East Central Reporter

There was one new registered sex offender living in Effingham County in February 2024 compared to the month before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

The offender who moved to Effingham County in February 2024 is a sexual predator.

Sexual predators and child murderers remain on the registry for the rest of their lives.

The offender moving into Effingham County may have been recently convicted or moved from other cities in the US.

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
Bret A. Crooker	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Christopher Gordon	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/victim <9
Clinton J. Matlock	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Derek S. Lingafelter	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Easton Shue	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Public indecency/exposure/3rd+, Public indecency/lewd exposure and Public indecency/sex
Edward Richard Lonngren	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim >60
Eric M. Hutchinson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Gary Holland	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Child sex offender present in a school zone, Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Violate sex offender registration act
Harold L. Marcellus	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Jamie L. Crum	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault
Jeffery W. Koester	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Child pornography/solicit and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Jerad Brantley Gale	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/bodily harm
Jeremy L. Christy	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Grooming
Jereth Gregory	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Jerry Lee Edwards	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Jesse John Schniederjan	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
John Allen Fairbanks	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16, Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 9-16 and Violate sex offender registration
John J. Sheehan	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/reproduce/sell
Jonathan S. Ohlman	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Lawrence Arthur McFall	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Marc Lee Ohnesorge	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Mark Scott Boggs	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault and Criminal sexual assault/force
Merl D. Wheeler	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse force
Michael Scott Kuhlman	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration
Paul Stephen Ruffner	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Robert E. Lee	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Violate sex offender registration and Violate sex offender registration act
Robert Glenn Siler	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Robert W. Callis	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Fail to report weekly/no fixed address, Predatory criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Ryan Allen Edwards	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/reproduce/sell
Sean M. Magill	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/bodily harm and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Travis Gillespie	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Von William Soltwedel	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
William Dean Krone	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child
William Eugene Lowe	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
William W. Klitzing	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos