A former friend of mine (who lied to EVERYONE about his identity) was a convicted sex offender. He was convicted of statutory rape, involving a girl under the age of 16. He was 20 at the time. He wasn't a rapist, and not violent, but he was tried and convicted, and forever bears that sex offender title.
While he still had us all fooled, he moved into a new apartment with another friend of mine. That apartment was near a school. We all learned his real identity and history when he got arrested for living too close to that school.
So yes, if the sex offender laws are the same in your area as they are in Philadelphia, and his house in undeniably too close to the school (I believe it's 1000 feet from the school ZONE, not just the school building... but I don't know for certain) then the easiest way to make his life difficult would be to alert the authorities.
You could also casually, anonymously plant the seed of suspicion with the members of the community, especially the PTA of the school he lives near. Don't even mention names. Just get ONE person to be curious enough to look up local sex offenders, and they should find the record of him. It's not very difficult to find the records (and you could always give a little nudge...)
If you can't be tied directly to anything that happens, then you can't really be blamed at all for any sort of character defamation or harassment.
All you need to do is cause a bit of community outrage, and nature will take its course. Chances are good that the community will organize a witch hunt and run the guy out of town. Or the police will. In any case, at the very least, you'll be helping to protect neighborhood kids from becoming potential victims. He's done it at least 3 times in the past, so who's to say he won't continue?
While he still had us all fooled, he moved into a new apartment with another friend of mine. That apartment was near a school. We all learned his real identity and history when he got arrested for living too close to that school.
So yes, if the sex offender laws are the same in your area as they are in Philadelphia, and his house in undeniably too close to the school (I believe it's 1000 feet from the school ZONE, not just the school building... but I don't know for certain) then the easiest way to make his life difficult would be to alert the authorities.
You could also casually, anonymously plant the seed of suspicion with the members of the community, especially the PTA of the school he lives near. Don't even mention names. Just get ONE person to be curious enough to look up local sex offenders, and they should find the record of him. It's not very difficult to find the records (and you could always give a little nudge...)
If you can't be tied directly to anything that happens, then you can't really be blamed at all for any sort of character defamation or harassment.
All you need to do is cause a bit of community outrage, and nature will take its course. Chances are good that the community will organize a witch hunt and run the guy out of town. Or the police will. In any case, at the very least, you'll be helping to protect neighborhood kids from becoming potential victims. He's done it at least 3 times in the past, so who's to say he won't continue?
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