About 40 Registered Sex Offenders Live In North Escambia; One Near School

May 27, 2008

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There are 40 registered sex offenders living in North Escambia, one of them within a few hundred feet of one school’s property line.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, there are 16 registered sex offenders in the 32535 Century area zip code, eight in the McDavid/Walnut Hill 32568 zip code and 16 in the 32577 Molino zip code.

One, Stanley E. Haynie, 48, lives in the 3000 block of York Road. York Road runs off Pine Barren Road next to Northview High School and very near the driveway to the student parking lot. Haynie was convicted of “Lewd or lascivious exhibition victim under 16 years old offender 18 or older” in 2001 and “Lewd or lascivious conduct victim under 16 years old offender under 18 years” in 2003. His address was last confirmed the FDLE system in February by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Of the offenders in North Escambia, FDLE classifies two as “predators”, one in the Molino area and one in the McDavid area. Danny Meeks, 55, of the 1900 block of Chance Road in Molino was convicted of sexual battery with a weapon or force in 1996. Loyd J. Berthiaume, 56, of the 500 block of Cox Road in McDavid was convicted of lewd lascivious acts on or in the presence of a child under 16 in 1996.

To search the FDLE sexual offender database, go to www.flsexoffender.net. The FDLE web site also includes safety tips for children and parents.

A new email alert system has been announced by FDLE that will alert you if a sex offender moves into your neighborhood. Click here for that story.

Pictured above: A neighborhood search from the FDLE web site showing the residences of sex offenders within five miles. Northview is marked with the white “H” symbol.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Education, News