Sex Offender Coverage

Two sanitation workers credited with 10-year-old girl's rescue
Two Louisiana sanitation workers are being credited with helping rescue a missing 10-year-old girl.

Former Bhavana manager gets jail time on peeping charges
Jordan Hester will serve four weekends in jail - one for each of his charges. He will also be under supervised probation for 60 months and must complete 100 hours of community service. Hester will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Judge: Former Raleigh restaurant manager must register as a sex offeder
Jordan Hester, former beverage manager of Brewery Bhavana, will have to register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty to secret peeping, and numerous women accuse him of inappropriate sexual conduct.

Wanted Pender County sex offender may be in Wake County, deputies say
The Pender County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help locating a registered sex offender who has changed his address without notifying deputies.

Police: Sex offender was babysitting in Raleigh home
A registered sex offender was babysitting a child at his Raleigh home last week, according to an arrest warrant.

GPS monitor helped authorities nab suspect in kidnapping attempt
A registered sex offender was charged Tuesday with trying to abduct a 14-year-old Fayetteville girl on her way home after school.

Authorities: Sex offender tried to grab Fayetteville girl walking home from school bus stop
A registered sex offender was charged Tuesday with trying to abduct a 14-year-old Fayetteville girl on her way home after school.

Sex offender arrested after picking up child at Raleigh school
A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday after authorities learned he had recently visited a Wake County elementary school to pick up his child.

NC organization calls for sex offenders to be allowed at State Fair
A group that advocates on behalf of registered sex offenders is calling on North Carolina officials to allow people listed on the sex offender registry to be able to attend the State Fair.

Parents upset after learning registered sex offender lives near school bus stop
Some parents are outraged and want Wake County Schools to move a bus stop that's near where a registered sex offender lives.

Parents upset after learning registered sex offender lives near bus stop
Parents at one location in Raleigh are upset to learn a registered sex offender lives near a Wake County Schools bus stop. WRAL's Mark Boyle has more on this.

Bill to toughen laws against child sex abuse nears passage
Consequences could soon change statewide for sex offenders who try to lure children online.

Tougher penalties for sex offenders possible
The legislature will discuss tightening child sex abuse laws, creating tougher penalties for those convicted and allowing people to file lawsuits against offenders until they're 50 years old.

Police: Sex offender was babysitting Raleigh children
A registered sex offender was recently charged after Raleigh police found him babysitting a 7-year-old and a 1-year-old, according to an arrest warrant.