There were 141 registered sex offenders living in Upson County as of the week ending Dec. 27, according to the Georgia Sex Offenders Registry.
Among them, four were considered sexual predators 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 13 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. has climbed to approximately 795,000 as of August 2024—an increase of nearly 43,000 individuals (about 6%) since 2019. As of that same month, Georgia’s registry includes around 24,730 individuals.
Registered Sex Offenders in Upson County as of the Week Ending Dec. 27
| Offender | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Christopher Dowdy | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Adonis Cordelle Colquitt | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Brian Keith Denton | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Dustin Keith Kennedy | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jamel Keenen Perrigen | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| James Thomas Orr | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jason Edward Shumate | Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| John Wayne Edwards | Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Johnny Bernard Hampton | Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael James Thompson Jr. | Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Thomas James Cook | Incarcerated | Obscene internet contact – obscene communication |
| Tommy Lee Dodson | Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Travis Montel Searcy | Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Aaron Craig Caraway | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Andrew Guy Hand | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Arno Ashbury Alnutt | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Benjamin Craig Standard | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bennie Frank Scruggs | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Billy James Matthews | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Bobby Christopher Royal | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Bobby Griffin | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Brandy Nicole Johnson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Brian Hammock | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Calvin Bernard Willis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Carl Edward Martin | Not Incarcerated | Sodomy – felony |
| Carl Howell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Cecil Pitts | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Chad Lee Tucker | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Charles Benjamin Williams | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Christopher Brian Zatezalo | Not Incarcerated | Indecent liberties with a child |
| Christopher Lee Settle | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Clarence Ellis Foster | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Dale Kennedy Alsobrooks | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Dale Wayne Rogers | Not Incarcerated | Sexual conduct with a minor |
| Danquavis Shakur Walker | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated assault with an intent to rape |
| David Allen Napoletano | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse of a minor |
| David Amos Carter | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| David Edward Donaldson | Not Incarcerated | Rape 1st degree |
| David Harold Donaldson | Not Incarcerated | Indecent acts with a child |
| David Keith McCard | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| David Lee Tidwell | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| David Randall Stell | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Deborah Dawn Brantley | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Donald James Tidwell | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Donald Ray Woodall | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Dustin Jameison Hammock | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Edward King | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Edwin Gershafsk Searcy | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Eric Dewayne Bussey | Not Incarcerated | Lewd assault, sexual battery |
| Eric Ian Wheeler | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Eric L. Brazer | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Frank William Thomas | Not Incarcerated | Lewd lascivious assault child |
| Freddrick Webb | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Gary Edwin Smith | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Gary Green | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Gary Joshua Bradford | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Giovanni Dyer | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Gregory Allan Lee | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious act on a minor |
| Jack Laverne McCartney | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Jaheim Dantavious White | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault against person in custody, on probation or parole, patient in a hospital etc |
| James Douglas Ellington | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| James Ryan Allison | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| James William Cook | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jamie Lee Woolf | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Jason Dwaine Robison | Not Incarcerated | Sexual assault 2nd degree |
| Jeffery Williams | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Jeremiah Andrew Coss | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jeremy Lamar Hampton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jermey Joseph Hinton | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jerry Neal Williamson | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Jessie Conrad Puckett | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Jim Henry Daniel | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| Jimmie Sylvester Desnoyer | Not Incarcerated | Incest |
| Jimmy Henry Presley Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Johnny Dwayne Ward | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Jonathan Lamar Kennedy | Not Incarcerated | Kidnapping of a minor |
| Joseph Angelo Scarpulla | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment |
| Joseph Ben McKinley | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joseph Wayne Bunn | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Josh Thomas Hambrick | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Joshua Glen Phillips | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Joshua Moore | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Juan Marquez Lyons | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Justin Lamar Holt | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kacy Terrell King | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Kareen Deloiso Darden | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Katherine Marie Teal | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Kenneth Edward Raybon | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Kenneth Eugene Brown | Not Incarcerated | Indecent liberties with a child |
| Kenneth Stacy Bell | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Kim Sullivan | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Larry Randall Mathis | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Larry Wilson | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sodomy |
| Latroy Dvon Brown | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Lemarcus Darnele Jackson | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Lewis Henderson Hobbs | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Mark James Miller | Not Incarcerated | Sexual abuse |
| Marko Turrel Dixon | Not Incarcerated | Criminal sexual conduct second degree |
| Mathew Scott Bergmeier | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Matthew Drew McDaniel | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment of a minor |
| Michael Alexander Smith | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Michael Charles Pennyman | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Michael Rojas | Not Incarcerated | Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age |
| Monterio Trevez Ellis | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment of a minor |
| Neal Thomas Swails | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Nicholas Mayo | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Okeefe Shamar Owens | Not Incarcerated | Possession of child pornography on computer |
| Orlando Bernard Howard | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Paul David Caldwell | Not Incarcerated | Sexual offense |
| Peter Thomas Demery Sr. | Not Incarcerated | Solicitation of a child by computer to commit an unlawful sexual act |
| Preston Tyler Reid | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Richard Allen McLemore | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Richard Bentley Gregg | Not Incarcerated | Public indecency 3rd degree or subsequent conviction – felony |
| Richard Devin Waddle | Not Incarcerated | False imprisonment of a minor |
| Richard Mark Dickens | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Richard W. Kersey | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Robert Adams Ryals Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Robert Reese Richmond | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Ronald D. Baughcum | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Roy Lamar Parks | Not Incarcerated | Sexual exploitation of children |
| Shun Ali Quiller | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Stephen Kelly Bing | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Steven Gene Shumate | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Thomas Bradley Jordan | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Thomas Michael Haynes | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| Timothy Obryant Bland | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Timothy Robert McGuire | Not Incarcerated | Enticing a child for indecent purposes |
| Tommy Keith Marsh | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Tony Howard Harrison | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Tony James Boyt | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Tremain Sullivan | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| Trenton Otaga Battle | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Ulysses Gibson | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery (2nd or subsequent conviction) |
| Vernon Bernard Walker | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated sexual battery |
| Wiley Steve Long | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| William Anthony | Not Incarcerated | Rape |
| William Danny Mitcham | Not Incarcerated | Sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age |
| William Lynn Williams | Not Incarcerated | Statutory rape |
| William Michael Snider | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
| Willie James Traylor Jr. | Not Incarcerated | Child molestation |
| Willie Oneal Shockley | Not Incarcerated | Aggravated child molestation |
