10 News does not give the full details, due to the fact they want to attract viewers..not promote the facts. 111 of these men are currently confined to the Hillsborough county jail and state or federal facilities. Apx 250 of the men and women in this zone are living in boarding homes..like the 47 in three homes mentioned.. and motels because they have been refused residence in apartments. 31 of them are transient, living in locations such as under I-275 overpasses and locations you wouldn't let your dog live. Some have been clean for years, while many have lived in the area for years. Others have taken residence here because they where harassed and forced out of other county locations. Now, Hillsborough county wants to enforce a "Anti-Clustering" ordinance which will ban too many registrants living in a particular area like a home, condo or apartment complex. By forcing registrants to move, they will only be adding to the problem. When will it end? They need employment, a stable residence and friends/family for support. These men and women have been charged with a variety of codes, from Romeo and Juliet, cp and more but they are trying to live their lives in peace..end the knee jerking reaction Hillsborough and help them get back on their feet, don't hurt them.
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2016/01/07/800-sex-offenders-live-in-one-tampa-neighborhood/78401232/
800+ sex offenders live in one Tampa neighborhood
Sarah Hollenbeck11:53 a.m. EST January 7, 2016
(Photo: WTSP/ Sarah Hollenbeck)
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Imagine making this discovery: hundreds of sex offenders living within walking distance of your house.
That's the case for some neighbors in V-M Ybor off Nebraska Avenue in Tampa and Thursday they are determined to get Tampa City Council members to do something about it.
Most of the neighbors bought their homes in the VM Ybor neighborhood for their historic value and the proximity to downtown Tampa and while there have always been a few sex offenders and predators here and there, now, they say the amount is absolutely unacceptable.
When Kelly Grimsdale plugs her address into the FDLE sex offender database and chooses a 5 mile radius around her home, there are 839 sex offenders and predators.
Within a quarter mile? There are 75. That's within a 5 minute walk from her home.
Increase in sex offenders
"I was trying to do an email search the other day and over the last four years I have received 97 notifications of a sexual predator moving to our neighborhood. It's only a matter of time before someone in our neighborhood gets harmed," Grimsdale explained.
Grimsdale says she loves her home and neighborhood, but she's worried about the huge concentration of people with very scary criminal histories living so nearby. She suspects the offenders and predators move to her area because it just so happens that it is more than 1,000 feet from any schools, daycares, parks or playgrounds. So, for the offenders, it's an easy fit. Yet, for neighbors, it's unnerving.
Thursday, Grimsdale and her neighbors will make a plea to city council to help.
One idea is to enforce a Hillsborough County "anti-clustering" ordinance, which bans too many sex offenders living in a particular area like a home, condo or apartment complex. A search on FDLE's website shows 47 sexual offenders and predators living in just 3 homes along Nebraska Avenue.
"Ask yourself: Would you allow this in Davis Island? Would you allow this in South Tampa? If you wouldn't allow it there, then don't allow it here. That's all I ask is for city leaders to enforce the codes, ordinances and laws equitably across the city. If you did, we wouldn't have the concentration just in our neighborhood," Grimsdale added.
The problem? If they force some sex offenders to move, will their next location be your neighborhood?
You'll want to check out FDLE's website, plug in your address and check out a map of all the sex offenders in your area and the crimes they've committed. You can also get email notifications when an offender or predator moves into your neighborhood.
