Josh Boswell from the UK Daily Mail illustrates why gossip rags should just stick with celebrity gossip

Josh Boswell trying hard to grow facial hair

I get that there are semantic differences between the the US and the UK, but in neither country can you cannot be "convicted" of "pedophilia." Pedophilia is a clinical diagnosis, not a legal designation. In the US, you can be placed on the public s*x offense registry for urinating behind a dumpster ("indecent exposure") or being a teen who had mutual relations with a classmate (most states do not have "statutory r*pe", they just call it "r*pe" or "s*xual assault). In fact, state can place kids as early as 8 years old on the registry, and while uncommon, it is not zero. 

This article was intentionally written as a piece for pearl-clutching Karens who believe in QAnon and other inane online theories. 

Using quotes from braindead scum-of-the-earth prosecutors like Robin sax is like urinating on a pile of excrement. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11495915/More-400-pedophile-dens-California-18-sex-predators-live-together.html

EXCLUSIVE: DailyMail.com probe reveals 400 'p***e dens' in California house up to 18 s** p***s living together just blocks away from schools – one $1m home with tennis court has six men convicted of the most heinous crimes

DailyMail.com's analysis of a California s** o** database reveals that nearly 2,000 convicted p**s are living together in groups of three or more in 'p** dens' in the state

Some of the 'p**e dens' are just a block away from schools 

DailyMail.com also spoke to residents of the 'dens' and even got a tour of one property housing several c** m**s 

We can reveal that a $1million, 6-bed home in Northridge, California, with a tennis court, is home to six p**s with some of the most heinous crimes on the statute books 

Law enforcement and current and former prosecutors of s** crimes told DailyMail.com the dens could be dangerous and create an 'environment for more crimes to occur'

President of the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff's Association said, 'These guys and gals have addictions, and to put them anywhere near a temptation is not serving them and it's not serving the kids' 

By JOSH BOSWELL FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 14:42 EST, 21 December 2022 | UPDATED: 15:09 EST, 21 December 2022

DailyMail.com has discovered more than 400 'p**e dens' of up to 18 s** p**s all living at the same California address.

An analysis of a government database of California s** o**s reveals that almost 2,000 convicted p**s are living together in groups of three or more at 442 locations across the state.

Some of the 'p** dens' are a little more than a block away from schools.

Law enforcement and current and former prosecutors of s** crimes told DailyMail.com the dens could be dangerous.

'That's a big deal,' said Nate Seger, President of the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff's Association.

'These guys and gals have addictions, and to put them anywhere near a temptation is not serving them and it's not serving the kids.'

"It's terrifying. Your numbers truly, truly frighten me,' said former Deputy District Attorney Sam Dordulian, who prosecuted s** crimes in the LA DA's office.

'If they're all congregating with each other, it's just creating the environment for more of these crimes to occur.

'Even if they're trying to stay clean, they're in an environment where they're around other p**s. They're gonna be talking about children, having child porn available. And it's just creating a situation where you're almost sure there's going to be another offense.'

DailyMail.com obtained and analyzed a copy of the Megan's Law database of registered s** o**s in California.

The database contains records of 58,685 s** o**s, including 43,007 (73%) who have been convicted of s** crimes involving children.

By comparing these p**' addresses, the shocking picture emerged: hundreds of homes across the state where groups of child s** o**s were living, often near to schools.

DailyMail.com also spoke to residents of the 'dens' and even got a tour of one property housing several p**s. 

One property on Elm Avenue in Long Beach is home to 16 p**, according to the Megan's Law database.

Bobbie Smith Elementary is just two blocks (850 ft) away...

S** o** whose crimes involved children under age 14 and who have been specifically designated as high risk by the state are prohibited from living within half a mile of schools. 

A 'hometel' on 10th Avenue in San Diego houses 14 p**s and is 1,000ft from Urban Discovery Academy Charter, a Kindergarten through 8th grade school...

A $1million property on Wilbur Avenue in Northridge with a tennis court in the backyard is home to six p**s with some of the most heinous crimes on the statute books...

Dordulian, a veteran p** prosecutor who now represents victims of s** crimes, told DailyMail.com that letting predators congregate in homes could raise their risk of reoffending.

'These guys all have their own little networks, especially online and sadly on the dark web,' he said. 'It wouldn't be surprising to me if they all tell each other 'well, you're looking for a place, this is the place to come to.' And that's how they all end up congregating.

'A lot of these guys look at child porn. If there's that available and one shows it to the other, they're going to bring those compulsions back for those guys, making it more likely that they're going to go out and recommit.

'There's going to be greater exposure to the stuff that triggers their compulsion, which is discussion of children, pictures of children, child porn and the like.

'This kind of a situation is going to create an environment where these p**s are going to have much greater opportunity, because no one's monitoring them.

'It's terrifying.'

Some of the addresses where the greatest numbers of p**s registered were homeless shelters, halfway houses or sober living facilities often used by recently released convicts.

The Weingart Center, a Los Angeles homeless shelter, has 25 p**s registered there, the most in the state.

A halfway house called A Place of Comfort on the city's Normandie Avenue is home to 24 predators according to the Megan's Law database.

But many others were seemingly normal residential properties, like an eight-bed, 2,700 sq ft property on Walnut Avenue in Long Beach which houses 17 p**s, or a 5-unit apartment building on Orange Avenue in the city with four p**s that is less than 1,000ft from Franklin Classical Middle School.

DailyMail.com asked the California S** O** Management Board (CASOMB), an office set up by the Governor to monitor s** o**s, about these predator group homes.

Board Coordinator Lea Chankin responded that 'California does not classify individuals on the registry as p**s', and pointed to one of their 2016 reports which said: 'For many years, CASOMB has recommended against adopting or continuing residence restrictions in California' for s** o**s.

'While the mission of the California S** O** Management Board (CASOMB) is to address issues, concerns and problems related to managing adult s** o**s in the community, the Board cannot comment on your analysis of data from the California Department of Justice,' Chankin said in a statement last week.

'Without reviewing the data and understanding the collection methods, any interpretation would be lacking context.'

She did not respond to an offer to share the data.  

A spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said the penal code stipulated 'all registered s**-o** parolees shall not reside in a single family dwelling with any other s** o**, whether or not they are on parole, unless they are related by blood, marriage or adoption.'

However, DailyMail.com interviewed homeowners and lead tenants at homes where up to six p**s shared a room together.

A spokesperson for the California Department of Justice, which administers the Megan's Law database, previously admitted to DailyMail.com that they were aware of predators' group homes.

'Because it can be difficult for folks to find housing, it's not unusual for them to group together, if they find a place that works,' a spokesperson said.

In a statement last month, the department said the issue was for District Attorneys, courts, and state legislators to deal with, but added that it has 'Human Trafficking and S**ual Predator Apprehension Teams, which, as appropriate, regularly work with local authorities to protect public safety.'

Robin Sax, a former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney who prosecuted p**s, said probation officers may even work with o**s to find these homes.

'There's a lot of limitations on where s** o**s can live. You can't be within so many yards of a park or a school, places where kids congregate,' she said.

'It gets pretty limited theoretically, where these people can go. It doesn't surprise me necessarily that you'd find clusters of areas where s** o**s congregate.'

'If there's a registered s** o** and they have a parole officer, and they're trying to figure out where to live, and the parole officer knows that they have five more clients that have been able to successfully get houses in this particular area, that may provide some of the rationale as to how people ended up in the same area.'

'A lot of these o**s have to take mandatory classes and programs and treatments, after they've been in prison, and so it's also possible that in their classes and groups they've met each other and also found places to live.

'The one thing that would be a massive concern is that we know that the movement of exchanging child pornography is done in a group format. That's how images are shared. There is great concern of people in clusters operating with the same illnesses.'

It is unclear how prevalent 'p** dens' are in other states, as DailyMail.com was only able to obtain detailed o** data from the California Megan's Law database.

Solutions in other states have included housing convicts of s** crimes in their own colonies.

More than half the 300 residents of Miracle Village, a tiny hamlet near Lake Okeechobee in Florida, are s** o**s. Newly released convicts are recommended the remote community in Palm Beach County, founded by a pastor, when they get out of prison.

Some California landlords receive cash from the state for housing p**s and other s** o**s in normal communities.

According to a 2010 report by the Orange County Register, landlords received a $1,500 monthly stipend through a CDCR program. One apartment complex owner in Alamitos Beach was reportedly packing up to six parolees in each unit – causing single women and families to flee from the risk.

The CDCR said it still has a limited policy of paying rent for some parolees.

DailyMail.com spoke to a manager at one Long Beach property, himself a convicted p**, who lives there with seven other child s** o**s...

R** said the CDCR doesn't pay his tenants' rent any more, but regularly places s** o**s in the four-apartment building he manages.

'Two of our apartments are considered transitional housing,' he said. 'It's a place where people try to put their lives back together, have a steady job, shower and prepare food.

'Parole knows we have open beds, and then if they have someone who needs a bed, parole will send them in this direction.'

R** said he began managing the property soon after he arrived when he impressed the owner by doing repair work.

He said clusters of p**s are the result of restrictions on where they can live, and landlords' reluctance to house them.

'Part of the concentration thing you're talking about is because of the limitations of where people can live. In those little areas that meet all those requirements – distances from schools, parks – those little areas become enclaves,' he said.

'I get the concept of protecting people. But at the same time there seems to be no concept of forgiveness.'

R** said he was proud of the property.

'I run a pretty tight ship here. There are other facilities that are not quite as maintained … Bed bugs, people doing drugs, people having overnight guests, female or male, that shouldn't be there, alcohol consumption.

'The only thing that's problematic with neighbors is kids will be playing with their balls and they come over the fence. We just pick them up and throw them back. I've never had any problem with the neighbors about our being here.

'There's no restrictions. You can have kids living right next door.'

Although CDCR said any single-family dwelling cannot house more than one s** o**, R** said they have many more.

'We're cramming five or six guys together into one apartment. They all have different work hours, different foods they like to eat and they're all trying to use the same kitchen.

'If there's issues then I have to deal with those. You've got several people living together in a single apartment. They're going to get on each others' nerves, same as anybody else.'

Some houses and apartments are classed by CDCR as a 'residential facility' like transitional housing, where the limit does not apply.

R** said the only limit he was aware of was six parolees at any one address – which could mean a single apartment.

R** said the property is within half a mile of a school and the residents' bus route is also a common route for students.

'Whether you take the bus north or south from here, you go right by a high school and a junior high school. In the school year at the wrong time of day that bus gets filled up with kids,' he said.

'It used to freak me out. Because I'm surrounded by a bunch of young people, I'm going to get in trouble, someone's going to make a false claim against me. That was my biggest fear.'

A (Registrant) and landlord of a property in Downtown Los Angeles, gave DailyMail.com a tour of his five-bed home where he currently houses 11 p**s...

In his house on East 48th Street, tenants pay $675 per month to live two to a sparse room in single beds, all sharing the kitchen and living room.

The kitchen's fridge was plastered with house rules including a ban on phones or laptops in the bathroom and no guests. Copies of Men's Health magazine had been neatly placed on the living room coffee table, stuffed lion and panda toys sat on top of shelves by the television, and a real python basked under a lamp in a glass box in the corner.

H** said he knew some of his tenants were s** o**s, placed there by the local parole office, but said he was not aware their victims were children.

'I try to provide a nice place for them,' he said. 'The parole department never tell me what their cases are. They just say 'make sure they're registered'.

'I opened up a transition house and when they come I'm 'Mr. H**' now. I'm not a prison number any more. I'm a businessman.'

The home is a few doors down from a pre-school and a couple of blocks from an elementary. Neighbors said there are many families on the street and kids often walk by the house on their way to or from school.

H** said the schools were established after he started taking parolees, and that he didn't see it as a problem.

'You don't just grab people and throw them out because they put a school right there. The school is not right in front of this house. Now, it could be a problem if it was, but it's not. It's way over there. And I was here first.'

Neighbor Ramon Nolasco, 74, disagrees.

'This is dangerous for families around here. There are lots of families here, many schools. In the morning and afternoon there are a lot of students walking by here,' he said.

'They should be in other places where there are no families. But the government only talks, they don't do anything. We feel abandoned.'

Other properties housing multiple p**s were less well-kept.

DailyMail.com visited a duplex at North Washington Place in Long Beach, where a plastic sheet covering its smashed front window flapped in the wind and a drug deal was in process upstairs.

Megan's Law data says 13 s** o**s including eight p**s are registered there.

Resident Francisco Santos, 42, had a GPS ankle bracelet on. He claimed his s** offense was a relationship with a 17-year-old whom he married.

'I'm not a p**, not a c** m**. I was married to her for a few years. But they put me in the same cart as these others,' he said.

'They send me to group therapy, we all have to go to a program. I don't like being around it, it's poison to my brain. When somebody says 'I molested my daughter', I don't want to hear that. That's not me.'

At another dilapidated Long Beach property on Orange Avenue, home to four p**s according to the Megan's Law database, one resident said the s** o**s lived among young families.

'It's kind of like living in the Twilight Zone, combined with a mental institution and being on the street,' Lila Elle, 44, told DailyMail.com.

'I've been on the streets, in jail, in these transitional homes. This building is up there.

'There's a lot of dope, a lot of drugs. I come from domestic violence.

'These landlords, they pick certain types to live in these buildings. It's a lot of convicts, a lot of drug addicts, so they can manipulate them.

'There's one family in the back. They have a little six-year-old. Another resident sometimes has his family over, they're around six to eight. Definitely p** bait.

'Each unit is $1,675. There's three of us in a studio, it's about $575 each. Some of these transitional homes you'd have six girls in a studio in bunk beds.'

The property manager, convicted r** K**, 64, said: 'There's never been a problem here, and I've been here going on nine years … Everybody shares food, there's barbeques.'

CDCR spokeswoman Terry Thornton said safety was the department's priority.

'When dealing with people on active parole supervision, our parole agents across the state work hard to ensure proper supervision and compliance of active parolees in the community, including those on state supervision for s**-related crimes,' she said.

Thornton said all o**s on parole supervision have GPS monitoring.

She argued that properties highlighted in the investigation were 'residential facilities' and not a 'single-family dwelling', meaning the rules on the maximum number of s** o** residents do not apply.

Thornton also cited CDCR statistics saying s** o**s are less likely to reoffend.

'The most current three-year conviction rate we have for all people released from prison is 44.6 percent, and for s** o**s it is 30.5 percent,' she said.

A Canadian study from 2004 found c** m**s with boy victims outside their families were the type of predator most likely to commit another s** offense, at a rate of 35% after 15 years.

A 2017 US Department of Justice memo cited an analysis of 94 studies which found s** o**s had an overall reoffending rate of 37%, with s**ual re-offenses at 14% after five to six years.

S** o**s are four times more likely than other criminals to be rearrested for a s** crime, according to the Justice Department.

Researchers also warned that not all reo**s are caught.

'You're talking about people who, statistically studies show are more likely to reoffend,' former p** prosecutor Sam Dordulian told DailyMail.com.

'If they're together, they're just going to create this situation. A lot of these guys look at child porn. If there's that available and one shows it to the other, they're going to bring those compulsions back for those guys, making it more likely that they're going to go out and recommit.

'No one cares where they're living. And they're all congregating, as you apparently have discovered, with each other. And it's scary.'

Katie Wymard of Hampton, PA promotes inane statewide 2500-foot residency restriction online petition

Katie's sporting the "Lucas from Days 
of our Lives" haircut

This Aged Karen of Hampton PA, Katie Weeks Wymard, recently spewed BS on CBS Pittsburgh, using the Lauren Book "it's not if but when they reoffend" tripe. Pennsylvania has already rejected statewide residency restrictions so her petition is as much a waste of time and money as trying to fix that bad hairdo. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/central-elementary-school-hampton-township-megans-law-sex-offender-pennsylvania/

After registered sex offenders moves near Hampton Township school, mother wants to change state law

BY ERICA MOKAY

DECEMBER 7, 2022 / 7:53 PM / CBS PITTSBURGH

HAMPTON, Pa. (KDKA) — Through flyers distributed by Hampton Township police, parents and people living in the area of Central Elementary School were notified that a registered sex offender had moved nearby.

Community notification is required under Pennsylvania's Megan's Law, but the law does not restrict where an offender can live.

After learning this person was living less than 1,200 feet away from where her three children learn and play at recess, Katie Wymard went to work to try to change the law.

"They are out at recess every day and it is literally in his backyard," Wymard said. "And his crimes are against children."

Wymard and a friend started a letter-writing campaign and a petition calling for a law that would prohibit any sex offender registered under Megan's Law from living within 2,500 feet of any public or private school, preschool, or child care facility in the state.

Currently, Pennsylvania's Megan's Law does not restrict where a sexual offender or sexually violent predator/sexually violent delinquent child is permitted to live. 

The law states that an offender may be restricted from residing near a school, park, day care center, etc. if they are on parole, probation, or a specific court order.

Krazy Katie doesn't just drink the koolaid,
she dips her desserts into it

Therefore, the circumstances in Hampton Township are in accordance with the law. Since being posted online Tuesday, Wymard's petition has surpassed 800 signatures.

In 2017, a similar bill was introduced to prohibit convicted sex offenders from living near schools or day cares, but it didn't pass.

Hampton Township School District said in a statement that it was notified by police that the offender moved into an area close to the elementary school.

"We maintain a very close working relationship with the Hampton Township Police Department, and we will continue to work with them, as we always do, to take all appropriate precautions," the district said. "The safety of our students and staff will always be our top priority."

Wymard said she plans to submit the signatures and letters to the state attorney general on Dec. 15.

KDKA-TV attempted to speak to the man living in the neighborhood who was convicted of sex crimes but was unsuccessful on Wednesday.

Cobb Co GA registry officer will now have to register himself

You hate to see it. On the one hand, I love seeing so many of these self-righteous agents who lord this government blacklist get called out on their hypocrisy. At the same time I never wish the registry upon ANYONE, even my worst enemies, and even if this guy worked in the registry office and made everyone he dealt with miserable. 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/deputy-in-cobb-county-sex-offender-unit-sentenced-to-prison-on-child-porn-charges-doj-says

Deputy in Cobb County Sex Offender Unit sentenced to prison on child porn charges, DOJ says

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital TeamPublished December 2, 2022Cobb CountyFOX 5 Atlanta

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A former Cobb County deputy will spend five years and 10 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release after he was convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography. 

The U.S. Department of Justice said 52-year-old Peter Bilardello pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography in August. 

A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children indicated a user on social media platform MeWe uploaded about 12 sexually explicit images of children in Marietta. 

The Cobb County Police Department traced the account to Bilardello, a 17-year veteran of the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. Prosecutors said he worked in the Sex Offender Unit of the Cobb County Sheriff's Office where he maintained a database of registered sex offenders in the county. 

Police obtained warrants to search Bilardello's phone and home to confirm the tip. Investigators found more than 300 pornographic videos depicting young children on his phone. 

Police arrested Bilardello, who resigned from his position with the Cobb County Sheriff's Office.

"Bilardello’s actions erode the trust the public places in law enforcement officers," Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said. "I commend the Cobb County Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for their swift action in investigating these heinous crimes and stopping the spread of child pornography. Justice was served, and this sentence makes clear that no one is above the law, especially those sworn to protect and serve the public." 

Bilardello has been in federal custody since his arrest.

"When a law enforcement officer breaks that trust, it reflects on all officers across this profession," Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer said. "I stand with the honorable women and men of the Cobb County Police Department, with Sheriff Owens and those who serve under his command, and with the remainder of law enforcement professionals across this nation who find acts such as these by law enforcement officers abhorrent."

QAnon influencer Phil Godlewski admits to statutory offense

The QAnon conspiracy espouses the viewpoint that "satanic pedophiles" have infiltrated the highest forms of government. Despite being wary of our government, I doubt the truthfulness of the conspiracy. After all, if so many government officials were satanic pedophiles, I would think these leaders would use that power to make those actions legal.

While it is perfectly natural for those who have been processed through the cruel, inhumane system of so-called "justice" here in America to be skeptical of the government, QAnon is helping make the system worse by empsasizing the misuse of terms like "pedophilia" and "grooming", which in turn has led to vigilante actions including murder. 

Ironically, some of the worst attacks made against people on the registry have come from others who have been accused or convicted of sex offenses themselves. This is the textbook definition of "Projection", i.e., "the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object. The term is most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another."

Phil Godlewski should be featured here on the Shiitake Awards. Here is a person who allegedly committed a statutory offense and is promoting the same conspiracy thory that wants people dead who share the accusations as those levied against him. 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-leader-phil-godlewski-has-sordid-past-of-his-ownincluding-a-conviction-for-corrupting-a-minor

QAnon Leader Inadvertently Outs Himself as a Groomer

PROJECTION, MUCH?

QAnon leader Phil Godlewski carried on an inappropriate relationship with a minor that police records suggest turned sexual.

Will Sommer

Politics Reporter

Updated Nov. 30, 2022 11:55AM ET / Published Nov. 30, 2022 4:49AM ET 

EXCLUSIVE

Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty

Believers in the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory are always on the hunt for the powerful pedophiles they imagine run the world—like the cabal of pedophiles they say controls the Democratic Party, or the one operating out of the imagined basement of a Washington pizzeria.

But now, new court records reveal that QAnon leader Phil Godlewski has a criminal past of his own involving an inappropriate relationship with a minor that police records suggest turned sexual.

Thanks to an ill-conceived defamation lawsuit against a local newspaper, Godlewski has put his conspiracy-theory career at risk by inadvertently prompting the release of more details regarding his case, including lurid text messages and a video of his erect penis.

Perhaps worse, according to his courtroom opponents, records suggest Godlewski has been caught both committing perjury himself and attempting to convince his own victim to do the same to ensure a “financial windfall” for them both.

Now, in a bombshell motion, the newspaper claims they’ve caught Godlewski breaking a bevy of courtroom rules and want him to pay $70,000 in legal fees and damages. As the case heats up and revelations spill out, it also offers a chance to see the kind of person who can profit from the persistent conspiracy theory.

QAnon has ruined families, inspired multiple gruesome murders, and helped power the Jan. 6 insurrection. But QAnon has also been a lucrative career for Godlewski, a Pennsylvania-based promoter of the conspiracy theory who speaks to his fans in lengthy, rambling livestream videos.

With more than 600,000 followers on the social media app Telegram and 156,000 subscribers on the alternative video platform Rumble, Godlewski profits from encouraging his fans to sign up for financial arrangements like a multilevel marketing scheme that sells silver. Earlier this year, Godlewski used his QAnon earnings to buy a $1.7 million house.

But Godlewski’s online critics have seized on his conviction, dating back more than a decade, for “corrupting a minor” to suggest he isn’t the upstanding QAnon believer he claims to be.

In 2008, nine years before QAnon began, a 25-year-old Godlewski worked as a high school baseball coach in a school district outside of Scranton. That’s where he met a 15-year-old female high school freshman referred to in court records as “B.D.”

The student’s boyfriend died by suicide soon after she met Godlewski, and the baseball coach comforted her. A few months later, with B.D. still 15 years old and Godlewski a decade her senior, they began a sexual relationship, according to police records and a sworn affidavit from Godlewski’s victim that was filed in court in November.

Godlewski showered his victim with gifts, according to police reports and a letter written by her parents filed into the defamation record, including a $2,800 pair of diamond earrings. He also lavished her with attention in the form of text messages that laid out details of their sex life, with more than 300 messages in one day alone, according to a police report. In one, Godlewski wrote that they would only “ever be sexually satisfied if we did it like 4-5 times a day.” In another, he allegedly wrote that the teenager “looked so good and [was] giving incredible head” while lamenting his own sexual performance.

Godlewski also allegedly provided B.D. with a log of his ongoing thoughts over several days, many of which centered on his struggles with their illegal age difference, according to police.

“Realized that you’re only 15, but quickly stopped caring,” one of the messages read.

“Why are we so compatible?” read another. “I’m 10 years older than you.”

In an email to The Daily Beast, Godlewski’s lawyer Timothy M. Kolman claimed that “any sexual relationship occurred when the couple were of age.”

In 2010, Godlewski was indicted on a raft of charges related to the alleged sexual relationship. In her recent affidavit, B.D. claims that Godlewski contacted her and begged her to recant her claims against him, threatening to kill himself if she didn’t.

In response, according to her affidavit, she stopped cooperating with law enforcement in the case. Godlewski ultimately pleaded guilty to a lesser count of “corruption of a minor,” receiving three months under house arrest.

Godlewski’s arrest disappeared from public view until 2021, when a reporter at Pennsylvania’s Scranton Times-Tribune wrote a profile on the upstart QAnon promoter that mentioned his conviction.

A furious Godlewski sued the paper, assuring his followers that the reporter had “taken the bait.” In livestream videos, Godlewski insisted there was nothing to the investigation, claiming B.D.’s mother was behind the criminal case because she wanted his money and calling his victim a “conniving” schemer who faked the messages. He raised more than $26,000 in a crowdfunding campaign to pay for his lawsuit.

So far, though, the case has gone poorly for Godlewski. In late October, B.D. contacted the newspaper’s lawyers and offered to tell her side of the story in a sworn affidavit—one that was very different from the version put out by Godlewski, according to the paper’s attorneys.

In her telling, Godlewski and the woman had continued to carry on an occasional relationship after she became an adult—one documented through numerous text messages. For example, in a March 2021 text message, according to the defense attorneys, Godlewski texted the woman to express his condolences on her grandfather’s death—and alluded to their sexual relationship.

“I had no idea your Popa died,” Godlewski wrote in the text message, according to court filings. “I’m so sorry. I think we had sex in their bed though.”

“We’ve probably had sex in like 40% of the homes in northeastern Pennsylvania,” the woman responded, an apparent allusion to Godlewski’s alleged habit, when she was still underage, of using his second job as a real estate agent to access for-sale houses for their liaisons.

That same day, according to the paper’s lawyers, Godlewski sent the woman a picture of his “erect penis” and claimed it had “got bigger.”

Both those exchanges would contradict sworn statements Godlewski filled out as part of the lawsuit. Responding to interrogatories sent by the newspaper’s lawyers, Godlewski had insisted he had never had a sexual relationship with the woman, either when she was a teenager or as an adult. Godlewski had also never provided any text messages with the woman as part of discovery requests, claiming he didn’t have any.

“These text messages did not slip [Godlewski’s] mind,” the newspaper’s attorney wrote in a November motion. “He intentionally failed to disclose them in discovery for this lawsuit.”

In a Nov. 26 video for his fans, Godlewski admitted messaging the woman, saying he was also drunkenly flirting over text message with at least a dozen other women at the same time. Godlewski claimed his marriage fell apart after the Times-Tribune article. Seated in front of a woodcut model of the QAnon motto “Where we go one, we go all” in the video, he claimed he was so drunk during these flirting sessions, he would fall down intoxicated and urinate on himself.

“I was flirting with every girl that ever knew me,” Godlewski said. “Some of y’all watching may have been a part of that.”

In a statement, Godlewski’s lawyer claimed the woman’s damaging affidavit had a “troubling and coercive background.” He declined to offer specifics of the allegation to The Daily Beast. Lawyers for the Scranton Times-Tribune declined to comment.

Perhaps even more seriously, other text message exchanges between B.D. and Godlewski suggest that he wanted her to lie in his defamation case, according to the newspaper’s attorneys.

In May 2022, as the defamation case was ongoing, Godlewski contacted B.D. again. In the text messages, he alluded to a “financial windfall” that he couldn’t discuss in person that would require them both to work together. In another message, Godlewski clarified that he wasn’t talking about his precious metals multilevel marketing promotion.

“I think it might be fair to say that there is a very, very large, and very, very unique financial opportunity that exists in front of you,” Godlewski wrote, according to text message records entered into the court record.

In another message, Godlewski appeared to allude to the newspaper he was suing.

“I don’t trust those motherf---ers and I am literally foaming at the mouth to take them down once and for all,” Godlewski wrote, according to the court filings.

The newspaper’s lawyers say these messages are proof that Godlewski wanted his victim, now an adult, to perjure herself.

“Not only did Philip Godlewski commit a sex crime against a 15-year-old girl in 2009-2010, he has now solicited this same person to commit perjury in a Court proceeding so he can enrich himself,” the newspaper’s motion reads.

No one can get Keeley Olson's name right because she can't get anything right

Keeley Olson of STAR Alaska (or "Keely" Olson as it was printed in the article) is your typical victim industry mouthpiece. Therein lies the problem-- these victim industry blowhards spew the same tired talking points. Normally I'd say it is not even Shiitake-worthy other than the fact that this idiot was responding to the facts presented by a group trying to reform registry laws.

Whatever her name is -- Keeley, Keely, Kelly, Kylie, Kunty, etc., she's still getting a nomination. 

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/11/23/national-organization-works-eliminate-sex-offender-registries/

"Others say that the sex offender registry is a vital tool designed to help people protect themselves. Some sexual assault convictions can lead to a sentence of life in prison. Some who advocate for keeping the registries consider serious sex offenses as malicious and evil as murder, such as Executive Director of Standing Together Against Rape — or STAR Alaska — Keely Olson.

“Child sexual assault, kidnapping, those kinds of things; they’re unclassified felonies and they’re going to be treated akin to a homicide,” Olson said.

STAR Alaska provides free services to survivors of sexual trauma, which they say is a critical component of their recovery. Olson feels sex offender registries are especially important in Alaska.

“Alaska has the highest rates of adult sexual assault in the nation, almost four times higher than any other state in the nation, and it has been the highest in the nation for over 30 years,” Olson says. “For children, the rates of child sexual abuse are six times higher than anywhere else in the nation.”

Sex offender registries serve an important role, providing information so the public can stay informed and be aware of an offender’s location, according to STAR Alaska...

“I think that they don’t take into consideration the lifelong penalty that a survivor pays,” Olson contends, “or the family members of those who do not survive"...

“Regardless of what this group says, they do tend to reoffend,” Olson said. “And when they do reoffend, they tend to reoffend against multiple victims.”

Georgia Congressional Candidate Hershel Walker is getting a nomination but I'm kind of unsure how to categorize it

Hershel Walker pretended he is a law enforcement agent. So should be be added to me Keystone Cop of the Year? Or, for dumbest politician? What if he wins? Should I give out the award in badge form if he wins just to confuse him? 

But since he is running for office, it makes sense to put him in Dumbest Politician category, something he's proven to be in most areas. 

https://www.newsweek.com/herschel-walker-sparks-fury-over-warnock-camp-abuse-claims-1761276

Herschel Walker Sparks Fury Over Warnock Camp Abuse Claims

BY DARRAGH ROCHE ON 11/22/22 AT 4:48 AM EST

U.S. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been met with an angry response online after he accused Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of being responsible for abuse at a youth camp.

The video of Walker's remarks shared to Twitter has now been viewed more than 400,000 times, with some social media users strongly criticizing the Republican and suggesting his comments were defamatory.

The footage was shared on Monday by Twitter account PatriotTakes, which describes itself as "researchers monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism". It also said Walker's comments as "a potential defamation lawsuit."

Walker was discussing Warnock and told his audience: "You all know what he did at that camp as well. You all may not have heard this."

Herschel Walker Speaks at a Campaign Rally

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to supporters at a campaign rally on November 16, 2022 in McDonough, Georgia. Walker will face Senator Raphael Warnock in a runoff on December 6.

"This young man said that was sexual abuse and that was physical abuse and I'm like, who did that? It had to be Senator Raphael Warnock because he was responsible for it. You all didn't hear about that, did you?" Walker said.

"He doesn't want to talk about those things because he doesn't want you to know that," Walker went on.

The Republican appears to have been referring to allegations made by a former camper at a summer camp run by Warnock, reported by The Washington Free Beacon in December 2020.

Anthony Washington alleged in an interview that when he attended the camp aged 12 in 2002, counselors tossed urine on him and locked him outside a cabin overnight.

Warnock was taken away in handcuffs after reportedly interrupting a police interview with a camp counselor in 2002 and though Warnock was charged at the time, the charges against him were dropped and law enforcement later called what happened a "miscommunication."

At that time, and as reported by the New York Post, Warnock defended himself by arguing he and the other religious leaders had acted "within the framework of the law", with Warnock claiming he "cooperated fully" with the police investigation.

Social media users reacted with anger to the Republican's remarks.

"Desperate and disgusting. There is no bottom to the Walker campaign," wrote the official Twitter account of MeidasTouch PAC, sharing PatriotTakes' video.

"Defamation," tweeted social media user Rex Chapman, while other Twitter users also described Walker's comment in similar language.

"Enough. Sue him for defamation Senator," wrote user Andrea R MD, whose bio identifies her as a retired E.R. doctor.

Democratic political organization Occupy Democrats tweeted: "Herschel Walker sinks to a disgusting new low and falsely accuses Sen. Raphael Warnock of being 'responsible' for 'sexual abuse' and 'physical abuse' at a youth camp—in truth, Walker is the one with a history of violence."

Walker's ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, has accused him of holding a gun to her head. He has the denied her allegations but said some of his actions were a result of his struggles with mental health.

"The Republican lie machine has no bottom," tweeted user Bryan Dawson on Monday. "A desperate Herschel Walker falsely accuses Raphael Warnock of sexual and physical abuse at a youth camp."

"Walker: 'It has to be Senator Raphael Warnock because he was responsible for it.' Or was it vampires?" Dawson added, referring to Walker's recent comments about a vampire movie.

Walker is facing Warnock in a runoff election for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat on December 6 after no candidate won 50 percent of the vote on November 8.

Though the outcome will not affect which party controls the Senate, Democrats are hoping to retain the seat that Warnock won in a special election in January 2021.

Newsweek has asked the Walker and Warnock campaigns for comment.

Ted Budd exploits Predator Panic to steal a Senate seat

Ted Budd, seen here illustrating the size of the lie he told us

While I'm certain this was not the only lie Ted Budd told to get elected, it is the most worthy of a Shiitake Award nomination. 

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2022-11-09/republican-ted-budd-wins-battleground-race-for-senate-in-north-carolina

Republican Ted Budd Wins Battleground Race for Senate in North Carolina

The victory dashes hopes of Democrats to flip the seat and helps leave open a path for Republicans to take control of the Senate.

By Claire Hansen, Nov. 9, 2022, at 12:05 am

"...Budd represents the state’s 13th District in Congress and sits on the far right edge of the GOP’s policy platforms. He is a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed him, and in 2020 voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election. Budd has called the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 “patriots” and is a co-sponsor of a bill to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks.

...Budd ran a relentlessly negative ad campaign about Beasley, painting her as weak on crime and, in particular, as someone soft on child sexual abusers – ads experts say carried clear racial overtones."

https://www.ncdp.org/media/icymi-politics-nc-im-ted-budd-and-i-approve-this-lie/

"When Ted Budd said, “I’m Ted Budd and I approve this message” before his latest attack on Cheri Beasley, he admitted that he’s a liar. There’s virtually nothing true in the ad. I guess that’s not surprising coming from a guy who also spread the Big Lie after the 2020 election. It’s on brand for the modern Republican Party.

From beginning to end, the ad makes up stuff from whole cloth. It begins saying that Cheri Beasley set free a child rapist. In fact, the guy was in jail until September of this year, more  than three years after the decision.  It goes on to say that Beasley “struck down a bipartisan law” but that didn’t happen, either. The case concerned whether or not the state can monitor someone based on past behavior, even if they have served their sentence. Beasley just sided with the majority on the Supreme Court in upholding the ruling of the Court of Appeals. The person that Budd says is out stalking people again is on probation and still subject to monitoring. In other words, his whole ad is a lie. 

But let’s get serious about what the ad is meant to do. It’s a softer version of the Willie Horton ad. It’s an emotional appeal, scaring White people by insinuating Cheri Beasley is unleashing dangerous Black men at a time when crime is an increasing concern. Budd and the GOP’s closing argument is that Beasley sides with sex offenders. It’s not true, most people know it, but it plays on racial fears that are, unfortunately, still alive and well in parts of North Carolina."

Halloween Leftovers: Kim Neubauer of NE Ohio bashed haunted house for hiring a Registered Person

Sometimes a backlog of work just piles up, and just like the least desired candy in a trick-or-treat bag, it eventually resurfaces. I month ago, I meant to post about Kim Neubauer, aka 'Towanda McGillicunty", a right wing nut and disgruntled ex-haunted house employee who decided to bash them for hiring a Registered Person. 

Kim doesn't have to dress up to be the scariest thing on Halloween. Just look at those soulless eyes and her bat-shit posts about furries and you can see this person is one necco wafer short of a trick-or-treat bag. 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/woman-quits-haunted-house-job-in-columbia-station-over-registered-sex-offender-co-workers

Woman quits haunted house job in Columbia Station over registered sex offender co-workers

Haunted house owners say the felons were terminated

Woman quits haunted house job in Columbia Station over sex offender co-workers

By: Tara MorganPosted at 6:51 PM, Oct 03, 2022 and last updated 6:23 PM, Oct 03, 2022

COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio — A registered sex offender may have been scaring your children for fun at a Northeast Ohio haunted house. It’s a tip received by News 5 Investigators, and in less than 24 hours, we learned two felons were fired.

Kim Neubauer says she worked at the Spooky Ranch in Columbia Station for one day this season before quitting.

"I did not want to go back this year but I thought I'd try it. I want to go have some fun and make some money. I wish I would have just stayed away,” said Neubauer.

Neubauer says when she found out sex offenders registered with Lorain County Sheriff’s Office were her co-workers, it was more than startling.

One is listed as a habitual child sex offender.

"I kept leaving my scene and coming in to check on him to make sure he was where he was supposed to be, because I was so uncomfortable knowing he was there,” said Neubauer.

News 5 checked with the Lorain Sheriff's Office, and Ohio law requires sex offenders to register and report where they live. There's nothing in the statute prohibiting working with children. However, there could be something in a judge's order in each individual case.

We went to Spooky Ranch to speak with the owners.

"There's no concern. We didn't know about this. As soon as we knew, we terminated them. They don't work for us," they said.

We asked how long they worked for them.

"Not very long, just a week. Two weekends. We got rid of the people. I think they worked three or four days here," the owner said.

When asked if either of them worked there during previous years, the owner responded, “No, no, no, no, no. Not that we know of — I didn't know anything about these people."

But another former employee said the habitual sex offender worked at the haunted house for years.

We asked if they did a background check.

“No, we didn’t. We didn’t know,” the owner said.

The office manager, who told News 5 she does the hiring, said they’re legally allowed to hire felons. When News 5 pressed about hiring registered sex offenders, she said she had apologized and made a mistake, and that it would never happen again.

We asked if there were any plans to change whether they’ll do background checks in the future.

“Yes we are. We are, we don't want any problems,” the owner said.

Neubauer says it wasn’t until the end of last season that she found out the extent of one man’s conviction.

She says she posted a review on Facebook to warn families.

"I think that it's everybody's duty to protect kids and watch out for them, and if they are going to have a place where children are going to be in the dark around people who are in costume and makeup, they should do background checks,” said Neubauer.

Neubauer says she left on her own and isn’t going to apologize for speaking up.

There is an effort in the statehouse right now to restrict where some sex offenders can work.

House Bill 459 would prevent certain offenders from working or volunteering in positions where they would directly work with children, like coaching youth sports or running a business that caters to kids.

That bill was introduced nearly a year ago and is still in committee.

Bad Horror Sequel: Nassau County FL Sheriff Bill Leeper still posting unconstitutional signs

Sequels tend to get worse the more of them that exists, especially in horror movies.

We've nominated this chump once before, but Sheriff Bill Leeper of Nassau County, FloriDUH, is at is again despite the 11th Circuit recently striking down similar provisions. Hopefully the 11th Circuit will cancel future sequels for this shitshow.

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/notice-signs-put-up-at-homes-of-sexual-predators-nassau-county/77-7999761e-8a53-4563-a485-3c40c98c3516

Public notice signs put up at homes of sexual predators in Nassau County ahead of Halloween

Author: Taylor Levesque

Published: 7:35 PM EDT October 28, 2022

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — Halloween is just a few days away and the Nassau County Sheriff's Office is focusing on the safety of trick or treaters this year.

Public notice signs are up in neighborhoods across Nassau County warning people a sexual predator lives in the area and to not go near the home when asking for candy from neighbors.

"There are a lot of small children that live around here," Yulee Resident Sonya Leighton said. "I think it's a good idea for the children to be able to stay away and not walk up and not know what's going on there."

It's an extra step to keep kids safe this Halloween in neighborhoods across Nassau County. 

Sheriff Bill Leeper says because more kids are out going door-to-door, officers have placed the signs right at the front of the homes of sexual predators with their names on it. 

"There are 15 sexual predators that live in Nassau County, so we want to make sure the children out trick or treating stay away from those homes," Leeper said. 

Leeper says the signs are a warning families should take seriously. As for people who are against the signs, he says they haven’t many complaints since they started putting the signs up. 

Sonya Leighton and Cindy White live just a few houses down from a predator and they say want these signs up year-round. 

"Everyone needs to know there is a predator in their neighborhood all of these kids need to stay protected and without it, they are not going to know, so it's safer that way," Yulee resident Cindy White said. 

Even though residents are urging the sheriff's office to keep the signs up year-round, Sheriff Leeper says they will be taken down the day after Halloween.

"Midwest Predator Catchers" leader Chase Johnston has an extensive criminal history and is now accused of sexual assault

This Vanilla Ice looking clown is Chase Johnston, yet another common criminal who is trying to gain notoriety as a vigilante. According to this report, Johnston already has served time for drugs and theft, was civilly committed, as well as currently facing charges for assaulting his girlfriend and threatening to kill her family members, and now add a second assault with sexual undertones to the mix. 

The typical online vigilante is like this guy. Cops should look at all of these chumps as criminals and lock them all up.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/youtube-vigilante-on-mission-to-expose-sexual-predators-faces-his-own-sex-assault-charges

YouTube vigilante on mission to expose sexual predators faces his own sex assault charges - Post Bulletin | Rochester Minnesota news, weather, sports

ROCHESTER — Chase Johnston began his crusade to hunt down alleged child predators earlier this year.

The Rochester man, 28, taking a cue from the now-defunct NBC show "To Catch a Predator," confronts men who he believes are potential child predators, luring them to a location and filming their responses after being confronted. Each of Johnston's videos have garnered thousands of views as he and his vigilante group confront individuals.

His group, Midwest Predator Catchers - Rochester, aggressively goes after people they believe are trying to lure children in for sex. They pose as children in online forums.

"I got online one day and I think within an hour I had a guy respond and offer me $400 for sex, and when I told him I was 14, he had no cares at all," Johnston told the Post Bulletin. "He just wanted to take advantage of this 14-year-old girl."

Comment after comment on his YouTube videos show signs of encouragement.

"VERY educational and entertaining catch. You guys did well," reads one comment.

"You guys are awesome keep up the great job exposing these creeps," reads another.

But Johnston's and his friend's tactics during these videos differ dramatically from the calm and collected way "To Catch A Predator" host Chris Hansen approached his marks.

Johnston's videos often include threats of violence against the people he's filmed.

"We don't assault them," Johnston said. "We do want to scare them a little bit sometimes, but we don't want to physically hurt them."

Johnston said at least one of the people who comes along for the stings has a license to carry a firearm.

Complaints from targets

In an ironic twist of events, Johnston was charged with sexually assaulting one of the men during a May 2022 confrontation in a Rochester gas station.

The YouTube video on Johnston's channel shows Johnston and his friends berating and threatening a man they accuse of trying to lure a 15-year-old boy for sex. The criminal complaint in that case alleges that Johnston struck the man in the genitals and face.

"I'll never plead to those charges," Johnston said. "I'll take this all the way to trial."

The judge ordered Johnston not to have any contact with minors, according to Johnston.

"I said, 'Well, that's not going to be problem for me, judge. The only person that has a hard time staying away from minors is the alleged victim," Johnston told the Post Bulletin.

The man told law enforcement that he had been chatting electronically with someone he thought to be a 15-year-old male. He told the juvenile he did not want to do anything sexual with him and that they were talking about the juvenile having issues coming out as gay to his family.

In the complaint, a Rochester police officer confirmed that account fairly reflects the content of the exchange of messages.

Johnston, however, insists that the man had sexually explicit conversations with the decoy juvenile. That man, however, has not been charged in connection to any activities related to the video taken by Johnston and his team.

Law enforcement concerns

The Rochester Police Department and Olmsted County Attorney's Office issued a joint statement regarding Johnston's efforts.

"RPD investigators have talked with Mr. Johnston several times and informed him that the best way to file complaints is through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. NCMEC properly handles evidence and works closely with law enforcement," the statement reads in part.

In 2021, RPD received 21 tips from NCMEC and worked on 22 cases with Internet Crimes Against Children, a national network of task forces dedicated to investigating, prosecuting and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children.

"Mr. Johnston’s aggressive nature is also very problematic. For the safety of all parties, RPD strongly discourages confrontational practices like the ones used in the videos," reads a statement from RPD.

Johnston said that law enforcement hasn't done a good job at following up on his accusations against multiple people. He accuses some law enforcement of just not wanting to pursue charges.

"I have a lot of respect for cops and stuff, but their response has not been very good and hasn't been very professional," Johnston said. "They haven't really gone through these videos, and they tell me to just report it the center for exploited children, blah, blah, blah, but it's like, if you guys aren't doing anything about it now when I'm getting these guys to admit to this on tape and to you, what makes me think that anything's going to be done if I simply report it?"

From video to arrest

One of Johnston's sting operations has led to charges. Thirty-year-old Joseph Lee Carlson is charged in Dodge County with a felony for allegedly soliciting someone he believed to be a child. Carlson was the subject of a sting in September 2022 in Dodge Center.

"I'm glad that somebody is finally being held accountable for their actions," Johnston said. "I'm thrilled to find out that my work helped bust this guy."

In the criminal complaint against Carlson, one of the witnesses is alleged to have spit on Carlson.

"Dude, we can turn the (expletive) camera off right now and I'll show you what assault is (expletive)," a man can be heard saying to Carlson in the video.

Johnston also faces a misdemeanor assault charge related to the incident.

However, Carlson faces more severe charges for his part in the incident.

"Text messages submitted to Investigators show the group discussing a number of times that they are a 14-year-old male. Carlson solicits the child for sex explaining that having sex with a 14-year-old is a big fantasy of his that he never gets to complete," Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose wrote in a news release about the incident.

"Carlson stated that he would meet at North Park, positively identify the party and if he was truly a juvenile, then he would turn him away as he did not want to get into any trouble," reads part of the complaint against Carlson.

In the criminal complaint, it is noted that Carlson has a previous conviction as a juvenile for felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct while being armed with a dangerous weapon. Carlson is also facing charges related to possessing child sexual abuse material, as part of an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind the public that the actions of groups like the Midwest Predator Catchers, regardless of any good intentions, can be dangerous and problematic. Their aggressive behavior towards their alleged suspects and willingness to confront these subjects without involving law enforcement could easily result in someone getting injured or worse. Also some of their tactics can and have resulted in the inability to charge these alleged offenders. If you believe someone is soliciting juveniles, please contact your local law enforcement and let them conduct the investigation.

Investigators allege that they found in Carlson's possession hundreds of images of at least 47 different juveniles in various states of undress and performing sexual acts. Carlson is also charged with trying to solicit two more juveniles. The images depict at least one juvenile that was an infant, according to the complaint.

During a hearing in Dodge County District Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, Carlson's bail was set at $250,000. He is currently in custody at the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center.

The Dodge County Attorney's Office declined to comment about the case and charges.

Problematic investigations

The Rochester Police Records Department is processing a request by the Post Bulletin for all incident reports related to contacts with Johnston in the last six months.

"It is incredibly important for prosecutors that investigations are done by trained forensic investigators," Olmsted County Attorney Mark Ostrem wrote in a statement to the Post Bulletin. "NCMEC and ICAC provide the integrity necessary for successful investigation and prosecutions. Lay persons should report their concerns to the appropriate authorities and allow them to investigate."

Johnston said police departments have told him they don't have the manpower to do these types of stings. That frustrates him as a father of a newborn daughter, he says.

"Somehow I've got the manpower to do that, which makes no sense to me," Johnston said. "So I can't morally stop doing this if there's nobody else doing it."

The legality and ethics behind Johnston's aggressive tactics remains in question.

"It could look like they are purposely raising the heat of the encounter so it looks like a good film," said Dr. David Schultz, law professor at the University of Minnesota and Hamline University, after viewing one of Johnston's YouTube videos. "I thought, 'This has got a Jerry Springer look to it.'"

Schultz viewed a video in which Johnston and his crew accuse a man of trying to meet up with an underage juvenile for sex. In it, people threaten the man and push down his motorcycle.

Schultz said charges against Johnston for his aggressive behavior may be warranted, and that a defense attorney has grounds to get any charges against the men Johnston targets dismissed.

While talking to a juvenile about sex might be considered immoral or wrong, it's not really a crime until further action to initiate actual sexual contact is taken, according to Schultz.

"It looks like they're setting somebody up to harass (and) embarrass the person, to try and expose them and say, 'Here's a potential child molester or a person who is potentially committing sex crimes,' when, in fact, there's no evidence that the person has done anything wrong," Schultz said.

Mistakes on tape

In one video, Johnston and his crew bang on a man's door in the middle of night. They accuse him of trying to have sex with a juvenile. Johnston's crew later learns that they were at the wrong house.

In another video, Johnston's crew accuses a man of trying to seduce a juvenile into a threesome with him and his wife. The man's wife denies any knowledge of the incident. Johnston's crew reassures the woman that her face and her child's face will be blurred. The video is currently uploaded to YouTube with the faces of both the woman and her child clearly visible.

"There's a little bit of a rush that goes along with it," Johnston said. "Trying to figure out what exactly might happen; is this person gonna flip out on me or is he going to pull out a gun or a knife or something like that, and I think about my daughter and her future."

Some people in Johnston's videos mention struggles with mental illness or disabilities, but Johnston said he doesn't let that get in the way.

"Certain people have a sob story, and it kind of gets me in my feelings a little bit and I'll start to feel for that person for a second, but then I remember exactly what they're doing and what they might have done to a child," Johnston said.

One of the subjects of his stings filed a harassment restraining order against Johnston. It was initially denied by a judge, but was subsequently granted following a hearing. The restraining order mentions Johnston uploading videos to social media accusing him of being a pedophile.

Chase Johnston Facebook post

A screenshot of a Facebook post that links to a video of a man who was granted a harassment restraining order against Chase Johnston. The Post Bulletin has edited out the man's name because it is the newspaper's policy not to identify people who have filed restraining orders without their consent.

The man who filed the restraining order did not respond to a request for comment from the Post Bulletin.

Johnston admits that his earlier videos were aggressive and that his crew let their emotions get the best of them, but says they have since become more professional.

"We might make fun of them and clown on them, yell at them a little bit, but we are passionate about what we do and we are trying to serve a community in a way," Johnston said.

His YouTube channel was initially named Prisoners vs. Predators — a reference to Johnston's own personal history that includes drug and theft crimes, and a pending guilty plea for assault — but Johnston said he's a changed man and just wants to do something good in this world.

"We served our time and now we're trying to be productive members of society," Johnston said.

A troubled past

Johnston has a long history of drug and theft charges, and he was civilly committed last year for six months due to his drug addiction.

"I've struggled with heroin addiction on and off since I was about 19 years old," Johnston said. "I'm actively working on staying sober and being a better person."

Johnston is currently facing charges in Olmsted County related to a June 2022 incident in which he allegedly assaulted the mother of his child and threatened to kill her family members.

He has submitted a plea agreement in the case in which he will plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of domestic assault in exchange for other, more serious charges being dismissed. The plea deal calls for him serve probation.

"We got into an argument. The argument became heated and I was upset. I pushed her and caused her head to hit the wall," reads a part of the deal submitted by Johnston.

Johnston told the Post Bulletin that he's being held accountable for his actions, and that he wishes police would do the same for others.

"Me and my girlfriend are very much in love, and we are sticking together through all of this and we're going to come through on the other side stronger than we were before," he said.

Mark Wasson has been a public safety reporter with Post Bulletin since May 2022. Previously, he worked as a general assignment reporter in the southwest metro and as a public safety reporter in Willmar, Minn. Readers can reach Mark at mwasson@postbulletin.com

AJ Javanel of Fox 13 Seattle runs bad sweeps week fearmongering report on Registrants living near the U. of Washington

This fearmongering fluff piece by Fox 13 Seattle reporter AJ Janavel tries hard to imply the Registrants living near the campus of the University of Washington are involved in the "crime wave" yet there has been no link between any of the crimes this idiotic reporter mentions and those being targeted by this reporter just for having a place to live. How many murderers, dope boys, and gangbangers live near the UW campus? Is AJ bringing that up? No. 

https://www.q13fox.com/news/we-deserve-to-have-safety-on-a-college-campus-students-concerned-by-how-close-sex-offenders-live

'We deserve to have safety on a college campus': UW students concerned by how close sex offenders live

By AJ Janavel

Published October 13, 2022 6:33AM, FOX 13 Seattle

UW students, neighbors concerned with number of sex offenders living nearby

Three violent incidents have happened in the U-District recently-- one of them deadly. Students living off campus say they are concerned about who is living in their neighborhood.

SEATTLE - FOX 13 News is uncovering concerning information regarding sex offenders living feet away from University of Washington students living in off-campus housing.

Crime has plagued the University District neighborhood in Seattle over the last few weeks.

On October 2, four students were hit by gunfire after a fight outside a bar turned into a shooting. The suspect is still on the loose. (Note, is the suspect a Registrant? No.)

October 4, Seattle police arrested a man at his home on the 4700 block of 18th Avenue Northeast. The suspect is facing charges of murder and sexually violating human remains. (Again, not an RC or he would mention it.)

On October 10, a man assaulted, and used a gun to threaten a University of Washington student inside her off-campus home. That suspect is also still out there. (Again, no link yo RCs living near UW).

Students now tell us they have concerns about the people living on their street.

"It’s disheartening because we come to college like expecting to have safety living on campus. That’s kind of like the bare minimum of what I think we deserve," said Jacqueline Niles.

Niles is a senior at the University of Washington. She lives in off-campus housing along 18th Avenue Northeast.

She and a group of her friends moved into their home back in September. She says when she found out one of her neighbors was accused of murder last week, she decided to investigate the street she lives on.

Niles says she found out some disturbing details.

"It’s not just one or two. It’s like they all banded together to live in a house together," she said.

According to the sex offender registry, 10 offenders live on her block. The offender's convictions include rape, child molesting, sexual battery, child pornography and several others. 

Some of the sex offenders living on the street have multiple convictions, which range over a span of decades. However, some of the convictions are as recent as most recent as 2015.

"I ordered two things of pepper spray, and my parents keep texting me asking about how my individual room locks, and if there is bars on my basement window," said Niles.

Niles says she doesn’t understand how Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders can live so close to a college campus.

FOX 13 News asked officials with the department of corrections this questions.

Officials with the DOC told us that most sex offenders are free to live wherever they want as long as they are not on court ordered supervision. The ones who are on court ordered supervision, may have limitations on where they can live, but it’s a case by case basis.

FOX 13 News also spoke to a property manager who works in the neighborhood. They didn’t want to go on-camera. They said that the U-District is a perfect spot for this kind of activity because rent is cheaper than other parts of the city, and there are a lot of available spaces.

"It’s not fair to us. I feel like we deserve to have safety on a college campus," she said.

Officials with the University of Washington say there are 484 students enrolled at the Seattle campus who are under 18.

UW officials say they have no jurisdiction to limit how close sex offenders live to campus.

Officials with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office tell FOX 13 News in the last three months, they filed charges against 26 sex offenders for failing to register. (Irrelevant)

Gov't for the "Vuntut Gwitchin" Indian Tribe in Yukon, Canada, uses COVID-19 law to ban RC from community

If you thought I lived in the middle of nowhere, you haven't seen this small Indian tribe in the Yukon, population 300, close to thr Arctic Ocean. But this is why there should be no registry and no community notification. 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/small-yukon-first-nation-bans-sex-offender-using-its-covid-emergency-law-1.6105090

Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law

Ashley Joannou

The Canadian Press

Published Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:09PM EDT

Last Updated Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:05PM EDT

WHITEHORSE -- A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community.

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow issued a declaration under its Community Emergency Act banning Christopher Schafer from the fly-in community nearly 800 kilometres north of Whitehorse for at least the next 90 days.

Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm said Yukon's territorial court decision to allow Schafer to live in Old Crow came via fax to the local RCMP detachment 24 hours before he was scheduled to arrive and was made without consulting the First Nation, which has limited supports available with only two RCMP officers and no clinical health staff.

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"This action shows that although we may speak about reconciliation in this country, and we may feel it's important, the work is left to our communities, (which are) understaffed and under-supported," he said at a news conference Tuesday.

Tizya-Tramm said when news hit the small community that Schafer, whom the First Nation called a "repeat violent sex offender," may return, "the emotions and the pain were visceral."

He said the emergency declaration was the only tool available to "slow this process down."

"I'm not here to pass judgment on Mr. Schafer. I'm here to deal with the systematic problems in our justice (system) that does not allow our people … a modicum of influence in the larger cogs of the justice system, which is continuing to fail Yukoners and our Indigenous women across the country."

He said the community has previously attempted to reintegrate Schafer into Old Crow and provided the court with details of what supports would be required.

The chief said he is in contact with Schafer's family and there is a willingness to work on another plan, but the community needs more time and support.

For now, Schafer remains in the Whitehorse jail and will appear in front of a judge Wednesday to continue discussions about his future.

Doris Bill, chief of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in Whitehorse, said similar situations have happened in other small communities where people are released from jail without proper supports or reintegration plans.

"It has to stop. We have to give the communities the proper resources, in order to deal with these cases," she said.

"They cannot be left out there to fend for themselves and to take care of these individuals without the proper expertise and the resources in place."

Tizya-Tramm said he wants an apology and a public inquiry into what happened. He has sent a letter to federal Justice Minister David Lametti, territorial Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and Michael Cozens, chief judge of the territorial court of Yukon.

"We do not and will never tolerate such institutionalized indifference which denies the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, our citizens and community of Old Crow -- particularly Indigenous women and girls -- of our inherent rights and freedoms to survive and live with dignity, well-being, peace and security on our land," the letter says.

In a statement, a cabinet spokeswoman said McPhee would be responding to Tizya-Tramm's letter.

A "hub," including counsellors and a mental health nurse based 400 kilometres away in Dawson City, supports Old Crow with staff travelling regularly to the community, the statement said.

"The department is working directly with Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation to coordinate mental wellness education and supports, in addition to the visiting counsellors, that aim to meet the specific needs of the community as well as Vuntut Gwitchin citizens in Whitehorse," the statement said.

When Predator Panic is not enough: New Mexico GOP adds fears of White Replacement into fearmongering ad

What can be worse than scaring the ignorant masses with good old fashioned Predator Panic? How about adding a nod to the WhitevReplacement Theory into the mix?

https://www.abqjournal.com/2536044/nm-gop-needs-to-explain-doctored-mailer.html

Editorial: NM GOP needs to explain doctored mailer

BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

PUBLISHED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 AT 12:02AM

UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 AT 12:15AM

 

An altered image of darkened hands cutting a white child’s hair sure does appear to play on racist fears and should be denounced by the political party that created it.

The Republican Party of New Mexico recently mailed flyers to voters in several state House districts showing a barber with darkened hands. “Do you want a sex offender cutting your child’s hair?” the flyer asks.

Democrats are calling this political flyer created by the Republican Party of New Mexico a racist “dog whistle.”

The flyers cite two unsuccessful bills related to occupational licenses and accuse House Democrats of voting to allow convicted sex offenders to obtain them. Democrats and Republicans supported the GOP-sponsored bill in 2019, but it was vetoed by the governor.

A GOP amendment to the Dems’ version of a similar bill in 2021 — denying or revoking a barber’s license if they failed to register as a sex offender after conviction — was opposed by Democrats on a question of constitutionality. It passed the House on a bipartisan vote but died in the Senate.

Democrats quickly denounced the flyer because the hands of a white barber had been darkened considerably from the original stock image. “This is one of the most vile examples of racist dog whistles that I have ever seen,” said House Majority Leader Javier Martínez of Albuquerque.

The RPNM response missed the mark, saying Democrats were trying to divert attention “from their soft-on-crime agenda.” House Republican whip Rod Montoya of Farmington says images were darkened to make the flyers “gloomy.”

“Any charge of racism over this mailer is ridiculous,” he said. “A shadowy, gray figure is not a racial category. What this mailer does depict is the danger in which Democrats voted to put our children.”

But the image is not a shadowy figure — it shows clearly darkened hands. If “shadowy figure” was the intent, whoever checked the flyer should have caught the error. Otherwise, it raises the spectre of such political images as Willie Horton’s mugshot and darkened photos of Barack Obama.

State party chairman Steve Pearce must give a better explanation. As local civil rights activist Rev. Charles Becknell Sr. said last week, “It is time we put an end to this kind of crap. … We’re better than this.”

This editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. It was written by members of the editorial board and is unsigned as it represents the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers.

Ocala FL News outlet posts Registrant shelter info in their "Pets" section

The only reason I'm not posting this under "worst news media" is  there’s no real way to tell if it was the Ocala News or the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management that made the announcement this way since news outlets often just copy-paste gov’t alerts verbatim.

https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ocala-news-com-includes-registrant-emergency-plans-in-their-pets-section/

Ocala-news.com includes Registrant emergency plans in their pets section

Sep 29, 2022 | 1 comment

A big F-You to Ocala-news.com who reported on Marion County’s Emergency Management Plans for the Hurricane!

The news outlet organized their report into subheadings labeled “Special Needs Shelter”, “General Population Shelter” and “Pet friendly shelter”. Guess which section they included instructions for registrants? If you guessed under pets, you would be right! Soooo dehumanizing.

Oh, and there’s another big F-You owed to Marion County, because guess what? Registrants don’t even get a shelter! The pets get a shelter, but registrants don’t. If we have nowhere else to go (“Any sex offenders or sex predators who need shelter are encouraged to first seek shelter with family or friends in a non-residency restricted area.” – Seriously?!?!? During a hurricane when schools and parks are closed you are still going to enforce your stupid residency restriction?!?!?)? It’s the police station.  “If that is not an option, then they must report to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender / Predator Unit office for shelter. According to MCSO, they should bring hygiene items, snack food, medicine, bedding, or anything else that is needed.”

These are some sick, sadistic people!