This Week's Offenders
Because hundreds of sex offenders are falling off the registry, News 12 shows you their pictures. We want to take away the cloak of secrecy--we're putting sex offenders In Plain Sight. Click here to see this week's offenders. |
Sex offenders in your kids' school
Last Updated: 7:03 PM 05/14/08 -
Parents in Aiken County are worried their kids are crossing into danger without being notified there are sex offenders in the same classrooms as their children. (Full Story) |
Johnston man accused of sex crimes against 9-year-old
Last Updated: 6:59 PM 04/11/08 -
A Johnston man is facing sex charges for crimes against a nine-year-old girl. Deputies arrested George Jones Wednesday. (Full Story) |
Graniteville man accused of new child sex charges
Last Updated: 5:51 PM 04/07/08 -
Aiken County deputies have arrested William "Bucky" Hicks on more charges for a series of sexual assaults on a boy dating back to the 1970s. (Full Story) |
Wanted man turns self in
Last Updated: 6:08 PM 04/04/08 -
Timothy Roberson had been wanted on child molestation charge. (Full Story) |
SC teacher pleads guilty to pornography charges
Last Updated: 11:00 AM 03/14/08 -
A 48-year-old high school teacher from Aiken pleads guilty to distributing child pornography. (Full Story) |
Sex offender bill makes progress in SC House
Last Updated: 1:51 PM 03/11/08 -
The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill that would limit where certain sex offenders can live. (Full Story) |
Bill aimed at online sexual predators
Last Updated: 3:17 PM 02/28/08 -
State Representative Hardie Davis (D-Augusta) is sponsoring a bill in the Georgia Legislature to protect children from online sexual predators. (Full Story) |
Georgia girl found after high-speed chase in Tennessee
Last Updated: 5:30 PM 02/21/08 -
A four-year old Georgia girl missing since last Friday has been rescued in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. (Full Story) |
Wanted sex offender
Last Updated: 11:52 AM 02/20/08 -
Richmond County deputies are searching for Adam Nolan Venable, 22, for failing to register as a sex offender with his proper address. (Full Story) |
Teacher gets prison in sex case
Last Updated: 7:57 PM 02/19/08 -
A former middle school teacher has been sent to prison for six years for having sex with five teenage boys. (Full Story) |
Sex offenders wanted for failing to register
Last Updated: 5:28 PM 02/07/08 -
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office says one wanted sex offender is now in jail. Walter Jones of Aiken was arrested Wednesday night. Five others are still wanted for failing to register properly. (Full Story) |
Email leads investigators to arrest man on sex charges
Last Updated: 12:53 PM 01/25/08 -
Aiken County investigators say this isn't the first time 60-year-old William Bucky Hicks Junior has been accused of a sexual assault on a young boy. (Full Story) |
Graniteville man arrested on sex charges
Last Updated: 3:15 PM 01/24/08 -
A 60-year-old Graniteville man has been arrested by Aiken County deputies on nine counts involving sex acts with a minor. (Full Story) |
Sex offender surrenders
Last Updated: 11:11 AM 01/23/08 -
Wanted sex offender Tony Bagwell of Salley has surrendered to Aiken
County deputies. (Full Story) |
Wanted sex offenders
Last Updated: 5:49 PM 01/18/08 -
Aiken County deputies search for three men who have failed to register. (Full Story) |
No decision on Aiken County sex offender ordinance
Last Updated: 10:39 AM 01/16/08 -
The Aiken County Council met Tuesday to discuss a proposed ordinance limiting where sex offenders can live, but no decision was made on adopting it. (Full Story) |
Lexington effectively bans sex offenders
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 01/09/08 -
Lexington has approved an ordinance that effectively bans registered sex offenders from moving to the town. (Full Story) |
Youth pastor accused of sex crimes with minor
Last Updated: 7:28 PM 01/02/08 -
A local youth pastor is in trouble with the law. Falcon Davis of Rose Boulevard is accused of sex crimes with a minor. (Full Story) |
Changes to GA Sex Offender Law
Last Updated: 7:21 PM 11/29/07 -
The Georgia Supreme Court's decision to change part of the state's sex offender law is facing some resistance. (Full Story) |
Salley man arrested for series of sexual assaults
Last Updated: 12:12 PM 11/14/07 -
Deputies say between 1974 and 1988, 73-year-old Dale Cooper assaulted two girls in his home. (Full Story) |
South Carolina makes 100th internet predator arrest
Last Updated: 4:42 PM 11/07/07 -
Attorney General Henry McMaster says the task force has made its 100th arrest of people suspected of soliciting children for sex over the internet. (Full Story) |
Aiken County sex offenders required to attend event
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 10/31/07 -
Sex offenders living in Aiken County will all be in one place Halloween night, attending an event sponsored by the sheriff's department. (Full Story) |
Genarlow Wilson released from prison
Last Updated: 6:01 PM 10/26/07 -
The AP reports Genarlow Wilson, who was serving a 10-year sentence for consensual oral sex with another teenager, is now a free man. (Full Story) |
Edgefield County sex offender wanted
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 10/25/07 -
Deputies are looking for Howard Russell Bodie of Rainbow Falls Road. He's accused of criminal sexual conduct with a ten-year-old girl. (Full Story) |
Sexual misconduct nearly a quarter of SC teacher discipline problems
Last Updated: 2:00 PM 10/22/07 -
Background checks, credential reviews, and interviews. They're all part of the process in hiring South Carolina teachers...but they might not be enough. (Full Story) |
Meloan's medical condition to be evaluated
Last Updated: 6:44 PM 10/10/07 -
Convicted sex offender Ed Meloan has been moved from the Aiken County Jail to a prison in Columbia where his medical condition will be evaluated. (Full Story) |
Only on 12: Meloan victim speaks out
Last Updated: 11:48 AM 10/16/07 -
One of Meloan's victims, the man who blew the whistle on Meloan, is speaking exclusively with News 12 about what happened. (Full Story) |
Meloan sentenced to 78 years
Last Updated: 12:49 PM 10/10/07 -
Former TV host and North Augusta Planning Commission member Ed Meloan is going to jail for the rest of his life. (Full Story) |
Child porn case against teen daycare worker may expand
Last Updated: 11:24 AM 10/05/07 -
The investigation against an 18-year-old could be getting bigger. Aaron Miller was arrested after someone found a naked photo of a three-year-old girl in his wallet. (Full Story) |
Photo of naked child found in child care worker's wallet
Last Updated: 4:10 PM 10/03/07 -
Richmond County investigators found 18-year-old Aaron Miller's wallet with a picture of a naked four-year-old girl in it. (Full Story) |
Augusta man gets 11 years for child porn
Last Updated: 2:40 PM 10/03/07 -
Tommy Drawdy of Augusta was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal court for transporting child pornography over the internet. (Full Story) |
Meloan hearing delayed
Last Updated: 5:11 PM 10/02/07 -
A hearing for Ed Meloan, the North Augusta man accused of sexually assaulting several children, has been delayed. (Full Story) |
421 years for kidnapper, rapist
Last Updated: 4:00 PM 09/19/07 -
Vinson Filyaw was sentenced Wednesday to 421 years in prison. Filyaw was convicted of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and raping her in an underground bunker. (Full Story) |
Accused kidnapper, rapist pleads guilty
Last Updated: 5:21 PM 09/18/07 -
The man who kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl in a dungeon is probably headed for prison for the rest of his life. (Full Story) |
Former principal gets probation for fondling
Last Updated: 11:56 AM 09/18/07 -
A former Barnwell County principal got five years probation after pleading guilty to fondling a mentally retarded woman. (Full Story) |
North Augusta man arrested in internet predator sting
Last Updated: 7:17 PM 09/11/07 -
A North Augusta man is in jail after investigators say he tried to solicit sex online from a minor. (Full Story) |
People speak out on sex offender law
Last Updated: 7:14 PM 09/05/07 -
Some sex offenders living in Aiken County may have less than 2 weeks until they are forced to move. News 12 talked to some of you to see what you'd like the new law to include. (Full Story) |
Reformed sex offender says he can't escape stigma
Last Updated: 7:48 PM 08/31/07 -
People are always concerned about sex offenders living near them. Now, a sex offender comes forward to tell Gene Petriello his story. (Full Story) |
Sex offender registries may not be accurate
Last Updated: 7:34 PM 08/30/07 -
You check the sex offender registry hoping to find the kind of information you need to keep your kids safe. But News 12 has found some startling news. (Full Story) |
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