The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office is urging parents to use online tools to know the identity of registered sex offenders in the area where they plan to trick-or-treat this Halloween season.
An online sex offender registry is available for residents of La Porte County allowing parents to conduct a search prior to trick-or-treating to prevent their children from visiting the home of a registered sex offender during door-to-door trick-or-treating.
There are currently about 200 registered sex offenders residing in La Porte County. There are 63 of them that are Sexually Violent Predators 25 of which are classified as Offenders Against Children.
In addition, sheriff’s deputies have personally verified residency claims of sex offenders hundreds of times so far this year.
The registry can be accessed through the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office website.
