IWasTakenToo
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio
Ok, I'm curious. Recently, a couple moved in across the street from me. They are young (late 20's) with a few kids. Within the first month, I had a bad feeling about lots of "activity" at their home, but had never seen any actual illegal activity taking place so there was nothing I could do in the way of complaining to our landlord (we have the same one), etc...I just kept an eye out. Over the next few months this feeling never went away so I did a public records search on them. Needless to say, the male has a lengthy history for things such as forgery, receiving stolen property, theft, drug possession, driving on suspended license, etc...however the one that caught my eye was a conviction about 4 years ago for importuning. After reviewing ORC, I understand it to be unwanted sexual comments, advances, etc..either to a minor age 13 or younger (even if you don't know their age) or ages 14-17 if the adult is older than the minor by four or more years. At the time that he was charged with this, he was about 24 years old. After reading notes from the docket events, I am sure this involved attempted relations with a 14 year old girl. Even now, there are many teenagers that frequent his home. From his activity and the fact that he nor his girlfriend work I'm pretty sure he's dealing drugs from his home.
My question is - when must a person convicted of a sexually related crime register as a sex offender. He is not on our state website even as a "failed to register" offender, nor do I see anything to that effect on the docket notes for his case. He was convicted of importuning, was given an 18 month sentence with 17 months suspended, two years probation, and petitioned the court after that to expunge his record! Fortunately, the judge determined it was not in the interest of the community to have his record expunged so that request was denied. But I still don't like the fact that he was convicted of a sexually related crime, but isn't required to register? Is this determined by the judge on the case or by state law? Do I have the right to notify my landlord of this information? I have two teenagers and are concerned for their safety, as well as that of the many other kids that live in our area.
Ok, I'm curious. Recently, a couple moved in across the street from me. They are young (late 20's) with a few kids. Within the first month, I had a bad feeling about lots of "activity" at their home, but had never seen any actual illegal activity taking place so there was nothing I could do in the way of complaining to our landlord (we have the same one), etc...I just kept an eye out. Over the next few months this feeling never went away so I did a public records search on them. Needless to say, the male has a lengthy history for things such as forgery, receiving stolen property, theft, drug possession, driving on suspended license, etc...however the one that caught my eye was a conviction about 4 years ago for importuning. After reviewing ORC, I understand it to be unwanted sexual comments, advances, etc..either to a minor age 13 or younger (even if you don't know their age) or ages 14-17 if the adult is older than the minor by four or more years. At the time that he was charged with this, he was about 24 years old. After reading notes from the docket events, I am sure this involved attempted relations with a 14 year old girl. Even now, there are many teenagers that frequent his home. From his activity and the fact that he nor his girlfriend work I'm pretty sure he's dealing drugs from his home.
My question is - when must a person convicted of a sexually related crime register as a sex offender. He is not on our state website even as a "failed to register" offender, nor do I see anything to that effect on the docket notes for his case. He was convicted of importuning, was given an 18 month sentence with 17 months suspended, two years probation, and petitioned the court after that to expunge his record! Fortunately, the judge determined it was not in the interest of the community to have his record expunged so that request was denied. But I still don't like the fact that he was convicted of a sexually related crime, but isn't required to register? Is this determined by the judge on the case or by state law? Do I have the right to notify my landlord of this information? I have two teenagers and are concerned for their safety, as well as that of the many other kids that live in our area.
