Category: Tales from the Registry

originally posted 2/8/2009 I was an investigative protective services social worker for four years when I was younger and have been a therapist for over twenty years. I would never have believed that my oldest son who is mentally ill would go through what he did because a child lied about him abusing her. She recanted a year ago. And why did she do this? Because she was jealous of the relationship my son had with her older sister. This child lived in an extremely dysfunctional family and in a neighborhood where lying to the police was common. My son was naive and took an alford plea because of very poor legal representation. He was never told he needed to register. His case is under appeal. But the prosecutors in these cases handled them in an extremely roughshod manner. They are far from being individualized according to dangerousness of the defendant. My son’s life has been ruined by this. He…

2/8/2009 Sex offenders are victims of a modern day witch hunt. Special laws are created and tailored to destroy anyone labeled a sex offender. One can only wonder, where is our Civil Liberties Union. Instead of defending the rights of Americans who have become victims of this witch hunt they choose to spend their time defending terrorists. Shouldn’t our rights be defended before those of a foreigner who wants to do nothing more than kill all Americans? In 1981 I was arrested for a violent sex crime and ultimately spent over 14 years in prison and am now classified as a violent sex offender. I will add that no life was lost, for those that might wonder. I was railroaded and spent years fighting my case. After years of filing motions and petitions it taught me that the judicial system will go out of its way and sidestep the law to rule against you if you are right. At present I am…

originally posted 2/6/2009 I live in Wisconsin. I have three children and my oldest is 12. Their father lives in the state of Texas, so I sent all three of my children to visit their father, his girlfriend, and her three children for the summer. Now keep in mind that my oldest son is not that man’s child but he has been there for him since he was 3 months old. At the time my son was only 11 years old. My son is a very caring boy and would never hurt anyone. He is a very good student who has never been in trouble with anyone or anything…Ever!!! The boy’s father and his girlfriend lived in separate apartments at the time I sent them to Texas but shortly after they moved in together, into a two bedroom apartment with six children. The girlfriend sent my oldest son to one bedroom for punishment and while he was in there one of…

originally posted 2/2/2009 I have been a businessman in Albuquerque for 20 years. I served time, and am living a clean and sober life today with a wonderful wife of 40 years, who has forgiven and inspired me to live Godly. God has given me the privilege of preaching approximately once a month. I remain, a servant of man because of God’s forgiving love. Fred V. Ruston, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1/18/2009 My 30 year old son has pleaded guilty of distribution of child porn. He is now awaiting sentencing. I am heartbroken. My son is deaf and had no idea how serious his crime was and how his life is now ruined. He can no longer live with his own children.

originally posted 1/18/2009 In 1986 i was convicted of 2nd degree sexual assault, the one & only criminal offense I’ve ever had in my 74 years of life . Everything I’ve  read here by Mr Shannon is sooo very,very true ! Even today after 26 years (from the time of the alleged offense), my sentence continues on a daily basis . I’ve had no support as the family has taken a back seat to how i must live with the new laws & restrictions which I’m subject to as a offender . I only wish I would have known about this hotline years ago. Isolated and suffering in Mississippi

originally posted 1/18/2009 As all of you are aware I have been fighting to save my son, PJ since he had gone into a severe depression last year. We thought he had snapped out of it last summer, but then bizarre behavior this fall after he was arrested near a school had us believing he was doing street drugs. Since Christmas he has been in a sever psychotic state which only led us to believe that he was doing street dugs. Last Friday it was so severe we called 911 for help and when everyone arrived we were told that since he was not talking of harming himself or anyone else that there was nothing they could do. The paranoia, delusions, anger and constant rambling increased and on Tuesday we were once again forced to call 911. PJ is 5’4 and weighs 112 (a loss of 17 lbs in two months). It took 4 cops to hold him down. Long…

originally posted 1/17/2009 (I am marking this as private because there are problems in logic with the story; sandy) (Kinda makes my head hurt….   mike) My story, well its complicated. When I was 18-19 I was a very promiscuous young man. I have never lied about that and I made a couple bad choices. I slept with my 15 year old girlfriend. I did know her age. It was just a bad choice. But I thought, I love her, – a misdemeanor would be worth it. What I didn’t know is they were setting up an internet sting. They came looking for me, and told me they were just visiting my area and asked what there was to do here. I made a sexual comment. She told me, I’m only 15 though, and I said, Well I’m outta here. Then – wow -they came to my door, and I’m a felon! What’s worse is I have to register for 10 years….

originally posted 1/10/2009 I want to state that I am NOT a sex offender, but I have committed a sex offense. The term “sex offender” implies continued behaviors. I am, by “legal” terms a sex offender, but admitting that hinders any chances of me being treated like a human being. I am now living in an RV on a piece of land with no running water or sewage, electricity and I keep getting death threats where I live. I am in the process of getting recordings of the threats and vandalism. Cops in this town say I don’t have to live there. What they don’t understand is that I am on parole, and parole forces me to look elsewhere for a place to live.. nowhere near schools, parks, daycare centers and other places where children regularly congregate. What this means, is virtually no place is available for me. It’s only being enforced on parolees in California. Additionally, if I register as a transient, I…

originally posted 12/28/2008 My son was arrested last May because of a Police Sting out of Florida. His picture was put on the local media in Oklahoma as a sex offender before he was even charged with a crime. What happened to presumed innocent until proven guilty? I don’t think that applies in this country anymore. After being taken to Florida, the so-called Public Defender assigned to his case told his wife that he was guilty and would probably spend 8 to 10 years in Prison. I assume the Public Defender was going to do nothing to help him which forced us to obtain an attorney and spend all the savings we had to do so in order to help our son. His attorney called this a “Created Crime”, created by the police. It’s as if there is not enough crime in this country so the police create new crimes, I guess we really do live in a Police State, not a…