Hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in Tulsa area
By Maureen Wurtz Thursday, February 11th 2016
Hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in Tulsa area
TULSA — According to Tulsa Police, there are hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in the Tulsa area.
However, just because they’re missing doesn’t mean they’re gone, said Sgt. John Adams with the Tulsa Police Department.
“The only thing we want to know and the only thing the public wants to know- is where are these guys?” said Adams.
He wanted to hide his identity, so for the purposes of this article, his new name is ‘Ben.’ Ben has been living out of his car ever since getting out of prison. Each week, he goes to the sex offender registry office and registers as a ‘homeless sex offender.’ Homeless sex offenders are required by law to register each week and let police know where they’ll be staying.
“I’m grounded to this spot, if I’m not here, we’re going to come and arrest you- why- I’m freezing? I have to choose between life and death to follow the law,” said Ben.
Adams said the weekly registering sets up sex offenders, like Ben, for failure.