Way to go Detroit! Nothing like losing around 650 registered sex offenders! No one is even looking for them. Yep, we need to trust our children's innocence to the "justice system". They take care of everything. Is it any wonder people are getting fed up.
Not to worry, all you need to protect yourself is a protection order. Then again, no one will be there to enforce it. I wonder how hard you have to wave a protection order to fend off a rapist?
[h=1]Who's Pursuing Detroit's Sex Offender Absconders?[/h]
DETROIT (WJBK) -- There are more than 4,000 sex offenders in the City of Detroit. Around 650 are absconders. They are on the sex offender registry, but law enforcement has no idea of their whereabouts or what they are doing.
After the Michigan State Police Detroit Post closed in October, Detroit Police were supposed to take over monitoring sex offenders like Dennis Shepherd.
Shepherd is on the registry for two crimes of sexually assaulting a child under 13. He was last known to be living somewhere in Detroit, but after tips from the concerned came in, we found him working about an hour away in Macomb.
"He works out here, I don't know where he lives," a co-worker told us.
Neither do police.
What about Hollis Fussell, a sex offender now living under an alias and who gave the registry a bogus address? At his last registered address, not only did the house burn down, it was torn down over a year ago and he is nowhere to be found.
So, who is out there monitoring the city's hundreds of sex offender absconders, in charge of pursuing tips off the website and conducting sweeps on those not in compliance? Last October, two Detroit Police officers were put in charge. Two months ago, the administration admits that number had to be cut to one. However, sources tell us that right now, no one is actively pursuing Detroit's sex offender absconders. In fact, FOX 2 has learned not one warrant has been issued for a sex offender since Detroit Police took over for Michigan State Police almost six months ago.
Keep in mind, not staying compliant is a four year felony.
Meanwhile, a deputy chief insisted there is still one officer assigned to do this work, and he told us he does plans to look into exactly what that individual is doing on Tuesday.
Who's Pursuing Detroit's Sex Offender Absconders?
Not to worry, all you need to protect yourself is a protection order. Then again, no one will be there to enforce it. I wonder how hard you have to wave a protection order to fend off a rapist?
[h=1]Who's Pursuing Detroit's Sex Offender Absconders?[/h]
DETROIT (WJBK) -- There are more than 4,000 sex offenders in the City of Detroit. Around 650 are absconders. They are on the sex offender registry, but law enforcement has no idea of their whereabouts or what they are doing.
After the Michigan State Police Detroit Post closed in October, Detroit Police were supposed to take over monitoring sex offenders like Dennis Shepherd.
Shepherd is on the registry for two crimes of sexually assaulting a child under 13. He was last known to be living somewhere in Detroit, but after tips from the concerned came in, we found him working about an hour away in Macomb.
"He works out here, I don't know where he lives," a co-worker told us.
Neither do police.
What about Hollis Fussell, a sex offender now living under an alias and who gave the registry a bogus address? At his last registered address, not only did the house burn down, it was torn down over a year ago and he is nowhere to be found.
So, who is out there monitoring the city's hundreds of sex offender absconders, in charge of pursuing tips off the website and conducting sweeps on those not in compliance? Last October, two Detroit Police officers were put in charge. Two months ago, the administration admits that number had to be cut to one. However, sources tell us that right now, no one is actively pursuing Detroit's sex offender absconders. In fact, FOX 2 has learned not one warrant has been issued for a sex offender since Detroit Police took over for Michigan State Police almost six months ago.
Keep in mind, not staying compliant is a four year felony.
Meanwhile, a deputy chief insisted there is still one officer assigned to do this work, and he told us he does plans to look into exactly what that individual is doing on Tuesday.
Who's Pursuing Detroit's Sex Offender Absconders?
