No sex offender lives in this neighborhood
Regarding the story "First-day bus problems irk parents" by Tom Steadman (Aug. 30):
Rick Sherwood of Pleasant Garden states that a sex offender is listed as living in our neighborhood and that he has concerns about his daughter waiting for her bus at the location the school board had designated.
Fact is, there are not sex offenders in our neighborhood. The address Sherwood gave the school board for the sex offender is an empty house and is for sale by Arnold Barrett Realty. This home has been unoccupied for two months.
Obviously, our community is upset about this erroneous statement, especially those people who have their homes for sale.
Roger L. Jarrell
Pleasant Garden
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Roger, if you go to the NC State Sex Offender Registry and type in Pleasant Garden, you'll notice there are eight registered sex offenders living in your community.
Posted on September 4, 2007 12:56 PM
Good one, hugh.
Although I kinda agree that as many sex offenders as there are out there, I can't imagine that one would be in any more danger in Pleasant Garden than anywhere else in this area.
Posted on September 5, 2007 2:57 PM