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There was one new registered sex offender living in Saline County in the week ending Feb. 2 compared to the week before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry showed that, in total, 44 sexual offenders were living in Saline County, compared to 43 the week before.

The offender who moved to Saline County at the time is a sexual predator.

Sexual predators and child murderers remain on the registry for the rest of their lives. Sexually violent people are no longer listed 10 years after their conviction.

The offender moving into Saline County may have been recently convicted or moved from other cities in the US.

According to a 2024 study by SafeHome.org, Illinois ranks fifth in the total number of registered sex offenders, with more than 34,000 living in the state.

Nationally, the study found over 795,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. as of August 2024 — an increase of approximately 8,000 compared to 2023.

Offender	Title	Status	Crime
Michaelangelo Godsey	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent and Violate sex offender registration
Christopher S. Brooks	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Non-Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse
Lester Birk York	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse
Luis Rubio	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
Forrest G. Fowler	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent
Bailey Ray Burba	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Entice a child to remove clothes
Brian K. McCormick	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child
Gregory A. Jeffers	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Sexual exploitation of a child/sex act
Robert Lee Patterson	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Sexual exploitation of a child/sex act
Brent Allen Hardin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Daniel Ray Sherfield	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Jeffrey A. Scott	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Jui Teran Barnes	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Audra L. Matuszewski	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Kevin Taylor	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Wendell G. Mitchell	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Aaron McCarty	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Adam Lee McKendree	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Dana Elizabeth Colbroth	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Indecent solicitation of a child
Gary Atkinson Jr.	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Grover Patrick Bennett	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Child sex offender/loitering
Jerry Ryan Dawson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
John E. Howard	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Shannon G. Burton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Tim Gurske	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Fred L. Seibert	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Jason E. Schamel	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address
Keith A. Kappler	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd
Michael Irvin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Roger Lee Kimmel	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
Timothy B. Clayton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Attempt and Violate sex offender registration act
Timothy D. Rogers	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <9, Exploitation of a child less than 13 and Failure to report annually/2+
Tiffany Lynn McDonald	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/victim <9
Raymond L. Brindley	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child abductn/lure a child <16 yrs into vehicle
Clifford Lee Lewis	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography victim less than 13
Dean Arthur Carr	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse
Weston C. Cluck	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
Jason S. Conkle	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim vic 9-16
John George McFarland	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/cant consent
Kevin W. Smith	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Felony conviction after 7/1/2011 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Jonathan M. McDermott	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child over the internet
Charles A. Caswell	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
James T. Sinks	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Marcie Ann Galiher	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Sexual exploitation of a child/victim <13