Massive valley wide sex offender hunt in Las Vegas

by nukemdomis | June 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm | 643 views | 7 comments

It's no secret that Las Vegas is big on drinking, gambling, and even legalized prostitution, but when it comes to convicted sex offenders here in Las Vegas, the law doesn't mess around. Our law enforcement is actually going door to door looking for these missing sex offenders.

Have a look at the full story and if you want more information. Check out the video that goes along with this story which shows how involved the community is in finding this 275 missing sex offenders. Very informative.

Metro Police are asking for the public's help tracking down sex offenders. Police say there are 275 unregistered sex offenders loose in the valley and they don't know where to find them.

Sex offenders are required to list their addresses with law enforcement so they can be tracked. But some of them have moved, used fake addresses or just hiding out and police are franticly trying to find them before they attack again.

For six months Metro Police Officers have been going door to door trying to pin down where the valley's 4,200 sex offenders live. In nearly 300 cases, officers came up empty handed.

"We have found some vacant addresses, vacant lots where people have used as their addresses," said Captain Vincent Cannito with Metro's Crimes Against Youth & Family Detail.

Larry James Washington is one of the sex offenders who didn't keep his address up to date. Police found him after his dogs attacked a salesperson. Now investigators are trying to track down 275 others who didn't keep their contact information on file.

"When they disappear in a big city, you can only do so much. Evil people want to hide and out can't always find them," said parent Lisa Racine.

Watch the Police Searching For Hundreds of Sex Offenders at LasVegasNow.com [VIDEO]

Visit the State of Nevada's Sex Offender Registry

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jordan

at 13:10 on June 15th, 2008

good stuff:

nukemdomis, I like this story. It's good stuff.

JessiesMomGlendene

at 14:53 on June 15th, 2008

My daughter is missing in Las Vegas, but not by choice. She is a human trafficking victim and an endangered missing person. In Canada, where we are from, she is being investigated by the Serious Crimes division and 2 human trafficking task forces in Edmonton, AB...1 in Vancouver, BC and ATLAS (Anti-Trafficking League Against Slavery) in Las Vegas.

For more info on my daughter, read my stories on here, go to our homepage www.jessiefoster.ca or simply Google "missing Jessie Foster" and you will get lots.

Thank you. Glendene Grant.

nukemdomis

at 17:28 on June 15th, 2008

Hey Mom,

My only question to you is if your daughter is missing by choice or just missing because she hasn't been in contact with you? I've lived in Las Vegas for 25 years now and this valley is my small playground. Do you have a picture you can post of her? I ask this because on an average day in Las Vegas, I tend to see at least 5,000 different people.

Human trafficking?