The number of sex offenders living in Lee County remained unchanged at 48 in the week ending March 30 compared to the week before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.
According to a 2024 study by SafeHome.org, Illinois ranks fifth in the total number of registered sex offenders, with more than 34,000 living in the state.
Nationally, the study found over 795,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. as of August 2024 — an increase of approximately 8,000 compared to 2023.
Registered Sex Offenders in Lee County as of Week Ending March 30
| Offender | Title | Status | Crime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johny Eugene Payne | Non-verified Child Sex Offender | Compliant | Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 |
| Christopher R. Taylor | Non-verified Child Sex Offender | Compliant | Entice a child to remove clothes and Violate sex offender registration |
| Ronald Osborn | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated child pornography |
| Cory Henkel | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse |
| Demario Martell Wise | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Douglas E. Myers | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Ethan Shaw | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Wayne M. Wilkinson | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Michael J. Cole | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-18 |
| Gera D. Simon | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse |
| James Yeater | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse and Violate sex offender registration |
| Jarom E Vock | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse and Failure to report a change of address/employment |
| Benjamin L. Taylor | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Douglas W. Helfrich | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration |
| Dustin L. Richey | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 |
| Dusty Allan Tasker | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Edward Robert Batt | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration |
| Eric D. Crumpton | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Jamie C. Schaeffer | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Failure to report a change of address/employment |
| Jason Michael Wasserman | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Fail to register w/in 5 days of new residence/school |
| Kevin Mark Oconnell | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Mario R. Olalde | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Martha Ann Bartelt | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Nicholas J. Warner | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Paul Lewis | Sexual Predator | Location Unknown | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd and Failure to report a change of address/employment |
| Richard Dean Nelson | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Robin J. Hoffman | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration |
| Steven C. Manning | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Timothy Allen Mull | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Failure to report a change of address/employment |
| Timothy N. Taft | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 |
| Aaron L. Rhodes | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 |
| Andy Lee Heintzelman | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 |
| Jason Manskey | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd |
| Nathan James Rice | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 |
| Robert Wayne Ramsdell | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 |
| Timothy A. Taylor | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 |
| William E. Mingus | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Criminal sexual assault |
| Matthew R. Frison | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Child pornography and Failure to report a change of address/employment |
| Michael E Blumhoff | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Child pornography victim less than 13 previous conviction |
| William Kirk Shank | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Child pornography/film/photos |
| Allen Gene Linboom | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 |
| Leather J. Henkel | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Criminal sexual assault/cant consent and Violate sex offender registration |
| Ronald J. Caron | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Criminal sexual assault/force |
| Jerry Osborne | Sexual Predator | Non-Compliant | Criminal sexual assault/force/2nd+ |
| Jason Allen Mortley | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Failure to report a change of address/employment, Failure to report annually, Felony conviction after 7/1/2011 and Predatory criminal sexual assault |
| Michael Dawson | Sexual Predator | Non-Compliant | Failure to report a change of address/employment, Failure to report annually/2+ and Predatory criminal sexual assault |
| Gerald G. Fogle | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Predatory criminal sexual assault |
| Daniel Michael Swed | Sexual Predator | Compliant | Public indecencysexual conduct/3rd and Sex offender failure to register employer |
