NW Illinois News

The number of sex offenders living in Lee County remained unchanged at 52 in the week ending Jan. 19 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.

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
Christopher S. Brown	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration
David Patrick Vail	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
Douglas W. Helfrich	Sexual Predator	Non-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	Non-Compliant	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
Joseph Aaron Cole	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Nathan James Rice	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Robert Wayne Ramsdell	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
Todd Ashley Kornoski	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos and Child pornography/solicit a child to appear
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
James M. Coker	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child over the internet
Gerald G. Fogle	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Daniel Michael Swed	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Public indecency\sexual conduct/3rd and Sex offender failure to register employer