{"id":51258,"date":"2014-05-06T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=51258"},"modified":"2019-02-07T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T22:27:01","slug":"has-antelope-valley-become-a-dumping-ground-for-sex-offenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/05\/06\/has-antelope-valley-become-a-dumping-ground-for-sex-offenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Antelope Valley become a \u2018dumping ground\u2019 for sex offenders?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to numbers provided by the Megan\u2019s Law database, approximately 673 registered sex offenders reside in the Antelope Valley. However, the actual number of registered sex offenders for the Antelope Valley is currently 876, according to officials from the Lancaster and Palmdale Sheriff’s stations. (Image: Screenshot from Megan’s Law website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hubbart,<\/a>
Hubbart, who admitted to raping approximately 40 women between 1971 and 1982, was ordered to be conditionally released to a location in the Antelope Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER – Reacting to the potential release of serial rapist Christopher Hubbart<\/a>\u00a0into the community of Lake Los Angeles, local residents are concerned the Antelope Valley has become a dumping ground for sex offenders.<\/p>\n

According to numbers provided by the Megan\u2019s Law database<\/a>, approximately 673 registered sex offenders reside in the Antelope Valley. This number accounts for roughly 6\u00a0percent of the 11,520 total registered sex offenders residing in Los Angeles County, according to the database.<\/p>\n

However, these statistics provided by the Megan’s Law website do not accurately reflect the total number of registered sex offenders in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

876 registered sex offenders in the AV<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The actual number of registered sex offenders for the Antelope Valley is currently 876, according to officials from the Lancaster and Palmdale Sheriff’s stations. This number includes 539 for Lancaster’s jurisdiction, according to Law Enforcement Technician Melissa Dorsey of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, and 337 for Palmdale’s jurisdiction, according to Detective D. McCormick of the Palmdale Station.<\/p>\n

The discrepancy in numbers between registered offenders made public by Megan’s Law and the comprehensive number provided by local Sheriff’s officials is because not all registered sex offenders are counted in the Megan’s Law database, according to California State Adult Parole Operations Supervisor Larry Dorsey.<\/p>\n

“There are only certain penal code sections and certain convictions that require them to be made public under Megan’s Law,” said Larry Dorsey, who heads the GPS Unit of the Antelope Valley Parole Office in Lancaster. “For example, anyone with an indecent exposure, depending on the case, may not be on there.”<\/p>\n

The Megan’s Law website discloses the home address and\/ or the zip code of registered sex offenders residing in an area depending on the type of sex offense under Penal Code section 290. However, there is an undisclosed category of registered sex offenders not displayed on the Megan’s Law website, which includes offenders who “must still register as sex offenders with local law enforcement agencies, and are known to law enforcement,” according to a summary of Megan’s Law provided at http:\/\/meganslaw.ca.gov\/registration\/law.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Melissa Dorsey said a lot of this depends on who the sex offender’s victim was and of what the offender was convicted.<\/p>\n

“Not all penal code sections justify them being on the public side,” Melissa Dorsey said. “So the number the public would see is different from the number we see on the law enforcement side.”<\/p>\n

Local sex offender parolees under constant supervision<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Parole Operations Supervisor Larry Dorsey said his office currently monitors 130 of the Antelope Valley’s registered sex offenders. These registrants are parolees and are monitored daily through GPS – or Global Position Satellite monitoring.<\/p>\n

“Our agents must see them twice a month at their residence, and they are tracked daily,” he said. “Every day [agents] have to monitor their tracks and see what they did the night before.”<\/p>\n

Dorsey recommended that members of the public view an online documentary (see below<\/em>) that demonstrates how the Parole Division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation tracks paroled sex offenders on a daily basis using GPS.<\/p>\n