14 convicted sex offenders were arrested over the last four weeks for
violations of the sex offender registry law in a joint effort between the Crime
Intelligence Analysis Unit, The Violent Crimes Unit, The Gang Enforcement Team
and the Street Crimes Unit. The violations include failure to report, failure to pay
fees, failure to report changes of information, and living too close to a school or
daycare
The law requires all convicted sex offenders to register and report on either a
yearly or quarterly basis depending on their classification. The offender must keep
the registering agency up to date on all addresses, employment locations, vehicles
they own and/or drive, any e-mail addresses or electronic names or monikers, next
of kin, phone numbers alternate addresses, arrests and incarcerations and a whole
list of other items.
It is also a violation for any convicted sex offender, whose victim was a minor,
to knowingly establish a primary or secondary residence or any other living
accommodation, knowingly obtain sexual offender treatment or attend a sexual
offender treatment program or knowingly accept employment within one thousand
feet (1,000') of the property line of any public school, private or parochial school,
licensed day care center, other child care facility, public park, playground, recreation
center or public athletic field available for use by the general public.
The Jackson Police Department has approximately 90 offenders to monitor
and track to insure they remain in compliance. You can see where these offenders
live at www.crimereports.com by looking up Jackson TN.
When the Offender violates the law it is a class E felony. No person violating
the sex offender registry laws shall be eligible for suspension of sentence, diversion
or probation until the minimum sentence is served in its entirety.
The first violation is punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred fifty
dollars ($350), and imprisonment for not less than ninety (90) days.
A second violation is punishable by a fine of not less than six hundred
dollarsv($600), and imprisonment for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days.
A third or subsequent violation is punishable by a fine of not less than one
thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100), and imprisonment for not less than one (1)
year.
Sex Offenders can also be searched by name and county of residence on the
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation website
http://www.ticic.state.tn.us/sorinternet/sosearch.aspx
The following individuals were arrested:
Destion Osbourn 1207 Prospect
Victor Byndum 162 Turtle Creek
Makairous Whiteside 39L Red Oak
Daricus Shaw 426 Lexington St
James C Williams 327 Laconte St
William Lewis Smith 88B Rosewood Circle
Derand Ingram 14 Comanche Cove
Thomas Hudson 113 Vance St
James Driver 431 Hatton St
Derik Gibson (2nd Offense) 50 Amberwood Cove
Stanley Bates 245 E Orleans
Tremaine Croom 261 McCree
Rondrez Billings 907 Wallace Rd
Defungio Newsom 156B Russell Rd
We also have active warrants for sex offender violations on the following individuals.
These individuals have either provided bad addresses, failed to provide addresses
or Officers have been unable to locate them.
Charlie McCory, III 6/30/70
Kennie Wallace Bivens 2/7/68
Gary Blankenship 10/29/59
Antwan Croom a.k.a. Antwan Herron 1/4/1980
James Edward Hunt 12/24/65
Anthony T Mitchell 7/21/71
James H Degroat 2/7/46
Christopher Michael Smith 2/18/83
Freddie Lee Yarbrough (2nd Offense) 9/22/63
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these individuals can call the
Jackson Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit at 425-8400 or Crimestoppers at
424-TIPS.
