There were 121 registered sex offenders living in Gilmer County as of the week ending April 19, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.
The Registry shows that four of these sex offenders are sexual predators. In Georgia, a sexual predator is an individual who is determined by the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to be at risk of perpetrating any future dangerous sexual offense.
The Registry also shows that 21 of these sex offenders are currently incarcerated.
Sex offenders in Georgia remain on the Sexual Offender Registry for life unless removed by a court order or other legal means. Any individual who fails to register when required “shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 30 years,” according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
If a sex offender moves to another county in the state of Georgia or another state in the US, they are required to register with the Sheriff in their new county or state of residence.
SafeHome.org, a security think tank, found the number of sex offenders in the US increases by roughly 32,000 a year.
Registered Sex Offenders in Gilmer County as of the week ending April 19
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Allen David Schultz | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Andrew Ross Dowd Brown | Incarcerated | Sexual conduct with a minor under 14 years of age |
| Andy Longwell | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Anthony Francis Paleveda | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Anthony Herald Reed | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Anthony Theo Dunagan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Arthur Ray Brookshire | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Banjamin Blake Cornell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Benjamin Adam Easley | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Billy Tipton | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bobby Christopher Earl Jones | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bobby Darren Stokes | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Bobby Joe J. Taylor | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Bobby Lowery | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bradley Scott Gravett | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Brandon Michael Kurtz | Incarcerated | Sexual assault on a child |
| Brian Scott | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Bruce Lee Daniel | Not Incarcerated | Peeping tom |
| Bruce Wayne Carpenter | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bryan Wright | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Candace Marie Wheeler | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Chad Richard Sitzwohl | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Charles Allen Bass Jr. | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Charles Anthony Rogers | Not Incarcerated | Sexual offense |
| Charles Lamar Arp | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Charles Randall Sexton II | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Charles William Cretnik | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christopher Cogdill | Not Incarcerated | 3rd degree sexual assault |
| Christopher Wade Brown | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault against person in custody, on probation or parole, patient in a hospital etc |
| Claudia Elizabeth Walker | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Curtis Lester Hamilton | Not Incarcerated | 2nd degree rape |
| Daniel Michael Hunt | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Danny Floyd Rice | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Danny Lee Hughes | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Edward Maurer | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Lee Jones | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Todd Davis | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Donald Ray Barnhill | Not Incarcerated | Attempt to commit sexual abuse of a child |
| Donnie Leon Bramlett | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Donny Lee Long | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Floyd Dewey Wagoner Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious molestation under 12 years of age |
| Garrett Wayne Hick | Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Grady David Sanford | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Grady Hoyle Queen | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Gregory Austin Watson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Harold Richard Pritchett | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Harvey Luther Tuggle | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James B. McArthur | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| James Henry Jett | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Leon Woody Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Jamie Earl Underwood | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jason Albert McManus | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jason John Davis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jerry L. Ledford | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| Jerry Lamar Peffer | Not Incarcerated | Gross sexual imposition |
| John Albert Brown | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| John Alton Cox Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Gerald Kling | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| John Putnam | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John William Ganton | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 |
| Johnny Daniel Silvers | Incarcerated | Rape |
| Jonathan Kent Davis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joseph Matthew Glazner | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joshua Anthony Southerland | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joshua David Boyd | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Joshua Ryan Marshall | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Kael Garcia-Gallego | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Kayden Xavier-Lee Lovato | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault 1st degree with mentally or physically incapable |
| Kenneth Ray Bagwell | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Douglas Smith | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Lee Collier | Not Incarcerated | Attempted sexual abuse (1st degree) |
| Kirby Grant Holloway | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Lloyd Arvin McArthur | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Lloyd Edward Ridings | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Marc Stephen Patterson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery by an adult on a child under 12 years of age |
| Marcos Ramirez | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Marcus Page McPherson | Not Incarcerated | Rape 2nd degree |
| Mark Anthony Wheeler | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Martin David Kjellstrom | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Marvin David Miller | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Matthew Allan Abbott | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Michael Keith Herko | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Lee Crossman | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Michael Ray Hood | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Michael Shane Dean | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Michael Thomas McDougle | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael William Thomason | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Natasha Eudora Culver | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Rebecca Michelle Garrett | Not Incarcerated | Second degree sexual exploitation of a minor |
| Richard Lee Hicks | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Richard Wayne Biester Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Robert Eugene Lucas | Not Incarcerated | Indecent liberties with a child |
| Robert Michael Reagan | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Robin Nycole Holtzclaw | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Rodney Abercrombie | Incarcerated | Cruelty to children |
| Roger Allen Lane | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ronnie Bruce | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Roy Newton Burns | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Samuel Joseph Port | Not Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact – obscene communication |
| Samuel Kelley Barnard | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Sean Earl Paul | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Shane Dwight Nichols | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Shane Tyler Wilson | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Shannon Lee Gregory | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse 1st degree |
| Shawn Wayne Knight | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Sidney Wayne Phillips | Incarcerated | Obscene telephone contact with a child |
| Steven Craig Meides | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Steven Eugene Fyrehrt | Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim 12 less than 15 years of age |
| Steven Lynn Walden | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Steven Roscoe Burch | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Thomas Donovan Workman | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Waylon Timothy Albertson | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Wayne Hicks | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Wendell Ray Phillips | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| William Johns | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| William Jonathan Bingham | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| William Keith Martin | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| William Marcus Weidinger | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| William Melvin Wood | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Wilton Eugene Owens | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Zachary Keith Southern | Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
