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Telegraph
2 hours ago
- Telegraph
Sex offender fined £1.42 per indecent exposure
A sex offender who indecently exposed himself seven times has been handed a £10 fine – equivalent to just £1.42 per offence. Leon Clarke, 49, from Sutton, south London, also received a one-year community order after admitting indecently exposing himself with intent to cause alarm on seven occasions at train stations last year. His 'soft' sentence has sparked demands for police and courts to take a tougher approach, just days after The Telegraph revealed how thousands of sex offenders accused of indecent exposure were avoiding prosecution. It comes despite a crackdown pledge by police after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. The proportion of indecent exposure offences resulting in a charge has halved since 2014-15 from one in five to just one in 10 (10.2 per cent) despite the number of reported crimes increasing by 160 per cent from 6,000 to 16,000 in the same period. A government-commissioned report found Wayne Couzens, who while serving as a Metropolitan Police officer murdered Sarah, could have been stopped if police had carried out a 'more thorough and committed' investigation into reports of his alleged indecent exposures.
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Louisiana father charged with murder after leaving daughter, 1, inside 105F car for NINE hours
A Louisiana father was arrested for murder after he allegedly left his infant daughter inside a car for more than nine hours on a day where temperatures reached over 100 degrees. Joseph Boatman, 32, was detained Sunday after his 21-month-old daughter was left buckled inside a car in the Madisonville-area for hours on end. Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office were called to a residence just before noon after a family member found the baby unresponsive inside the vehicle, police said. Authorities soon discovered that Boatman picked his daughter up from a family member's home earlier that morning after he 'consumed multiple alcoholic beverages.' He then strapped his child into a car seat around 2.30am and 'went back inside the residence and never returned to the vehicle,' police said. The temperature in Madisonville that day reached 95F, meaning it felt more like 105F inside the car. 'This is a devastating loss that no family ever wants to face,' Sheriff Randy Smith said. 'When a child is left in a vehicle, especially on a day when the heat index climbs over 100 degrees, the outcome can turn deadly in a matter of minutes. This case involved compromised judgment, and the result was heartbreaking.' Boatman is facing a second-degree murder charge and is currently being held on a $75,000 cash bond, according to his arrest report. This is not his first run-in with the law, as Boatman is also a registered sex offender. In June 2019, Boatman was nabbed by the FBI, along with more than 60 others as part of 'Operation Broken Heart' - an initiative designed by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force taskforce and Attorney General Jeff Landry's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation. Boatman was convicted for the online solicitation of a minor, according to records obtained by Boatman's daughter was the fifth child to die in a hot car in the US this year, according to Kids and Car Safety. At least 1,130 children have died in hot vehicles in the country since 1990, and at least another 75,000 survived with injuries, the non-profit stated. Every year, an average of 38 children die in hot cars and about 88 percent of them are three-year-old or younger, per the statistics. This comes after a one-year-old boy was found dead inside a hot pickup truck in southwest Albuquerque on May 25. Police said the 'very tragic incident' occurred while the child was supposed to be under the supervision of a male relative, who authorities say simply forgot he was there. The child's parents dropped him off around 10.0am leaving him in the care of a young adult relative. But what should have been a routine day turned to horror when that relative left the child in the back seat of his vehicle, parked in the sun with the windows closed. It wasn't until almost six hours later at 5pm that someone realized the baby was missing. Family members contacted the caregiver to ask where the child was, prompting a frantic search - and a heartbreaking discovery. 'They realized the child wasn't inside the home,' Albuquerque Police Department Public Information Officer Gilbert Gallegos said at a press briefing. The child unfortunately died at the scene after family members and emergency personnel performed CPR to try to revive him. Although the official cause of death is pending an autopsy, police say all signs point to heatstroke. The National Weather Service estimates the interior of the parked vehicle could have reached more than 200F even though Albuquerque's high on that day was around 83F.
CBS News
8 hours ago
- CBS News
Sex offender charged with recording woman in Massachusetts Target changing room
A sex offender charged Monday with recording a woman inside a Target changing room in Wareham, Massachusetts has a history of similar incidents, police say. Gregory Mattos, a 37-year-old from Mashpee, is set to be arraigned Tuesday on the charge of photographing an unsuspecting nude person. Police officers responded to the Wareham Crossing store on the Cranberry Highway for a report of a man recording a woman in the fitting room. "The female told officers that the male held a cell phone over the fitting room stall door while she was changing," Wareham police said in a statement. The suspect was seen on surveillance video leaving the Target parking lot on a moped. Police said they found Mattos, who matched the description of the suspect in the video, and arrested him on Main Street without incident. Gregory Mattos charged in past incident Wareham police said Mattos "is a registered sex offender in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been involved in similar incidents in the past." In 2016, WBZ-TV reported that Mattos was charged with unlawful sexual surveillance after an "upskirting" incident at the same shopping plaza. In that case, police received a report about a suspicious man taking pictures of a female customer with his phone. He ran out of the store when the startled woman noticed what he was doing and was later arrested on a warrant, police said. Police said Mattos had previously been charged with failing to register as a sex offender in an unrelated case.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Wisconsin's Most Wanted: Terence Hogg, convicted sex offender on the run
The Brief U.S. Marshals hope you can help track down fugitive Terence Hogg. Hogg is a convicted sex offender who has been on the run since 2022. "Just hasn't registered as sex offender, hasn't kept anything up to date and is just trying to avoid part of his prosecution," an investigator explained. MILWAUKEE - U.S. Marshals are looking for a convicted sex offender investigators say crossed state lines into Wisconsin. The Iowa man has been on the run since 2022. What we know Law enforcement calls Terence Hogg a career criminal. They said the 65-year-old has been in and out of the system since the 1980s with arrests for burglary and larceny. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android It's what happened four years ago that has him in trouble again. It has also caught the attention of U.S. Marshals in the Badger State. What they're saying "He was released from the DOC and moved up here and kind of flew under the radar," the marshal on the case said. In 2021, Hogg was convicted of disseminating obscene material to a child. He went to prison in Iowa. Upon release, Hogg was required to register as a sex offender. He instead went on the run and is believed to be in Wisconsin. "Just hasn't registered as sex offender, hasn't kept anything up to date and is just trying to avoid part of his prosecution," the investigator explained. Dig deeper The convicted sex offender is required to check-in with authorities and avoid living near schools and playgrounds. The 65-year-old has been able to lay low using dozens of aliases by combining different variations of his first, middle and last names. He has ties to Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News "Turn yourself in, deal with, get on the registry and live your life," the marshal said. Hogg is 6 feet tall and weighs 170 pounds. What you can do If you know where Terence Hogg is, call the U.S. Marshals Tipline at 414-297-3707. You will remain anonymous. The Source The information in this post was provided by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
CBC
3 days ago
- CBC
Kamloops RCMP issues public notification as sex offender set to be released under house arrest
Social Sharing RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., have released a public notification as a man with a history of sexual offences against children is set to be released on probation. Taylor Dueck pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a person under 16 years of age at an equestrian facility in Kelowna, B.C., on Feb. 9, 2024. Now, he is set to be released into house arrest in Kamloops, and RCMP are warning that the "dangerous sex offender" represents a serious risk to children under 16. Following a prison sentence for the Kelowna assault, Dueck was ordered to be under 24/7 house arrest as part of a three-year probation period, and he will be on the sex offenders' registry for life. Police say that he is forbidden from being in any public areas — including parks, swimming pools, community centres and playgrounds — where kids under 16 are reasonably expected to be present. He is also barred from contacting, or being in the presence of, anyone under 16 years old. "Taylor Dueck will be subject to monitoring in order to ensure compliance with his conditions," reads an RCMP statement. "Anyone who sees or knows of Taylor Dueck violating any of these conditions is asked to call 911 immediately." CBC News has reached out to RCMP to find out when exactly Dueck will be released into house arrest. Furor over lack of previous notification Parole board documents show Dueck has a history of sexual offences against children, and other police forces have released public notifications over his risk of reoffending. Following the sexual assault at the Kelowna equestrian facility last year, there was uproar from politicians in B.C.'s governing and opposition parties over why Kelowna RCMP did not issue a public notification that a high-risk sex offender was living in the area. WATCH | Uproar over lack of public notification: MLA demands accountability after sex offender released into Kelowna without warning 1 year ago Duration 5:02 Renee Merrifield, B.C. United MLA for Kelowna-Mission, said news that a repeat sex offender was released with no public warning and then arrested in Kelowna has traumatized the community. Taylor Dueck was arrested on Feb. 9 on allegations he sexually assaulted a youth at an equestrian school in Kelowna. The details shared by Merrifield have not been proven in court or confirmed by RCMP. Following the assault, then-public safety minister Mike Farnworth ordered an investigation into why the public wasn't notified. In a written statement, the Kelowna RCMP said at the time that it sought a public disclosure order prior to Dueck's release, but "the threshold was not met in this case based on the totality of the circumstances." In a statement issued this January, Public Safety Minister Garry Begg said the Investigation and Standards Office (ISO) found no evidence of systemic issues with B.C. Corrections and policing procedures, but the policy "had not been properly adhered to" in Dueck's case. The ISO is an independent body established by the Corrections Act that provides oversight to B.C. Corrections. The province did not make Begg available for an interview at the time, and, citing privacy concerns, did not clarify what policy was not followed. Recommendations from the ISO investigation include establishing a template for public notifications for police agencies to follow, exploring the feasibility of a public website for such notifications and strengthening language in training materials around the importance of seeking clarity on court-ordered decisions. The ministry said a working group is being established with the goal of having the recommendations fulfilled within the next six months.
