Indiana Probation Departments Host Halloween Events for Registered Sex Offenders

Marion County:  WTHR.com

Registered sex offenders required to attend Halloween meeting

INDIANAPOLIS – For the eighth year in a row, Operation Halloween will require registered sex offenders in Marion County to attend a meeting during trick or treat hours. The event is organized by the Marion Superior Court, Probation Department, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC), Parole Division, and Marion County Community Corrections.

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Monroe County: Indiana Daily Student

Registered sex offenders must attend mandatory Halloween meeting

All registered sex offenders currently under supervision by the Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department must report to the Justice Center for a mandatory meeting during trick-or-treating hours this Halloween, as they have for the last 13 years.  In addition to offenders currently under the supervision of the department, all paroled sex offenders will be required to attend the meeting or be available for home visits or phone calls from parole officers, according to a press release from the parole department.

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Lawrence County:  FOX59

Police use creative video to warn community about sex offenders before Halloween

BEDFORD, Ind (Oct. 27, 2014) – Halloween is just days away, and one central Indiana police department is getting the word out about local sex offenders.  The Bedford Police Department made a Facebook video that shows the faces of the nearly 50 sex offenders living in the city.

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