lives there is a registered sex offender in Missouri.
"They got my attention with these bikes up here. They got put up here. I thought it was art, and it was nice. But if it got my attention, it'll get another child's attention," a woman who visits family in the neighborhood told WDAF.
The man's name is Fidel Nunezreyes. He was most recently convicted of statutory rape in 2004. His victim was an underage female.
Neighbors said he has lived in this neighborhood for about three years. Other residents said they wish Nunezreyes would have told them his status.
Missouri laws require sex offenders to register within three days of following a conviction or release from jail or prison. The Missouri Sex Offender Registry lists June 2005 as Nunezreyes' confinement release date.
Registration as a sex offender is required for anyone who has pled guilty to or been convicted of a number of crimes, including rape, child molestation, sexual misconduct, kidnapping a child, sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography, sexual abuse of a child and many more.
Those who plead guilty or no contest to these crimes are also required to register as sex offenders.
Many sex offenders are not allowed within 500 feet of school grounds, and while there are a handful of schools in the area—including two elementary schools, two middle schools, a charter school, a performing arts high school and an early education center—they fall outside of the 500-foot range from Nunezreyes' home.
Neighbors are concerned that the hanging bike art sculpture will continue to attract kids to his home, leaving the children vulnerable to someone has proven to be untrustworthy with a child in the past.
"I feel like the children aren't safe around here. I don't feel like the kids are safe because he still never said nothing," one neighborhood woman said.
People who frequent the area said along with the sculpture, Nunezreyes needs to leave the neighborhood.
According to Family Watchdog, a free service that allows you to view known registered offenders and predators in your area, there are 1,511 known and mapped offenders in Kansas City, Missouri.
A Kiwi vigilante who attacked an Australian Bunnings worker in a case of late-night mistaken identity has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm.
ReplyDeleteAlex John Beeston, 32, attacked and broke Edward Haynes' jaw at a bus stop in Capalaba, east of Brisbane, Australia, in April last year after believing he had attacked a woman.
Beeston was found guilty on Tuesday after his Brisbane District Court trial heard he punched Haynes, 29, twice.
Haynes told the court he was on his way home from work at 9.40pm when Beeston confronted him and grabbed him around the neck.
"I was trying to get his arm off me. I couldn't breathe. He was choking me on the ground," Haynes testified. "I was getting up slowly when he hit me. It knocked me down."
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Beeston first confronted Haynes after hearing a woman screaming and demanded his name and ID.
Haynes said his name was Eddie and handed Beeston his drivers licence.
Beeston then accused Haynes of giving a fake name because the name on the licence was Edward, the prosecution said.
Haynes ran away but fell over. As he was trying to get up, he felt an elbow grip around his neck in a choke hold.
The court heard that was when Beeston pinned him to the ground and punched him twice because he suspected him of assaulting a woman.
Haynes was taken by ambulance to hospital and later had an operation to repair his jaw with a metal plate.
Prosecutors argued Beeston punched Haynes twice because he feared being laughed at when the first punch was a glancing blow.
The court heard Beeston, a painter who was born in New Zealand who was previously convicted of assaulting an ex-partner, is likely to be deported.
He has apologised to Haynes, who since the attack has had long-term problems with his jaw and feels fearful when travelling to and from work.
"My actions were appalling on that night. I sincerely regret them," Beeston said. "I want to apologise to my family. They didn't raise me this way."
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on Wednesday.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/116423571/kiwi-likely-to-be-deported-from-aus-after-vigilante-attack-on-bunnings-worker
really has to be the worst click bate article of many..no news to report today? if he was a drug dealer to children, a murder of children,an arsonist that burned children alive, or perhaps a drug k driver that ran over 15 kids at a bus stop you wouldn't care BUT because he is on an illegal vigilante registry for a consensual act NOW that everyone is still alive ,it needs to be news..would be disguised and disappointed but used to fake news and selective " righteous outrage"...fire the reporter and employ a trained monkey for better quality reports.
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