Galesburg Reporter

There was one new registered sex offender living in Knox County in the week ending Feb. 2 compared to the week before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

The Registry showed that, in total, 78 sexual offenders were living in Knox County, compared to 77 the week before.

The offender moving into Knox 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
Dennis Wilbur	Child Murderer/Murderer	Compliant	Murder with intent to kill or injure
Jimmy Roy Lee	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse force and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Christopher Vann	Non-verified Adult Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent and Violate sex offender registration
Chad E. Glidden	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse force and Violate sex offender registration
Ross A. Keith	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse force, Fail to report weekly/no fixed address/2nd, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Violate sex offender registration
James E. Stewart	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/accused <17 and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
Andrew M. Wallace	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 and Sex offender registering/false info
Dalton A. Ryan	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17
George G. Sutton Jr.	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Sex offender seek name change and Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd
Joseph Paul Williams	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Sex violent/dangerous fail to report/2nd+
Kevin J. Smith	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17 and Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school
Ryan Beck	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/vic 13-17, Failure to register 10 days new residence, Sex offender registering false info and Sex offender violate name change
Clarence M. Jennings	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child
Dale E. Broadfield	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child and Traveling to meet a minor
Robert C. Binder	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child
Dale L. Collins	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/bodily harm and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Anthony L. Riden	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Damon B. Morrison	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16
Kory E. Agans	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Sexual exploitation of a child/sex act
Larry P. Stratton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sex abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Christopher A. Wignall	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Christopher S. Mathews	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Dominique D. McClendon	Sexual Predator	Location Unknown	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Ernest Edward Powell	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Exploitation of a child less than 13, Sex relations and Sexual exploitation of a child/victim <13
Lyle Kevin Hall	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
William A. Dewester	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Alfredo Zamarripa	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Fail to report change of address/employment/2nd and Violate sex offender registration
Amy M. Evans	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Violate sex offender registration
Anthony D. Reed	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school and Violate sex offender registration
Anthony T. Cheeks	Sexual Predator	Location Unknown	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Fail to report weekly/no fixed address
Brett A. Pickrel	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Brian D. Butts	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Carlos A. Jackson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Child sex offender loitering at a public park, Fail to register a new residence/school/2nd+, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Out of state failure to register
Christopher P. Rupert	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
David Russell Self	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Fail to report change of address/employment/2nd, Failure to report a change of address/employment and Sex offender registering false info
Dock K. Yancey	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school
Eric J. Bednar	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Greg A. Roller	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
James R. Murray	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Violate sex offender registration
Joshua J. Damewood	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Luciano Cantu	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Michael Henry Ladwig	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Failure to report a change of address/employment
Nicholas J. Downin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Raymond Ben Hardin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Raymond L. Hinderliter	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Sean S. Campbell	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Sexual predator present at a public park
Sean T. Glas	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Child pornography/film/photos, Fail to register w/in 3 days of new residence/school and Violate sex offender registration
Timothy L. Brown	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Tony Dennis	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Brennan L. Taylor	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Brian L. Lovitt	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Eric W. McBryde	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Ian V. Stewart	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Child sex offender/reside 500', Fail to register w/in 5 days of new residence/school and Indecent solicitation of a child
Jason W. Barry	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Jessica C. Stauffer	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Violate sex offender registration
Kyle M. Allen	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Larry Letcher	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Leslie P. Williams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Michael A. Ziegenhorn	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Alan D. Secrist	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <9, Violate sex offender regisistration/2nd and Violate sex offender registration
Michael Castaneda	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/victim <9
Christopher C. Robinson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/weapon
Justin L. Gaard	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Attempt and Child pornography
Brian D. Deppe	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
Dale W. Brooks	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
Leslie R. Thurman	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
Steven Lloyd Anderson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos
William Lee Turner	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent and Violate sex offender registration
Daniel A. Wheeler	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault and Fail to report change of address/employment/2nd
Ronald E. Hanson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault
Henry C. Crider	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/cant consent
Justin L. Warren	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/cant consent
Kenneth F. Holmes	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault/force and Felony conviction after 7/1/2011
John Szczepanika	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Felony conviction after 7/1/2011 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Timothy M. Beers	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Kidnaping/secretly confine
Jerry Lee Stark	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Thomas A. Schubert	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Mark Thomas Adams	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Sexual exploitation of a child/sex act/2nd