Residents say they are being blindsided by the locations and sudden pop-up of facilities that will house the highest level of sex offenders. Now state lawmakers are pushing new bills to clear up the situation. FOX13
On Friday, several gathered outside a facility in Olympia lining the street with signs saying "Keep Tenino Safe", "Our community is not your guinea pig" and "Community over profit".
Not only is she fighting the transfer of five sex offenders from McNeil Island to Tenino, she's now questioning the company. The alleged non-compliant sex offender is William Morris III, a level two sex offender who has a moderate risk of re-offending. It is unclear if he has fled or is wanted by law enforcement. Additionally, it's unclear who is responsible for his whereabouts.
DOC officers then described Wyatt as having the mental capacity of a 14-year-old, who cannot control his sexual urges and is considered a danger to the community. Republican Representative Travis Couture is helping introduce key bipartisan bills, including House Bill 1751. It seeks to address the public notice loophole – making sure residents are informed every step of the way if and when sex offender housing would be coming to their neighborhoods.
"But there is no fair share within the counties," Couture said. "Residential communities, sometimes rural, like in my district in Tenino, residents are kind of getting blindsided, because what we found was there was no real public notice in the law."
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