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KHTS just updated its Santa Clarita sex offender database and map, a community service the station publishes throughout the year to inform residents.

Megan’s Law Lists Over 200 Sex Offenders Living In And Around The Santa Clarita Valley

The Megan’s Law website has released an updated listing for sex offenders in the Santa Clarita Valley, as well as the rest of California, as a service to the public.


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Records show approximately 214 sex offenders are currently living in and around the Santa Clarita Valley.

The information on the Megan’s Law site is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses the information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability, according to the website.

“We want to be able to help the community protect themselves and their children,” said Shirley Miller, public information officer for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “Knowledge is power.”

Megan’s Law only discloses information on registered sex offenders under California law, according to the website.

Below, KHTS AM-1220 has compiled a list based on registrants with Megan’s Law. The entries are current as of Monday, Dec. 28.

Some registrants may have subsequently relocated.

Some sex offenders are not subject to public disclosure under state law and are not included on the site.

State law does not allow offenses other than the crimes for which the convicted sex offender is required to register to be disclosed here, according to the website.

Below, Megan’s Law has provided a list of safety tips for parents, teenagers, one’s self and what residents can do to enhance community safety:

For Parents:

  • Inform children that it is wrong for adults to engage children in sexual activity.
  • Stress to your child that he or she should feel comfortable to say anything, especially if it involves another adult. If your child does not feel comfortable being completely honest, then another trusted adult should be found together so your child can talk to in confidence.
  • Make an effort to know the people with whom your children are spending time with.
  • Teach children about their bodies, give them the correct language to use when describing their private parts. Emphasize that those parts are private.
  • Make sure to know where your child is at all times. Know his or her friends and be clear about the places and homes they may visit.
  • Never leave children unattended in an automobile, whether it is running or not.
  • Be involved in your children’s activities.
  • Listen to your children, pay attention if they tell you they do not want to be with someone or go somewhere.
  • Notice when someone shows one or all of your children a great deal of attention or begins bringing them gifts.
  • Teach your children that they have the right to say “no” to any unwelcome, uncomfortable or confusing touch or actions by others.
  • Be sensitive to any changes in your children’s behavior or attitude. Encourage open communication and learn how to be an active listener.
  • Be sure to screen babysitters and caregivers.
  • Practice basic safety skills with your children.

Being available and taking time to listen to your children helps build feelings of safety and security.

For Teenagers:

  • Encourage teenagers to trust his or her instincts, and if a situation makes him or her uncomfortable or uneasy, to get out of it.
  • Stress to them that they can always talk to you if they have been hurt or scared, regardless of the circumstances surrounding the incident.

For One’s Self:

  • Trust your own instincts when you are with someone about whom you feel uncomfortable; for example, in an elevator, car or home.
  • Do not talk yourself out of feeling uncomfortable being alone with someone simply because he or she is an acquaintance or a friend of a friend. Most sexual abusers are someone the victim knows.
  • Be wary of friends or dates who test boundaries by making unwanted physical advances and then ignore or minimize protests and other signs that you do not like their behavior.

To Enhance Community Safety, Residents Can:

  • Talk openly about the sexual assault of adults and children, men, women, boys and girls.
  • Understand the issues involved in sexual assault.
  • Assume preventing sexual assault is everyone’s responsibility.
  • Increase knowledge about risk reduction measures that can be taken to protect one’s self.
  • Invite your local law enforcement, probation/ parole department, rape crisis center, or child abuse prevention organization to a neighborhood discussion group to learn about the issue and to process people’s emotions.
  • Get to know neighbors.
  • Organize neighborhood block watches, if desired by neighbors.
  • Find out what the statistics on child sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, offender arrest and incarceration are in your community.

If the public has any questions, they are welcome to call the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at (661) 255-1121.

Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at community@hometownstation.com.

Megan’s Law Lists Over 200 Sex Offenders Living In And Around The Santa Clarita Valley

10 comments

  1. Hi. Thank you for posting the Megan’s law info for Santa Clarita. How do we get it updated? It shows that there is a registered male hispanic offender living across the street from me, but for the last three years there has only been a senior caucasian woman living there.
    Thank you,
    Keri

  2. Yes, learn about the issue. Like the fact that 95% of child sex abuse is perpetrated by those known and trusted by the victim- not strangers (Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers), or that 95% of new sex crime is committed by someone with no criminal record (U of Albany). Learn that 85% of child sex abuse happens in one-on-one situations in the victim or abuser’s home (Darkness to Light). Learn that the average sexual recidivism rate of sex offenders is 13%, and that 95% of abusers have an ongoing sexual attraction to children (Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute). Go to Stop It Now to get information on how to spot warning signs in potential abusers.

    Do not, however, hope that focusing on sex offenders will keep your community safe. Statistically, the person most likely to abuse a child is someone you already know and trust, not a sex offender.

    • You are correct, I think the registry is great to a certain point but what the government is doing is putting it in peoples heads “Brain Wash” them to believing everyone on that registry is going to hurt you or your family so THEY BETTER WATCH OUT. The Odds are if your kid or Kids got sexually assaulted it’s not a stranger but a family member, mostly a step parent. Just like I tell my husband after all people have to commit their first offense before going on the registry, so odds are very high that the person who went on the registry is a very close friend or family member who raped your’er child. The goverment needs to stop all this false of security and tell the truth.

      • I was very upset when I heard that the reason Law Enforcement continues to put hype into the over broad term of what and who sex-offenders are is because they get money from having sex offenders on the registry.
        What do they do for the community that warrants all the money they get- and that’s what its all about right – the MONEY. If they were to do ANYTHING it would be to keep an eye on the mentally challenged sex-offenders and the ones who openly admit they have a problem with sex and intimacy with adults their own age. Just those 2 groups of men would take an entire squad working 24/7 and still no time for all the others they know they have absolutely nothing to worry about and are no threat to anyone in the community. Women Sex-offenders-Really?? I know there are some sick women out there, but come on! How do they stack up against males? Do you know one woman who’s addicted to porn and hates men so she goes out with vile, evil intent to dominate young kids and forces her body onto him/ her – purely for her sexual arousal and gratification? It doesn’t happen!! So why are the dumb women sex-offenders even punished and in the same pool as Males? Men who have had superiority complexes and abused women for sex – for the same amount of time there have been sex-offenders- and will continue being abused and used- get a minor reprimand and its back to business as usual again. How can this be? It’s the same thing, it’s all about the MONEY! So all the parents who have children, wake up and open your eyes on your own children and don’t point fingers just to avoid the mess that’s in your own house, with ALL the males in your “family. ” Law Enforcement hasn’t dealt with them YET- but think about what power your giving away for no REAL protection for your family, let alone, an entire community with just empty promises on getting a solution to the REAL PROBLEM. Be real, be realistic, don’t throw your hard earned dollars on supporting a group of people voted in to make laws and those who are to enforce laws, can’t do enough to keep our community safe without pretending they can and ate doing something about this situation.
        My hat goes out to the special task forces for the recent busts on Human Trafficking! This is money well spent, and worthy of praise, seriously. I believe this is where they will kill 2 birds with one stone, catching the pimps and prostitutes with their sick he sexually dysfunctionate and mentally challenged, porn obsessed, sick older men paying to get their rocks off with young kids who have become victims to the greedy adults who have turned our laws into twisted evils- nothing more- but far less than what we deserve! We are not helping the very community we are trying to preserve. The cars you drive and the house you live in doesn’t mean a thing when the people in then are sick, corrupt, child abusers who are very unhappy with the system and we don’t know of them because it’s a FACADE and don’t forget…. Its all about the money.
        The homeless are there because you put them there. If they’re transient and a one – time minor sex-offender, say for instance a 17 yr old who’s a registered sex-offender for texting a pic of his penis to his girlfriend, is done! Parents are ashamed and can’t have a felon living under same roof, yet no job- so who pays. We do! In so many ways $$$!!!
        Just the words Sex offender is soooo much worse than MURDER!!!! How can our laws be that messed up? We have 1st degree murder, 2nd degree murder, manslaughter, accessory to murder, accomplice, capital murder, or special circumstance to murder, etc…… But only one Sex-offender, one LIFETIME REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER
        ……. WHATS WRONG HERE????

  3. I have noticed a lot more homeless roaming around Santa Clarita lately. One thing to keep in mind is that homeless or “transient” sex registrants are not listed on the public Megan’s Law website and there tends to be a high percentage of sex registrants among the transient population.

    • Homeless registrants are indeed at higher risk because of the disruption that being homeless has on their life- but there is no evidence that homeless people are sex offenders. You might as well profile every person in a trench coat and expect that to prevent burglary.

      • What TNF 13? Are you seriously making the excuse that a homeless person may become a sex offender because their life was disrupted by being homeless? And I never said all homeless are sex offenders, I said there is a higher percentage of offenders among the homeless population which is a fact. You are obviously more worried about being politically correct and not offending someone.

        And burglars wearing trench coats… What movies have you been watching?

        • I think you misread what I said. I never said a homeless person may become a sex offender, I said a homeless registrant- a transient sex offender, in other words- is at higher risk for reoffending because of the fact they are homeless. That is precisely why residency restrictions do not work, and why California overturned them for most offenders.

          As for higher percentage of offenders among homeless, prove it. Cite your source. And while you are looking up those statistics, why not tell me how many murderers, violent offenders, and drug dealers end up homeless? I am concerned with the facts- and the facts indicate that the biggest threat to children are not homeless people, but people the child already knows- 30% of sex abuse occurs by relatives, and another 65% by those the child knows and trusts- friends of the family. Enough of this ‘fear the sex offender’ garbage. The facts do not support it.

    • There are about a dozen registrants that list “Transient” as their address. California law allows this as they are reportedly not residing at a physical address. If any of them do “Reside” at a fixed residence, they may be in violation if not reported to the local law enforcement agency. (LA County Sheriff’s office) They are required to register every 30 days instead of every year as other registrants with addresses.

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About Heather Harbin

Heather grew up in the Santa Clarita Valley and graduated from West Ranch High School in 2012. She recently graduated from College of the Canyons with an Associate's Degree in New Media Journalism. She was involved in College of the Canyons' "Cougar News" for two years, where she became the senior producer. She will be studying for her Bachelor's Degree at Cal State Northridge in the spring. Heather became a staff writer at KHTS AM-1220 following her internship in the newsroom. She has been writing news and feature articles for the KHTS website since May 2015.