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Stoddard County sex offender may have been incorrectly charged

By "eAdvocate"

2-12-2011 Missouri: BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County's prosecuting attorney says he received bad information that led to a Bloomfield man potentially being wrongly accused of a felony. On Feb. 2, Gerald Barker, 38, was arrested and charged with being a registered sex offender residing within 1,000 feet of a preschool facility in Bloomfield. He had been stopped on a routine traffic matter, and Bloomfield Police Chief Cheryl Malone later realized Barker was a registered sex offender convicted of a sex crime in Florida in 2000. After a check of Barker's address, Malone realized Barker resided well within the 1,000 foot limit of a preschool facility. According to Megan's Law, a federal law passed in 1996, registered sex offenders are not allowed to reside within 1,000 feet of any school or day care facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 12, 2011 (boomark / email).