Sex Offender Charged With Being In U City Park
Police found the man in Joseph W. Mooney Park on July 7.
A University City man faces a criminal charge for being a registered sex offender in a U City park. University City Police said that Edward A. Terry, 43, of the 900 block of Purdue Avenue in U City, was in Joseph W. Mooney Park on July 7. Police said he is prohibited from being within 500 feet of any park with a playground or pool because he is required to register as a sex offender. Terry was charged Nov. 2 with being a sex offender within 500 feet of a park with a playground or pool. He was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault in Cook County, IL in 1998, police said. Bond was set at $10,000, cash only, for Terry. For more crime information on University City Patch, see the following articles:
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J Mart
6:22 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
The residency law for Missouri is found at :http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c500-599/5660000147.htm. Sex offenders have rights afforded to them by law. Reference Article 1, section 13 of the Missouri constitution that does not allow laws to be retroactive. Also look at the 14th amendment, section 1, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, … more ›