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by: Humble Mommy Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 8:21am  
I was outside playing in my front yard with my kids when I had several neighbors come talk to me to make me aware that there was a sex offender near by who had a free puppy sign in his front yard.
I guess someone made him take it down.
 
I was told he is suppose to have a sign on the house letting others know that he is a registered sex offender
 
records.txdps.state. tx.us/SexOffender/Pu blicSite/Application /Search/Individ 4951
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TexasOma Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 8:51am  
I don't think WOMEN would be rushing to his door to look at a puppy, It seems his crime was over 20 years ago and with a 27 year old woman.  Not condoning his sexual offense, but it's quite different when the SO is a pedophile and a man on a power trip.  Offenses


SEXUAL ASSAULT


Statute
TEXAS PENAL CODE 22.011 (a)(1)


Victim Sex
Female


Victim Age
27


Disposition Date
06/04/1991


Sentence

SENTENCED TO 20Y


Status

DISCHARGED FROM  Texas Department of CorrectionsIt could also have been a female who changed her mind after the fact.  I know of one of these and the couple were on a date in college, consensual sex, she claimed rape, he went to trial & found guilty, she later (after he was serving time) came back and confessed that she made it up, he still has the label of Sex Offender.  There needs to be a better way to signify which of these sex offenders are a danger to our children or who are rapists and which were caught up in the moment. Our son could have been charged as a sex offender if the girl's parents had chose to file charges - he was 17 & she was 16 & became pregnant.  She married her - but I wish he hadn't because it was a disaster....but he loved his 2 boys (they had another) until the day he died. 
 
This sex offender label needs some serious fine tuning. 4951
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notfromhere Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 9:08am  
And I very much doubt that he realy had a sign on his yard advertising a puppy. I am not defending him in any way, but it sounds to me like someone found out their neighbor is a sex offender and started a smear campaign. We have to be careful with stuff like this.  4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 9:23am  
I also don't think they have to have a sign..I know CHILD sex offenders cannot live too close to a school or participate in Halloween. .they have to leave the light off. 4951
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Humble Mommy Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 9:29am  
Well I saw the sign it was a posterboard with colorful writing that said free puppies
It was up yesterday when I took my kids to school. And when I picked them up from school.
 
The hoa president of the neighborhood was driving around advising us and making us aware. I also had neighbors come warn me.
 
I dont know who put the sign up but I definitely know I saw it in the yard.
 
I dont know the guy myself and I dont know the story but 20 yrs is a long time to have served in prison and I have kids so as a mom and women myself this is kind of alarming. 4951
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notfromhere Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 10:01am  
@Humble Mummy it is absolutely something that you have to look into and if you personally saw the sign it is very concerning. I thought you only heard about the sign from your neighbors. Even if it happened 20 years ago, he did his time in jail and his offense was against an adult, putting a sign for a free puppy on his yard should be of great concern.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 11:10am  
You are NOT required to have a sign at you home if you are an offender, BUT you  must register your home of residence..  You can NOT put up any decorations at the holidays or do anything that would entice a child to your home...   you are also not able to be on property such as schools or parks. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 12:39pm  
"Not condoning his sexual offense, but it's quite different when the SO is a pedophile and a man on a power trip. "Rape or something similar isn't OK just because the victim is an adult. 4951
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rundmv Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 1:22pm  
You are NOT required to have a sign at you home if you are an offender, BUT you  must register your home of residence..  You can NOT put up any decorations at the holidays or do anything that would entice a child to your home...   you are also not able to be on property such as schools or parks.
 
@GoldenGirl:
Not necessarily true about the decorations. It might be a provision of their parole/probation but it is nit a law, per se.
 
Also, many people like to associate registered sex offenders with child molesters but that is not necessarily true.
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GoldenGirl Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 2:58pm  

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>> You are NOT required to have a sign at you home if you are an offender, BUT you  must register your home of residence..  You can NOT put up any decorations at the holidays or do anything that would entice a child to your home...   you are also not able to be on property such as schools or parks.
 
@GoldenGirl:
Not necessarily true about the decorations. It might be a provision of their parole/probation but it is nit a law, per se.
 
Also, many people like to associate registered sex offenders with child molesters but that is not necessarily true.
 
@rundmv: okay I do KNOW that the officers drive by offenders homes on the holidays to verify that there are not decorations up... I KNOW this is done in my neighborhood....    Just saying....
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TexasOma Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 3:35pm  
"Not condoning his sexual offense, but it's quite different when the SO is a pedophile and a man on a power trip. "
 
Rape or something similar isn't OK just because the victim is an adult.
 
@fcabanski: I agree with that, but a person who is interested in adult women, would not be interested in little kids (necessarily--could happen, but not usual to convert to a pedophile).  This man apparently was 'interested' in an adult woman 20 years ago.  We do not know the circumstances of the charge.  I do not condone his sex offense, but again, we don't know the circumstances.  As for the sign, if he lives with a wife or children, maybe they put up the sign.  Again, we don't know the circumstances.  
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GregButtle Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 4:31pm  
Why would anyone think a conviction for sexual assault should prevent someone from giving away puppies? 
 
Why would anyone think they had a right or an obligation to prevent this person from doing that?
 
That said, I believe a 20 year sentence is the maximum a judge can give for sexual assault (the minimum is 2 years) so the judge was motivated to impose a tough sentence. It's possible there was a plea deal bringing it down from a more serious charge which sometimes gives the judge reason to go with the max of the lesser charge. But that's just speculation.
 
Sex offender registrys are set up for a reason. It's cause for concern. Something to be aware of but it doesn't mean the guy can't give a way puppies or put a pumpkin on his porch. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 4:52pm  
Why would anyone think a conviction for sexual assault should prevent someone from giving away puppies? 
 
Why would anyone think they had a right or an obligation to prevent this person from doing that?
 
That said, I believe a 20 year sentence is the maximum a judge can give for sexual assault (the minimum is 2 years) so the judge was motivated to impose a tough sentence. It's possible there was a plea deal bringing it down from a more serious charge which sometimes gives the judge reason to go with the max of the lesser charge. But that's just speculation.
 
Sex offender registrys are set up for a reason. It's cause for concern. Something to be aware of but it doesn't mean the guy can't give a way puppies or put a pumpkin on his porch.
 
@GregButtle: there actually are local statutes designed to prevent sexual offenders from creating a situation which could serve as an enticement for children such as no displays or decorations for halloween so that no trick or treater disappears in the course of an evening by knocking on the door of  a pedophile.   the fact of the matter is tho that most pedophiles are known to the family or are family. they can be the babysitter, the youth minister, the coach etc. the danger is not always the weird guy in a trench coat but often is friendly uncle chester or some else close.  and there are a variety of ways to get labelled a sexual offender and have to register. those ways vary from being a real live pedophile or rapist to something as innocuous as taking a leak in an alley and therefore you were 'exposing yourself in public'
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rundmv Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 5:00pm  
"Not condoning his sexual offense, but it's quite different when the SO is a pedophile and a man on a power trip. "Rape or something similar isn't OK just because the victim is an adult.
 
@fcabanski: how.did you get it was "ok?" No one is defending rape. I think the point being made is that all rapists are not child predators
 
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 5:02pm  
@Humble Mommy - is this man near the new house you just purchased? 4951
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GregButtle Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Apr 1, '14 5:07pm  
there actually are local statutes designed to prevent sexual offenders from creating a situation which could serve as an enticement for children such as no displays or decorations for halloween so that no trick or treater disappears in the course of an evening by knocking on the door of  a pedophile.   [quote-end-tag-mismatch] @ProblemAgain:
Those statutes only apply if the person is either on probation or parole. The individual identified through the original poster's link has a status of "discharged from texas corrections" which I believe means he is not on parole and, not on probation. 4951
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