Operation Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders

Subject: Operation Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:26 pm

Great job by the task force!

I was shocked at the number of sex offenders required to register in Escambia County. pale

Quote :: Operation Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders
March 23, 2013

At least 50 wanted people were locked up courtesy of a sweep led by U.S. Marshals and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office targeting the Sex Offenders who failed to keep up with their state mandated registration requirements as registered sex offenders. The week long operation known as Operation F.A.S.T.E.R. (Federally Assisting State Teams Enforcing Registration) also cleared over 50 warrants.

Escambia County was chosen because of the sheer number of people required to register as sex offenders reportedly living in the county.

“There are over 850 people who fit that requirement here in Escambia County,” said Inspector Dominic Guadagnoli of the Task Force. “When our investigators started delving into that list and saw that more and more of those people were not doing what they were supposed to; along with the Sheriff’s Office we decided it was time to make an effort to find some of these ‘missing’ offenders.”

Early Monday morning members of the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF), to also include task force officers from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton County Sheriff’s Offices and Fort Walton Beach Police Department met to kick off the round-up. During the course of the operation, the FRFTF also provided Deputy Marshals from Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee and Gainesville as well as equipment to support the apprehension efforts.

“As usual when governmental agencies partner in the spirit of cooperation, success is almost a given,” said Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan. “We are proud to have been a part of this effort led by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force and the State Attorney’s Office in taking known sexual predators off the streets of Escambia County, thereby ensuring the safety of our children.”

Although unlike on numerous occasions in the past where the FRFTF, state and local law enforcement agencies have rallied together to arrest violent fugitives; Operation FASTER is the first effort led by the U.S. Marshals and the Escambia Sheriff’s Office, with the full support of the State Attorney’s Office that was completely coordinated and executed on placing emphasis on the capture of just sex offenders. The U.S. Marshals adopted such interagency teamwork in the early 1980s, when they combined their resources and expertise in fugitive apprehension with the local knowledge and unique insight of officers on the street level.

Commander Frank Chiumento who oversees the FRFTF added, “The officers that work these operations live in the communities they serve,” Professionally, they feel they have an obligation to the community, personally they want their neighbors and their families to feel safe and they are doing something about it,” said Chiumento.

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Very disturbing, Riceme.

Thanks for posting.

I had one move in next door to me at my former home and it's a really eerie feeling.

Ya know, you try not to judge, but it's eerie.

Hopefully this measure will have an impact.

Subject: Re: Operation Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:10 pm

Yikes. I would most certainly be upset if a registered sex offender moved in next door to me. I am signed up on the alert system to be notified if any move within a 5-mile radius. Fortunately there are currently only two registered sex offenders within a 10-mile radius, so apparently they don't like my neighborhood too well, and that suits me perfectly fine.