{"id":39429,"date":"2016-03-23T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=39429"},"modified":"2016-03-23T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:11:47","slug":"how-many-sexual-offenders-and-predators-live-in-lehigh-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/03\/how-many-sexual-offenders-and-predators-live-in-lehigh-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Sexual Offenders and Predators Live in Lehigh Acres?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to FDLE using March 22, 2016 data there were 182 Sexual Offenders and 16\u00a0 Sexual Predators living within 5 miles of downtown Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n

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Cape Coral has 96 Sexual Offenders and 4 Sexual Predators and Fort Myers has 274 Sexual Offenders and 28 Sexual Predators living with a Fort Myers address.<\/p>\n

You can check out the database yourself at https:\/\/offender.fdle.state.fl.us\/offender\/homepage.do<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the difference between a sexual offender and a predator?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Florida statutes<\/a>, a sexual offender is a person convicted of (or who has pled no contest or guilty to) a sex offense involving a minor and who is released on or after October 1, 1997 from the sanction (e.g., fine, incarceration, probation, etc.) imposed as a result of the offense. Offenses include, but aren\u2019t limited to, child pornography, sexual performance by a child under 18 and procuring a person under 18 for purposes of prostitution. Consult the Florida statutes for a complete listing of offenses.<\/p>\n

A predator designation requires that a person be convicted of a first-degree felony sex crime, or two second-degree felony sex crimes (with offenses, convictions or release from court sanctions occurring within 10 years) and which occurred after October 1, 1993. In addition, the court must issue a written order finding for predator status.<\/p>\n

Florida law requires sexual offenders and sexual predators to register their address with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or the local sheriff\u2019s office. Details on\u00a0registration requirements<\/a>\u00a0are available at FDLE\u2019s web site; a\u00a0searchable database of predators and offenders<\/a>\u00a0residing in Florida is also available at the FDLE site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to FDLE using March 22, 2016 data there were 182 Sexual Offenders and 16\u00a0 Sexual Predators living within 5 miles of downtown Lehigh Acres. Cape Coral has 96 Sexual… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}