There were 32 registered sex offenders living in Twiggs County as of the week ending Feb. 14, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.
Among them, one was considered a sexual predator 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 five 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.
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton Hubert Pender | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eric Mitchell Wilbanks | Incarcerated | Incest |
| Kurtis Dewayne Long | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Lentrellis Jaquan Stephens | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Steven Ray Barnhart | Incarcerated | Sexual abuse 1st degree |
| Bernard Middlebrooks | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Candice B. French | Not Incarcerated | Taking indecent liberties with children |
| Christopher Lorenzo Stephens | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Cortamez Solomon | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Dale Bryan Jester | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eddie Lee Rouse | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ephraim L. Williams | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Fred Stephens | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Humberto Gustavo Amieva | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious battery and sexual act with a victim 12 to 15 years of age |
| Jacob James Ahern | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Michael Sauls | Not Incarcerated | Criminal attempt to commit child molestation |
| Jared Austin Neal | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jonathan David Alexander | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery |
| Joshua Aaron Byrd | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Keith Wiggins | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Kevin Christopher Stanley | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| Marcus Tyrone Rose | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assualt of a child |
| Robert Allen Rogers | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery by an authority figure |
| Robert Lee Murphy | Not Incarcerated | Federal/military sex crime conviction |
| Ronnie Milton Smith | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Roy Oneal Looney | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Shawn Wesley Byrd | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Stephen Charles Clance | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Tamarcus Jermaine Sanford | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Todd Lamanze Ward | Not Incarcerated | Kidnapping |
| Tony Antwan Chambliss | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William Arthur Harden | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
