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Sex offenders required to update registration
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Posted on Oct 07 2008
All convicted sex offenders in the CNMI are being required to update their registration files before Oct. 24, 2008, as part of a regularly scheduled monitoring and compliance check on all offenders.
In a notice issued yesterday, the Sex Offender Registry Unit of the Department of Public Safety said all convicted sex offenders must visit the SOR office, located at the DPS Central Office in Susupe, between now and by 4:30pm of Oct. 24, 2008.
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 provides for the use of federal law enforcement resources—including the U.S. Marshals Service—to assist a state in locating and apprehending non-compliant sex offenders. This act also makes it a federal offense, punishable up to 10 years in prison based upon interstate commerce for sex offenders who have not registered at the jurisdiction they reside and have moved to another state/territory.
Any person convicted of a sexual crime is required under Public Law 11-104 to register as a sex offender at the Department of Public Safety. Public Law 11-104 mandates DPS, Adult Probation and the Office of Parole to register, update, photograph, fingerprint and keep on file all information about these offenders and to share, coordinate and update other affected law enforcement agencies.
The Sex Offender Registry Unit scheduled this month its third quarter monitoring operations and compliance checks on offenders.
“Due to the size of the community in the CNMI, offenders easily change addresses, contact numbers, vehicles and employment status; therefore, the unit deems it necessary to conduct these operations in order to keep offenders compliant with their registry information,” DPS said in the statement.
All offenders who are in violation of Public Law 11-104 are advised to update their registration documents as to avoid a year of imprisonment and up to $1,000.00 in fines.
For further information, contact Officer Tricia Seman at 664-9026.[B][I] (Saipan Tribune)[/I][/B]
