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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The Registry shows 3 new sex offenders living in DeWitt County in Q4 2024

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There were three new registered sex offenders living in DeWitt County as of the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to the previous quarter, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry showed that, in total, 21 sexual offenders were living in DeWitt County, compared to 18 the quarter before.

Of the three offenders who moved to DeWitt County during this period, two were sexual predators.

Sexual predators and child murderers remain on the registry for the rest of their lives. Sexually violent people are no longer listed 10 years after their conviction.

The offenders moving into DeWitt County may have been recently convicted or moved from other cities in the US.

According to a 2024 study by SafeHome.org, Illinois ranks fifth in the total number of registered sex offenders, with more than 34,000 living in the state.

Nationally, the study found over 795,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. as of August 2024 — an increase of approximately 8,000 compared to 2023.

Registered Sex Offenders in DeWitt County as of Q4 2024

OffenderTitleStatusCrime
Anthony L. GraySexual PredatorCompliantFail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd+, Predatory criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Brandon James RotholtzSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
Charles David LawsonSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Daniel Thomas CrainSexual PredatorCompliantCriminal sexual assault/victim 13-17
Douglas Robert BenzSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-18
Dustin Dale ClemonsNon-verified Child Sex OffenderCompliantChild sex offender present in a school zone and Sex relations
Dustin Robert UnderwoodSexual PredatorCompliantChild pornography victim less than 13
Fred Donald ThrasherSexual PredatorCompliantPredatory criminal sexual assault
James P. LogueSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Jeff W. BristowSexual PredatorCompliantCriminal sexual assault, Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Violate sex offender registration
Joey Wayne HardwickSexual PredatorCompliantPredatory criminal sexual assault
Jonathon P. CanoSexual PredatorCompliantCriminal sexual assault/force and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Kelly J. WilliamsSexual PredatorCompliantSexual exploitation/expose organs
Lawrence R. RameySexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse
Mark Gordon SteeleSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Matthew Wade SympsonSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Child sex offender present in a school zone and Violate sex offender registration
Melonie D. FarnsworthSexual PredatorNon-CompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse, Fail to register a new residence/school/2nd+ and Violate sex offender registration
Michael Timothy MeierNon-verified Child Sex OffenderNon-CompliantAttempt and Sexual exploitation/expose organs
Richard Amos Paul GharrettSexual PredatorNon-CompliantAggravated criminal sex abuse/bodily harm and Unlawful restraint
Tanner J. ReynoldsSexual PredatorCompliantAggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Sexual exploitation/expose organs/2nd and Traveling to meet a minor
Vincent Carl PetersNon-verified Child Sex OffenderCompliantIndecent solicitation of a child

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