Phillip Garrido (Dept. of Justice)
In the working-class neighborhood of Antioch, Calif., where the sex offender and accused abductor of Jaycee Lee Dugard lived, there are over 100 registered sex offenders.
According to the Associated Press, three other registered sex offenders live within just a block or two from Phillip Garrido’s.
Charles Mickelson, who lives a block from Garrido and next door to two other registered sex offenders, told the AP, “We’ve got plenty of ‘em around here.”
Small communities such as Antioch tend to attract sex offenders because in such locations, it is easier for them to comply with laws requiring them to keep their distance from places where children gather, such as schools and parks.
Joan Petersilia, the co-director of Stanford University’s Criminal Justice Center, said “They want to operate under the radar, so that’s the reason they move out there.”
The AP reports that Antioch, Calif. has more registered sex offenders per capita than San Francisco and several other San Francisco Bay area communities.
Booking photo of Nancy Garrido (AP)
The state approved Jessica’s Law in 2006, which prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a park or school. It also requires them to wear a satellite tracking device for life. The law came about after, 9-year-old Jessica Lundsford, was kidnapped, raped, and then buried alive by a convicted sex offender that lived near her Florida home.
Nonetheless, the law does not work retroactively and did not apply to Garrido because he was convicted of rape and kidnapping in the 70s—well before Jessica’s Law was enacted.
Garrido was registered as a sex offender, with his photo, name, address, and offense posted online. He was also on lifetime parole, requiring him to regularly report to a parole officer and wear a tracking device. But, even with these restrictions, he was able to kidnap and conceal Jaycee and the two children he fathered with her in the family backyard for almost two decades.
Garrido and his wife, Nancy, are accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old Jaycee in 1991, and have pleaded not guilty to 29 felony charges, including kidnapping, rape, and false imprisonment.
To read the criminal complaint against the Garridos, click here.
To see the early search for Jaycee, click here.
To see photos surrounding the case, click here.
To see photos of missing children found alive, click here.
JAYCEE LEE DUGARD RELATED STORIE, VIDEO, AND PHOTOS :
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Philip Garrido recorded songs re his love for girls (photo, video links)
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Police say Phillip Garrido raped 14-year-old girl in 1972 (photo links)
- Jaycee Lee Dugard: Nancy Garrido worked as nursing aide (photo and video links)
- Jaycee Lee Dugard's father wants to kill sex offender Phillip Garrido
- Pink ribbon parade for Jaycee Lee Dugard to take place on Sunday
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido admitted he was overcome by fantasies of rape
- Jaycee Lee Dugard: Phillip Garrido’s victim, Katie Callaway Hall, talks to Larry King
- The search for Jaycee Lee Dugard (photos)
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido's first wife says he tried to blind her with safety pin
- Jaycee Lee Dugard and family have emotional reunion
- Index of national crime articles about the Jaycee Lee Dugard case
- Jaycee Lee Dugard: Missing children who were found alive (slideshow)
- Experts say Stockholm syndrome reason Jaycee Dugard did not attempt escape
- Psychic says she predicted Jaycee Lee Dugard would be found safe
- Photos of hidden backyard where Jaycee Lee Dugard lived for 18 years
- Jaycee Lee Dugard not always locked away during 18 years with Garrido
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido's home searched in connection with prostitute murders
- Law enforcement says Jaycee Lee Dugard could have been rescued years ago
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido's father says he 'should be treated like a crazy person'
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido gives telephone interview to news media (link provided)
- Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Client says Phillip Garrido talked in circles about religion
- Video: Jaycee Lee Dugard case covered on 'Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell'
- Slideshow: The Jaycee Lee Dugard case
- Alleged abductor of Jaycee Lee Dugard, Phillip Garrido arrested for rape, kidnapping in 1976
- Video: Jaycee Lee Dugard August 27, 2009 press conference
- Aerial photo of secret backyard where Phillip Garrido held Jaycee Lee Dugard and 2 children
- Authorities: Garrido had 2 children with Jaycee Lee Dugard, kept them isolated in secret backyard
- Phillip Garrido on parole for kidnapping at time of Jaycee Lee Dugard abduction
- Sex offender and wife charged in Jaycee Lee Dugard case
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All the attention given to registered sex offenders gives a distorted perception of the more likely perpetrators of sex crimes against children. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 93% of children who are victims of sexual abuse are victimized by family members or acquaintances. 94% of those arrested for the sexual molestation of children in New York State are first time offenders who are not listed on any registry. To put it another way, if a child has been the victim of sexual abuse, the odds are 4 in 1,000 that the child was victimized by a stranger who is a registered sex offender. The odds are far greater, 874 in 1,000, that the child was victimized by a family member or acquaintance who is not listed on the sex offender registry. The primary effect of sex offender registries is to give the public a false sense of security.
The cops needs to drag in evey one of this turds known associates and see if they were a part of the gang rapes this girl had to endure. If so, put a bullet in their head.
In an article titled, "Antioch not the sex offender rat's nest that media suggests, data show"
It gives the true data.
The Bay Area News Group analysis also casts doubt on a thicket of speculation that Jessica's Law has fueled a significant migration of Bay Area sex offenders to
Sex offenders per capita (estimated)
Rank
Zip code
City
County
Per 1,000 residents
1 95462 Monte Rio Sonoma 4.5
2 94612 Oakland Alameda 4.4
3 94511 Bethel Island Contra Costa 4.2
4 95126 San Jose Santa Clara 3.5
5 94103 San Francisco San Francisco 3.5
6 94590 Vallejo Solano 3.3
7 95112 San Jose Santa Clara 3.2
8 94607 Oakland Alameda 3.1
9 94102 San Francisco San Francisco 3.1
10 95002 Alviso Santa Clara 2.8
39 94509 Antioch Contra Costa 1.5
BAY AREA 0.9
I forgot where I see the statics but approximately 30 percent, 1 out of 3 on the registry were individuals convicted of Romeo & Juliet cases for teen consensual sex.. Once they reach 18 they are put on the public registry and you cannot tell who is what.
What the law makers fail to do is separate the truly dangerous from those who are low to no risk.
Example
1. Those who did NOT KNOW their victim - The stranger
2. The VIOLENT offender
3. The REPEAT offender
In this case Garrido fit all three categories.
93% of all sex offenses occure IN THE HOME by a family member or by those known to the family. This category has an extremely low recidivist rate. about 5%.
When will the law makers learn and quit writing law that endangers children?? Because the laws as they are written today, "DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD."
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