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January 04, 2006
Officials To Find Out How Many Sex Offenders Fled To Fla. From Storms
FDLE To Get Lists Of Sex Offenders From Miss., Ala., La.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- State officials are trying to determine how many Hurricane Katrina evacuees now in Florida may also be sex offenders.
Authorities fear thousands of former Louisiana and Mississippi residents failed to register as sex offenders at their new Florida addresses.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was finally getting Louisiana's list of known sex offenders Tuesday.
"We'll be cross-matching that list first to see if, in fact, they have registered," FDLE Spokesman Tom Berlinger said. "If they haven't, then we will notify local law enforcement in the jurisdiction that's affected by each one of them, ask the local law enforcement folks to go by the last known address where they registered when they were asking for FEMA benefits, and see if they're not still there, and if they are, then either get them to register or perhaps arrest them for failing to register."
Florida expects lists of known sex offenders from Mississippi and Alabama within a few days.
http://www.nbc6.net/news/5823674/detail.html
Posted by Nealus at January 4, 2006 02:45 PM
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