Halloween Verification Operation
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WINK News
Story Created:
Nov 1, 2009 at 2:54 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Nov 1, 2009 at 2:54 PM EDT
FORT MYERS- Lee County Sheriff's Deputies say all registered local sex offenders complied with the terms of their probation on Halloween.
On Saturday, October 31, 2009, members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Sexual Predator/Offender Unit, Cape Coral Police Department, Fort Myers Police Department and State Probation Office conducted a Halloween operation aimed at verifying that sexual offenders on probation in Lee County were in compliance with the terms of their probation.
The sex offenders in question were ordered not to pass out candy, turn off their outside lights and were prohibited from displaying Halloween decorations while children were "trick or treating" on Halloween night.
As part of the operation, investigators conducted checks on 129 individuals throughout the county.
For many of these individuals, multiple compliance checks were conducted throughout the evening.
In all, a total of 222 compliance checks were conducted.
The nature of these verifications included making direct contact with the offenders and driving past their residences multiple times throughout the night.
No arrests were made as all 129 offenders were in compliance.