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July 28, 2005
Power To the People
The online sex offender registries were responsible for at least one alleged unregistered repeat offender getting busted here locally.
Bentonville police received the anonymous call Tuesday about Schuler. The caller identified him and stated his photograph was seen on the Internet and Schuler supposedly fled from Colorado, according to a news release from the Bentonville Police Department.
A follow-up investigation indicated Schuler was a convicted sex offender in Colorado and his records showed failure to register along with an unknown address, police said.
He's now been arrested & is awaiting a hearing on the charges.
I hope we see more of this as more & more people become aware of the registries and how to use them. The police do the best they can under the circumstances, but they can't arrest these people if they don't know where they are. The public can help by using the registries just like this.
It's a good thing.
Posted by Rita at July 28, 2005 02:23 AM