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PA - Rules on sex offenders' residence under scrutiny

View the article here 03/10/2009 By ERICA DOLSON of The Patriot-News _____, 35, works three jobs and has a girlfriend. He lives in Lemoyne. "I'm here," he said. "I'm settled." But he lives closer than 300 feet from Lemoyne Middle School, a problem for _____. He's a registered sex offender. He's in violation of an ordinance passed by the Lemoyne Borough Council in 2007. The ordinance prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 500 feet of places such as day care centers, parks and schools. _____ has been living in Lemoyne since October, his house catter-corner from the middle school on a stretch of Market Street. - And despite all the studies which show and prove that where someone lives, has nothing to do with whether they will commit another crime, or if they will harm someone...continue to full post

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