There were 146 registered sex offenders living in Chattooga County as of the week ending Jan. 3, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.
Among them, 12 were considered sexual predators by the Registry. In Georgia, a sexual predator is an individual who is determined by the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to be at risk of perpetrating any future dangerous sexual offense.
The Registry also shows that 30 of these sex offenders are currently incarcerated.
Sex offenders in Georgia remain on the Sexual Offender Registry for life unless removed by a court order or other legal means. Any individual who fails to register when required “shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 30 years,” according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Under Georgia law, sex offenders must register with the sheriff in their county of residence, employment, and schooling. They must update their information within 10 days of any change and notify authorities when moving in or out of state.
The number of registered sex offenders in the U.S. reached approximately 795,000 as of August 2024, an increase of nearly 43,000 individuals (about 6%) since 2019. In the same month, Georgia’s registry listed nearly 25,000 individuals.
Registered Sex Offenders in Chattooga County as of the Week Ending Jan. 3
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Wesley Harris Jr. | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Danny Joe Bloodsworth | Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
| Derrick Eugene Dodson | Incarcerated | Rape |
| Douglas Timothy Reed | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| George Clements Gilham | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| George Walter Presley | Incarcerated | Rape of a minor |
| Gilbert John Padilla | Incarcerated | Lewd and lascivious acts with a child |
| Gregory William Koonce II | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Hoyt Murrell Marks | Incarcerated | Rape |
| James Edward Brown Jr. | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jamey Paul Burrage | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jason Brooks Treadaway | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jerrontae Morris | Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Justin David Adams | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kenneth Lee Trammel | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Thomas Tucker | Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Larry Eugene Williams | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Maurice Montez Brown | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Melvin Lewis Brown | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Michael Antonio Lay | Incarcerated | Rape |
| Michael Like Shedd | Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Michael Shane Kilgore | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Omar Shiray Lashley | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Rickey Ferrell Ward | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Robbie Edward Dunn | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Rodney Dale Kilgore | Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact – obscene communication |
| Rodney Marvin Hines | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Ronald Keith Ellis | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Taylor Dakota Blackmon | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Walter Redix Collins | Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Abraham Martin Lopez | Not Incarcerated | Pimping of a person under 18 years of age |
| Adam Dewayne Broadrick | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Adam Joseph Jessmon | Not Incarcerated | Attempted sexual conduct with a minor |
| Alejandro Lopez | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Anthony Dennis Wade | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Arthur Conrad Skiffen | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Billy John Wade | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bobby Eugene Vanhorn | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Byron Dustin Hines | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Cameron Delteis Lamar Felton | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Cary Martel Ludy | Not Incarcerated | Unlawful sexual conduct with a minor |
| Charles Lewis Wooten Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Charlie William Jackson | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Christopher Glen Blackmon | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Christopher John Petitt | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Cornelius Cantrell Smith | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| David Ernest Schutz | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Greson Keen | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Howard Ragan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David Kenneth Daniel | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| David Shane Owensby | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| David W. Padgett | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Dennis Oliver Black | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Donald Orville Muncey | Not Incarcerated | Molestation offender 18 or older victim under 12 years of age |
| Donna Jean Shreve | Not Incarcerated | Lewd and lacivious acts on minor |
| Donta Josiah Dupree | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eddie Murdock | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Eric Eugene Neal | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eric Thomas Lonergan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eugene Thomas Langston | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Francisco Javier Martinez | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| Franklin Shelley Dixon | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Garland Lee Burson | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary L. Smith | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gregory Patrick Greene | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Henry Lee Thomas Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ivan Rolnick | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James Dylan Hayes | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Earl Morris | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| James Michael Deaver | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jason Lee Dobson | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jason Leon Thomas | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Jeffery Don Hughes | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Jeffrey Paul Brown | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jeffrey Scott Edwards | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jeremy Wade Bruce | Not Incarcerated | Rape strongarm |
| Jerry Lee Moore | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery on person under 12 years of age |
| Jerry W. Blackmon | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jimmy Alton Collins | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jimmy Wesley Parker | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joe Hutchinson Phillips Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| John Albert Dozier | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| John Albert Woolard | Not Incarcerated | Send to a minor harmful information |
| John Richard Woodruff | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jonathan Glen Craig | Not Incarcerated | Cruelty to children |
| Jonathan Tyrone Wooten | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Joseph Lee Bradley | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joseph Lee Heath | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Joseph Paul Rector | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joseph Randall Scoggins | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Joseph Wade Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joshua William Long | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Justin Dewayne Rose | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault attempted rape 1st degree |
| Justin Shane Jenkins | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Justin Tyler Adams | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Kendall Eugene Moore | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kenneth Edward Gambrell | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography |
| Kerry Steve Skinner | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Larry F. Ramey | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Marcus Raphel Hoskins | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Mark Allen Lucas | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
| Mark Anthony Roberts | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Matthew Dewayne Mitchell | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Melvin Lester Hinton | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Michael David Wade | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Dewayne Wallin | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Michael Edward Ray | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Lamar Helton | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Patrick Lamar Snead | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Randy Allen Moorefield | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual assault of a child |
| Ray Howard Blount | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Raymond Paul Thurman | Not Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact – obscene communication |
| Richard Joseph Swindle | Not Incarcerated | Lewd lascivious molestation – victim 12-15 years old |
| Richard Wallace Mason | Not Incarcerated | Transportation of minors with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct |
| Ricky Leon Jarrett | Not Incarcerated | Sodomy – felony |
| Robert Anthony Snider | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Roger Dale Galloway | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Ronald Eugene Padgett | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Roy Sanford Price Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Scott Matthew Caldwell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Scott Vaughn Kinsey | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Shaun Dean Burleson | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Sidney Hamby | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Sjohn Lee Shelton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Stanley Eugene Jones | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Steve Arthur Goswick | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Steven Douglas Payne | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Steven Ray Carr | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Stewart Conrad Toles II | Not Incarcerated | Child pornography |
| Terry James Mauldin | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Terry Lane Adams | Not Incarcerated | Reckless conduct |
| Terry Monty Pattarozzi | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Theodore Alan Dietz | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Timothy Alan Bryan | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Timothy Ladale Boykin | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit a felony |
| Timothy Steven Hightower | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Todd Eugene Delee | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Tony Glenn Long | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Tony Nathaniel Wayne Parton | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Tormio Maurice Barnes | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| William Charles Hunter | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| William Jake Fletcher | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William Myles Phillips | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| William River Emanuel III | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious acts with a child |
| Willie J. Loyd Sr. | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Worthy Moore Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
Information in this article was obtained from the Georgia Sex Offender Registry. The source data can be found here.
