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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Ind. Courts - "Sex offender wants off registry"

Bob Kasarda reports today in the NWI Times:

VALPARAISO | Officials were surprised Monday when a convicted sex offender walked into court carrying a toddler to ask the judge to relieve him of the obligation of registering for life for his crime.

Johnnathan Fuller, 34, of Michigan City, who also has gone by the name Geoffrey Jacobs, said when he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery in 1998, he was required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

The law subsequently changed, and, because both of his victims were under the age of 12, Fuller now is required to register for life, Deputy Prosecutor Cheryl Polarek said. * * *

Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford took the request under consideration.

Neil Hannon, chief of Porter County Adult Probation, said while Fuller still is required to register as a sex offender, he has been off probation for seven years and is allowed to be around children.

Polarek said this is the first petition of this sort to make it to court.

Perhaps the first to make it to court in Porter County.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 15, 2008 09:15 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts