East Central Reporter

There was one new registered sex offender living in Coles County in the week ending Jan. 5 compared to the week before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry showed that, in total, 95 sexual offenders were living in Coles County, compared to 94 the week before.

The offender moving into Coles 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
Jonathan Jaquies Berry	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent, Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd, Violate sex offender registration and Violate sex offender registration act
Ryan S. Patrick	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent
George L. Smith	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Andrew Z. Sheets	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address
Hunter A. Duitsman	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
Steven P. Chapman	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd
Keon D. Cooper	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim vic 9-16
Edward R. Moreland	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Non-Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force, Fail to register w/in 5 days of new residence/school and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Jonathan D. Young	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school, Fail to register w/in 5 days of new residence/school, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Indecent solicitation of a child
Larry E. Paden	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Sexual exploitation/expose organs and Sexual exploitation/expose organs/2nd
Anthony L. Blythe	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Calvin J. Lucas	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16, Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 9-16 and Attempt
Charles W. Tipton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Chester R. Trueblood	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
Colton Douglas Black	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
John H. Arthur	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Harold J. Heidlebaugh	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
James L. Shoot	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Jeremy Higgins	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Failure to report annually/2+
Otto C. Brewer	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
William Scott Powell	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Michael D. Cravens	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse intellectually disabled and Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school
Aaron W. Chadwick	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Anthony Michael Conklin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Bernard J. Head	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Braxton T. Lucas	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 and Violate sex offender registration
Burton W. Adams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Christopher L. Grigg	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Daniel E. Hagen	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Dereck A. Todd	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Gabriel W. Bosler	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
James Farris	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration
Jereth Gregory	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
John M. McCullough	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Jonathan B. Rider	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Kenneth E. Willis	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Kenneth R. Cushman	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration
Larry Williams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Levi T. Bennett	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Maxie P. Osborn	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Michael David Smith	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Michelle Elliott	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Paula S. Hedge	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Randall Myers	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Steven D. Lawrence	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Tadget W Carlyle	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Brady M. Carroll	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Fail to register w/in 5 days of new residence/school, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Violate sex offender registration
Caleb D. Burton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Violate sex offender registration
Larry W. Craig	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Michael L. Crist	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Richard W. Beckler	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Indecent solicitation of a child, Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd and Violate sex offender registration
Rodge J Mccray-Kyse	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Ryan W. Adams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Scot G. Soliday	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Seth J. Dunst	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Failure to register new residence/school, Out of state fail to register/2nd and Out of state failure to register
Todd C. Johnson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
William J. Vanscyoc	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Kathy L. Arthur	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <9
Michael E. Hayes	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <9
Kelly Yarbrough	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Fredric P. Beck	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped
Bradley J. Fudge	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/weapon
Stephen Hovious	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child abduction lure a child victim under 17 and Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent
David W. Kinnison	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography
Brian Lee Daum	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography victim less than 13
Douglas R. McKibben	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Lucas J. Fain	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
Neil E. Purdy	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos and Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent
Robert Joseph Dailey	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
Janet S. Cunningham	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/solicit a child to appear
Dale A. Johnson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse
Heath R. Hildebrand	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd and Violate sex offender registration
Ryan Gage Bertolet	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
Shawn A. Miah	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Failure to report change of address and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Anthony Duane Bell	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd
Johnta Jackson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault
Robert L. Dailey	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault
Craig Clavielle	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/cant consent
Ernest Welch	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/cant consent
Harold E. Hendrickson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force
John W. Rinehart	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force, Failure to report change of address and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Bradlee A. Rader	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/victim 13-17
Clifford H. Nicholson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/victim 13-17
Nicky Joe Moore	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Felony conviction after 7/1/2011 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Beaulyza T Henderson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Carlos R. Lopez	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Craig W. Mooney	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Darrell Beck	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Dustin E. Garrard	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Frankie J. Vanguilder	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
George R. Williams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Paul E. Woods	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Robert A. Davis	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Robert D. Brown	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Thomas P. Watson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault