Whitfield County registered more sex offenders as of Q2

Whitfield County registered more sex offenders as of Q2
Chris Hosey, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation — gbi.georgia.gov
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There was one more registered sex offender living in Whitfield County as of the second quarter of 2025 than in the previous quarter, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.

Overall, 314 registered sex offenders were living in the county at the time.

The Registry shows that 25 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 97 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.

Under Georgia law, sex offenders must register with the sheriff in their county of residence, employment, and schooling. They must update their information within 10 days of any change and notify authorities when moving in or out of state.

The number of registered sex offenders in the U.S. has climbed to approximately 795,000 as of August 2024—an increase of nearly 43,000 individuals (about 6%) since 2019. As of that same month, Georgia’s registry includes around 24,730 individuals.

Below is a breakdown of the 314 registered sex offenders in Whitfield County as of the second quarter of 2025, including their current status and the crime they committed.

Registered Sex Offenders in Whitfield County as of Q2
Offender Status Crime
Aaron Anthony Elder Incarcerated Statutory rape
Aaron Keith Utley Incarcerated Statutory rape
Aaron Phillip Gilbert Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Adam Lebron Duckett Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Alvan Darrell Vanover Incarcerated Child molestation
Andrew Dean Buford Incarcerated Statutory rape
Angel Ayala Deltoro Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse
Anthony Deparish Quinn Incarcerated Child molestation
Anthony Ray Lance Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Anthony Terrance Thomas Incarcerated Aggravated assault
Anthony Wayne McNair Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Anthony Wayne Ray Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Anyoel Emilio Cordovi Not Incarcerated Sexual assault against person in custody, on probation or parole, patient in a hospital etc
Asael Delgado Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Ashim Lal Shrestha Not Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Austin Lee White Incarcerated Child molestation
Austin Miguel Tate Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Barry Claude Fowler Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Barry Ellis Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Benjamin James Grover Not Incarcerated Rape
Bennie Dixon Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Billy Hicks Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Billy Joe Kendrick Not Incarcerated Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction)
Blas Valles Incarcerated Child molestation
Bobby Dale Rye Not Incarcerated Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Bobby Morrow Tucker Not Incarcerated Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction)
Brandon Howard Leach Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Brandon Trey Bryant Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Brent Andrew Wingfield Not Incarcerated Child pornography
Brent Wayne Tigner Jr. Not Incarcerated Endandering the welfare of a child first degree
Brian Keith Sawyer Incarcerated Child molestation
Bryan Dale Langham Incarcerated Child molestation
Caleb Seth Leslie Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Caleb Thomas Mitchell Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Calvin Lee McClure Not Incarcerated Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16
Carl William Hawkins Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Chad Murray Carlock Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Charles Lewis Ballard Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Charles Vernon Curlin Incarcerated Child molestation
Christian Alex Gonzalez Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Christopher Cline Incarcerated Statutory rape
Christopher Donald Maples Incarcerated Child molestation
Christopher Dwight Reed Not Incarcerated Sexual misconduct with a minor
Christopher Kade Stephens Incarcerated Child molestation
Christopher Keith Tate Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Christopher Scott Meyer Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Clarence A. Rick Not Incarcerated Sexual assault
Clarence Greever Whitt Not Incarcerated Sexual offense
Clifford Allen Payne Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Clifton Lee Crysel Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Cody Allen Satterfield Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Cody James Fugate Incarcerated Statutory rape
Crystal Leanne Cothren Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Daniel Allen Newton Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Daniel DeWitt Saylor Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse 1st degree
Daniel Lee Burk Not Incarcerated Aggravated assault with an intent to rape
Daniel Lewis Lawson Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Daniel Taylor Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Danny Wayne Cochran Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Darren Keith Pritchett Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
David Cornelius Dixon Not Incarcerated Incest with a minor
David Earl Drain Not Incarcerated Child molestation
David Guzman Not Incarcerated Child molestation
David Lee Brian Phillips Not Incarcerated Federal/military sex crime conviction
David Lee Gunter Not Incarcerated Child molestation
David Lee Patton Not Incarcerated Child molestation
David Lee Samples Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
David Leroy Cochran Not Incarcerated Child molestation
David Michael Lane Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
David William Holmes Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Dewayne Buckner Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Dewey Patrick Gates Incarcerated Child molestation
Dominick Sky Burton-Tallent Incarcerated Aggravated sodomy
Donald Gregory Santamour Not Incarcerated Attempt to commit an aggravated sexual battery
Donald T. Thinnes Not Incarcerated Lewd lascivious child attempt
Donovan Lewis Downer Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Douglas John Southerland Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Eddie Dean Wilcox Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Eddie Joseph Clayton Not Incarcerated Aggravated statutory rape
Edward Cornell Freeman Not Incarcerated First degree rape
Edward Eugene Trantham Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Edwin Geovany Fulkerson Not Incarcerated Public indecency 3rd degree or subsequent conviction – felony
Edwin Romero Incarcerated Aggravated assault
Enoch Hiram Griffin Not Incarcerated Enticing a child for indecent purposes
Eric Dwight Harris Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Eric Matthew Wells Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Eric Norman Vineyard Not Incarcerated Criminal attempt to commit child molestation
Evert Pellom Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Fletcher William Spearman Jr. Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Frances Bonner Cook Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Fred McCullough Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Freddie Morales Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Gary Allen Grayson Incarcerated Child molestation
Gary Dale Gilbert Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Gary Dennis Morrow Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Gary Howard Terry Not Incarcerated Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Gary Paul Penland II Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Gene Calvin Queen Not Incarcerated Child molestation
George Cason Burse Incarcerated Statutory rape
George David Greenhaw Not Incarcerated Child molestation
George Jeffery Woody Not Incarcerated Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16
Greg Paul Mitchell Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Gregory Marlin Townsend Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Gregory William Musto Not Incarcerated Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
Grover Lee Joseph III Not Incarcerated Obscene telephone contact with a child
Harvey Benjamin J. Franks Not Incarcerated Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction)
Heath Shield Adams Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Henton Dwight Reed Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Hilberto Perez Not Incarcerated Assault with an intent to commit criminal sexual abuse
Hoyt Ray Lance Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Hubert Lebron Walker Not Incarcerated Aggravated sodomy
Isaac Donavan Alexander Incarcerated Statutory rape
Ivan Rodriguez Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jack Michael Lay Not Incarcerated Criminal attempt to commit a felony
Jacob Daniel Parm Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jaime Adam Riano Not Incarcerated Federal/military sex crime conviction
Jalen Corey Williams Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse of a child
James Adam Hawkins Incarcerated Child molestation
James Arthur Harolson Not Incarcerated Unlawful sexual contact
James Clayton Winters Jr. Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
James Clyde Wilson Not Incarcerated Gross sexual misconduct 5 counts
James Dennis New Incarcerated Sexual battery by an authority figure
James Eugene Wiley Not Incarcerated Child molestation
James Hill Incarcerated Statutory rape
James Lee Grubbs Incarcerated Child molestation
James Lee Kirksey Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
James Robert Hall Not Incarcerated Obscene internet contact – obscene communication
James Robert Underwood Not Incarcerated Rape
James Wesley Hallman Incarcerated Aggravated sexual battery
Jamie Lee Nelson Not Incarcerated Oral sexual battery
Jason Aaron Cothran Incarcerated Child molestation
Jason Dewayne Rickell Incarcerated Child molestation
Jason Eric Burchfield Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jason Lamar Lance Incarcerated Cruelty to children
Jeffery Despain Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Jensaan Lestev Wilson Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Jeremy Alexander Willis Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jeremy Lee Caldwell Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jerome Walton Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jerry Dewayne Martin Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Jerry Dwight Rollins Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Jerry Lee Reed Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Jerry Martin Stanley Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Jimmy David Emerson Not Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Jimmy Ellis Smythers Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Jody Vincent Defoor Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Joel Hernandez Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Joel Sebastian Hilario Incarcerated Child molestation
John Daniel Brooks Not Incarcerated Aggravated assault
John Douglas Clinton Not Incarcerated Rape of a child
John Edward Judy Not Incarcerated Out of state offender – sexual offense
John Francis Mullen Not Incarcerated Indecency with a child by contact
John Nathan Valdez Incarcerated Child molestation
John Paul Jones Not Incarcerated Child molestation
John Perry Thompson Not Incarcerated Child pornography
John William Bagby Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Johnnie Paul Moore Incarcerated Child molestation
Johnny Brad Teasley Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Johnny Leon Crowder Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Jonathan Eric Cochran Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Joseph Allen Campbell Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse of a child 3rd degree
Joseph Lee Brock Incarcerated Statutory rape
Joseph Marlin Quarles Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Joshua Anthony Martinez Not Incarcerated Child pornography
Joshua David Parker Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Joshua Heith Jones Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Joshua Steven Harteau Incarcerated Child molestation
Juan Ibara Lopez Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Justin Wade Dunn Incarcerated Child molestation
Keith Richard Fretz Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Kendra Elena Torres Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Kenneth Eugene Parrish Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Kenneth Wayne Padgett Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Kevin Dewayne Williams Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Kevin Lynn Massey Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Kristie Yvette Cummings Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Larry Joseph Brown Incarcerated Statutory rape
Leroy Clifford Tallent Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Lester Steven Crump Incarcerated Child molestation
Lester Thomas Edwards Not Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Linda Susanne Raulston Not Incarcerated False imprisonment of a minor
Little Eddie Hairston Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse 2nd degree
Lonnie Jerome Franklin Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Lonnie Vick Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Luis Angel Dela-Pena Incarcerated Child molestation
Luis Arturo Pena Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Luther Bedwell Jr. Not Incarcerated Sexual offense sodomy 1st degree
Lynn Andrew Miller Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Manuel G. Castro Not Incarcerated Aggravated criminal sexual abuse with a victim under the age of 13
Mario Tapia Incarcerated Statutory rape
Mark Anthony Leonard Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Mark Lee Baker Not Incarcerated Pandering of a person under 18 years of age
Markus Alvin Hambrick Not Incarcerated Child molestation – 3rd degree
Marvin Lamar Babb Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Mathew Glenn Moon Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Matthew Patton Locke Not Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of a minor
Matthew Thomas Hilley Not Incarcerated
Matthew Wayne Blue Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Matthew Wilbergene Dover Incarcerated Child molestation
Melvin William Collins Not Incarcerated Sexual assault of a child
Michael Andrew Phillips Not Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Michael Anthony Ridley Not Incarcerated Lewd and lascivious act and sexual battery
Michael Eugene Truitt Not Incarcerated Rape
Michael Jason Noblitt Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Michael John McLarney Jr. Not Incarcerated Rape
Michael Joseph Pratt Not Incarcerated Aggravated statutory rape
Michael Justin Gribble Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Michael Peter Espy Incarcerated Child molestation
Micheal Larry Morgan Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Millard Dean Bradley Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Nathan Noel Peek Not Incarcerated Aggravated assault with an intent to rape
Neal Arthur French Sutton Not Incarcerated Abusive sexual contact
Neal Melvin Parrish Not Incarcerated Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16
Onofre Rodriguez Jr. Incarcerated Statutory rape
Oscar Rendon Rendon Sr. Incarcerated Child molestation
Patrick Collins Nix Not Incarcerated Sexual assault against person in custody, on probation or parole, patient in a hospital etc
Paul Andrew Baer Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Paul Anthony Joseph Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Paul Douglas Arnold Not Incarcerated Aggravated assault with an intent to rape
Pedro Ivan Medina Incarcerated Aggravated assault
Phillip Anthony Utterburg Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Preston A. Clark Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Raffie Luther Green Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Ramona Alma Orona Not Incarcerated Lewd or lascivious act with a minor under 16
Randall Clayton Townsend Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Randall Lee Morgan Sr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Randy Keith Boutin Not Incarcerated Sexual offense attempted forcible rape
Randy Scott Famber Incarcerated Child molestation
Ranulfo Gonzalez Pina Incarcerated Child molestation
Ray Lynn Sherrill Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Raymond Christopher Nelson Incarcerated Child molestation
Richard Charlie Roach Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Richard Lamar Betterton Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Richard Lawrence Chesney Incarcerated Child molestation
Richard Paul Knight Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Rickey Dean Shaffer Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Ricky Edward Silvers Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Ricky John Vanmunn Incarcerated Aggravated sexual battery
Ricky K. Barnes Incarcerated Child molestation
Ricky Lee Barmore Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Robert Allen Davis Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Robert E. Watson Not Incarcerated False imprisonment of minor
Robert Earl Vance Jr. Not Incarcerated Fondling
Robert Lewis Prather Not Incarcerated Aggravated sexual battery
Robert Terrell Lovelace Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Robert William Nix Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Robin Gerene Bierig Incarcerated Child molestation
Roderick Shondelle Freeman Incarcerated Child molestation
Rodolfo Matthew Fraire Incarcerated Statutory rape
Rodrigo Lucas Incarcerated Statutory rape
Ronald Dale Hesselrode Not Incarcerated Statutory sodomy in the first degree with a person under 14 years old
Ronald Williams Jr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Ronny Dale Lanham Jr. Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Rory Donovan Krone Not Incarcerated Forcible sexual abuse
Roy Clayton Gaddis Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Royal Cliford Smith Incarcerated Child molestation
Samuel David Keeler Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Samuel Dean Pendergrass Incarcerated Rape 2nd degree
Samuel Edward Swim Not Incarcerated Criminal solicitation of a minor
Samuel Gaines Frank Locklear Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Samuel Virgil Whitt Incarcerated Statutory rape
Sean Patrick Hammontree Incarcerated Child molestation
Shalliek Andra Bynum Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Shawn Michael Jones Incarcerated Statutory rape
Stacy Lee Newport Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Stanley Eugene Ware Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Stephen Conroy Deal Not Incarcerated Aggravated sexual battery
Sterling Edward Brown Not Incarcerated Attempted pornography involving juveniles
Steven Eugne Jordan Not Incarcerated Sexual assault of a child
Steven Perry Smith Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Steven William Graham Not Incarcerated Sexual imposition
Terry Alan Roper Incarcerated Sexual exploitation of children
Terry Lamar Jennings Not Incarcerated Rape
Terry Lee Bryant Incarcerated Statutory rape
Terry Lynn McBrayer Not Incarcerated Aggravated sodomy
Terry Wayne Ballenger Not Incarcerated Sexual abuse 1st degree
Thomas Allen Somes Incarcerated Criminal sexual conduct 4th degree
Thomas Allen Treadway Incarcerated Statutory rape
Thomas Edward Hamby Not Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
Thomas Gerald Davis Sr. Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Thomas Joel Parrish Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Thomas Lee Holmes Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Tiffany Ann Brackett Incarcerated Child molestation
Timothy Austin Patterson Jr. Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Timothy Lee Richards Incarcerated Child molestation
Timothy Neil Hudson Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Timothy Paul Nunley Not Incarcerated Sexual battery
Tommy Dale Long Not Incarcerated Possession of child pornography on computer
Tommy Wayne Ellard Incarcerated Statutory rape
Tony Eugene Vance Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Travis Anthony Britton Steele Not Incarcerated Lewd or indecent proposals or act to a child
Travis Ritchie Cline Not Incarcerated
Trinidad Saenz Not Incarcerated Statutory rape
Tristian Delany Smith Incarcerated Child molestation
Troy Lamar Keeler Incarcerated Enticing a child for indecent purposes
Valentino Duane Macon Incarcerated Child molestation
Victor Manuel Pabon Not Incarcerated Child molestation
Virgil McKeachie Incarcerated Criminal attempt to commit child molestation
Wayne Lamar Hasty Incarcerated Child molestation
Wayne Lowery Fox Incarcerated Aggravated assault with an intent to rape
Wesley Clinton Cowan Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Will Eugenio Lemay Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
William Battles Not Incarcerated Sodomy – felony
William Carl Dustin Norman Not Incarcerated Sexual assault
William Dwight Massingil Incarcerated Statutory rape
William Isaac Dyer Incarcerated Statutory rape
William Jay Patton Incarcerated Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age
William Joseph Bennett Not Incarcerated Molestation of a minor
William Joseph Slaton Not Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
William Taylor White Not Incarcerated Child molestation
William Thomas Boyd Not Incarcerated Federal/military sex crime conviction
Xander Kyle Morris Incarcerated Aggravated child molestation
Zachary Cabe Rogers Not Incarcerated Sexual battery
Zachary Daniel Sosebee Not Incarcerated Statutory rape


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