A man accused of an attempted rape of a 77 year old South Bay woman entered a not guilty plea at Torrance Court on Wednesday. Duncan Aaron Walton is accused of attempting to sexually assault the elderly woman at her Redondo Beach apartment complex before she was able to escape.…
A 67 year old doctor was recently arrested following sexual assault allegations made by multiple female patients. Dr. Michael Popkin, who has been licensed to practice medicine in California since 1977, was alleged to have committed the assaults at his Encino office during medical exams between 2001 and 2016. Given…
A 49-year-old teacher has been arrested after meeting an undercover federal agent with whom he allegedly agreed to watch child pornography. According to a KTLA news report, the Covina teacher was arrested in his Royal Oak Middle School classroom. Officials say he engaged in online chats with an agent about…
Some sex offenders are required as part of their probation to wear GPS tracking devices. It is against the law to tamper with a GPS tracker and a new bill that is currently under consideration will send offenders who remove their devices to state prison. According to a news report…
When a convicted sex offender is released from prison, he or she may be required to wear an electronic monitoring device at all times. Before October of 2011, the penalty for removing a GPS monitoring device was up to a year in state prison. Now, the maximum penalty for tampering…
In a landslide vote on November 7, 2012, 81.1 percent of California voters approved Proposition 35, which increases prison sentences and fines for those convicted of human trafficking. According to a February 21 report by The Daily Titan, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation have jointly…
In 2006, Jessica’s Law went into effect in California preventing all registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools or parks where children congregate. Since then, Orange County cities including Fullerton, Cypress and Seal Beach have passed ordinances that increase these types of restrictions. In Cypress, city ordinances…
Burbank police officers recently arrested a 69-year-old convicted sex offender for possessing images of underage girls in his car. According to The Los Angeles Times, police stopped the man for allegedly not wearing his seatbelt. During a search of his car, officers found clothing for young girls and 19 digital…
A 56-year-old Culver City man has been sentenced to four years in state prison for watching child pornography on a library computer. According to a news report in The Santa Monica Mirror, the incident occurred at the library on Main Street in Santa Monica in October. Officials say that the…
Convicted sex offenders are not truly free to live their lives even after they are released from prison after serving time. Depending on the crime, a sex offense can result in restrictions on where someone can live or work. In some cases, sex offenders will also have to wear a…