[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Even worse than that is living near a yankees fan.

Uh oh seems like something worse has come in here a Sox fan. Think there is a pill for that

[J1ceasar]

The only safe places are near schools, but check out their history and r3asons first . most of not all are minor offenses like dating a under age person , going back 40 years . p.s. 1 out of 100 here have arrest records! Statistically!

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by J1ceasar

The only safe places are near schools,

Near schools is no safer............creepers just can't reside near. Creepers can travel.

[gemini5001]

Originally Posted by lorilorilori

and how many Drug Dealers ? Felons ? Prostitutes ? Drunks ?

Hey...don't pick on prostitutes...I like them 😜

[amdubuc]

Getting on that list is incredibly easy and often unfair. Getting off it is next to impossible.
My niece was put on at 11 years old. Thanks to a wicked stepmother who wanted her out of the house. Her life has been seriously damaged by people checking the “Sex Offenders List” without any knowledge of the person’s actual “OFFENSE”!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Even worse than that is living near a yankees fan.

I grew up 6 miles from Fenway Park and have been a die hard Red Sox fans since birth. I have plenty of friends that are Yankees fans.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD

I checked and there are 7 near me,
Kinda scary

check out this website FDLE - Sexual Offender and Predator System

Another reason to get a concealed carry permit and get trained.

[sloanst]

Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson can help. So can Mrs. Beretta and Ms. Glock.

[B-flat]

Originally Posted by Stuart Zaikov

Hmm sounds like you are a Red Sox fan

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Drdoug49

As TV grows, it’s just seems more under desirables will join us, simple math

And many more desirables as well. The percentage of “undesirables” will hopefully not increase

[tedquick]

Here’s a thought: regardless of how many former offenders may be on any list and where they may live from you, how many have replicated any of those abuses here in The Villages? I’ve lived here for six years and have not heard of any. Am I missing reports of such or are there other things that we can think about other than who might be living next door?

[Jacob85]

Worked supervising sex offenders for 32 years. The conviction means they were caught and convicted. Most of them have committed many more sex offenses during their life and possession of child pornography is not a small thing. It’s way too complicated to say here .

[Westie Man]

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

It’s worthwhile clicking on the little houses and learning more about the people before getting worked up. In a one mile circle surrounding my house, only one person is shown, at the far edge of that area. He’s almost 85, only five feet tall, and was found guilty of possessing a photo of a child in a sexual position. Somehow he doesn’t seem like someone you should worry about very much. Many of the offenders shown were not convicted because of physical crimes against others, but of possessing something illegal. The vast majority shown in the area of The Villages seem not be listed as predators, but as men who have offended at some time, often just once. Many offenders at this level have been scared straight and are not people to worry about. If their interest was or is in children, then a city with virtually no children, mostly older people, with lots of healthy activities to occupy the mind and body, seems like the healthiest place for them to be. Remember that people on this database are primarily there so we can know who and where they are and be cautious, not so that we can destroy their lives all over again. In most cases, these people have paid their debt to society. Also, a man convicted of something at age 50 may have lost most of his interest in it by the time he is 70, due to decreasing testosterone or increasing love of golf or pickle ball. (Joking) thus, not much of a threat.

That said, it’s true that a lot of the non-sexual crime stemming from The Villages (and there is very little of it) seems to come from grown children of villagers who for some reason are living with them and often being mean to them, or going to some bar to pick up a new friend and getting into trouble. Should we do something about them?

What if there were a database of people who have been arrested for non-sexual violence, such as spouse abuse or fights or resisting arrest after an arrest for shoplifting or driving under the influence? That would be interesting, and there might be more people on it, both men and women.

I'd like to know who the violent convicts around me are.

[cheweycat]

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

[Dlbonivich]

As a realtor over the years I have had people ask me about this. I have always told them the place to check online. There is nowhere I have lived, 17 different places, that didn’t have numerous amounts of sexual predators. Larger cities more than rural area, but they are everywhere none the less.