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George David Harris

Knowing your neighborhood

“I think it’s important to know your surroundings. You need to know your neighborhood and know who’s around you, just for safety precautions.”

Those are the feelings of Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver – feelings that express the sentiment behind the state law requiring the registration and reporting of sex offenders living in an area.

To learn the whereabouts of sex offenders in Franklin County, one need only look as far as the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office website. Since 2012, the Sex Offender tab at www.franklinsheriff.org has provided a thorough database of registered sex offenders in Franklin County, including a map pinpointing the location of these sex offenders. By clicking the name of a listed offender, citizens can access a photo, identifying details and other information on each offender listed.

“If there is something they feel uncomfortable about or somebody moves into the area, any information they need to know is available, and they can check it,” Oliver said. “They’ll be able click on the sex offender tab, and it will pull up and show a picture and a charge, and it will also show a map, just like a Google map, that will show you the area of the county they live in.”

Franklin County has 53 registered sex offenders who are required by law to register with the local sheriff’s office and give notification of where they live. This number only includes the offenders that require a public notice. Juveniles and those with non-notifiable offenses are not included in this number.

The Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, Section 15-20A-10, states, “Immediately upon

release from incarceration, or immediately upon conviction if the adult sex offender is not incarcerated, the adult sex offender shall appear in person and register all required registration information with local law enforcement in each county in which the adult sex offender resides or intends to reside, accepts or intends to accept employment, and begins or intends to begin school attendance.”


Keith Lamar Beckwith
(Boddie-AKA)
8/14/1990
Male
812 Mullins Ave SW,
Russellville, AL 35653
Attempted Sexual Abuse of Child Less Than 12 Years

Charles Noble Bell
1/14/1947
Male
502 Robison Road,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st and Sodomy 1st
Victims were a 10-year-old female and an 11-year-old female

Douglas Eugene Bennett
3/8/1958
Male
12173 County Road 81,
Russellville, AL 35654
Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd
Genesee County, Michigan conviction, 10/11/1983
Victim was a 12-year-old male

Calvin Junior Bolden
3/11/1946
Male
726 County Road 83,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st and Sodomy 1st, two counts,
Franklin County conviction, 10/11/2002
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Robert Earl Brackin
6/19/1968
Male
4507 County Road 87,
Russellville, AL 35654
Rape 2nd, two counts
Franklin County conviction, 8/29/1997
Victim was a 13-year-old female

Calvin Duane Channell
10/31/1962
Male
1455 County Road 87,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 4/10/2001
Victim was a 10-year-old female

Roger Keith Colburn
6/14/1978
Male
1100 Washington Ave.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sodomy 2nd
Lamar County conviction, 10/1/1999
Victim was a 15-year-old female

Anthony Raymond Crawley
1/19/1959
Male
618 Messer Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sexual Battery
Escambia County, Florida conviction, 10/9/1992
Victim was a 22-year-old female

Daniel Wayne Crittenden
4/8/1960
Male
109 Zills Loop,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual Abuse 1st
Winston County conviction, 2/1/2005
Victim was a 5-year-old female

Terry Lynn Crumpton
10/4/1961
Male
900 Highway 85,
Haleyville, AL 35565
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 6/15/1994
Victim was an 11-year-old female

Tracy Lee Deaton
8/30/1970
Male
262 Lookout Ridge Road,
Vina, AL 35593
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County Conviction, 4/28/2000
Victim was a 4-year-old female11

Rodney Lee Franks
8/18/1969
Male
1929 County Road 91,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st, Sodomy 1st, Sodomy 1st,
Walker County conviction, 1995
2 male victims, one less than 12 and one 14

George David Harris
7/19/1950
Male
4457 County Road 93,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st
Winston County conviction, 12/8/1996
Victim was a 6-year-old female

Terry Donald Herrman
5/30/1951
Male
9996 County Road 75,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st
Cleburne County conviction, 11/8/1999
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Curtis Ray Holt
9/28/1951
Male
4570 Highway 20 Lot 1
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sodomy 1st, two counts
Colbert County conviction, 8/9/1991
Victims were two males under the age of 12

Freddy Charles Hovater
7/27/1941
Male
110 Iris Lane
Spruce Pine, AL 35585
Assault 3rd with sexual motivation
Franklin County conviction, 2/25/2016
Victim was an 8-year-old female

Robert Dariel Hudson
5/4/1982
Male
109 Filmore St. SW Apt. 5,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual abuse 1st
Lauderdale County conviction, 11/11/2003
Victim was a 23-year-old female

Jennifer King Hughes
3/17/1979
Female
703 Gum Ave. NE,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual Abuse 2nd
Colbert County conviction, 3/20/2014
Victim was a 10-year-old female

Mark Anthony Hurley
10/30/1976
Male
522 Filmore St.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 4/7/2000
Victim was a 17-year-old female victim

Christopher Shane Hutcheson
9/19/1971
Male
619 10th St. SE,
Red Bay, AL 35582
Lewd or Lascivious Acts with Child Under 14,
San Berardino County, California conviction, 11/30/2007
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Eddie Joe Jones
6/17/1967
Male
1538 Highway 13 Lot 76,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sexual Abuse of a Child Less Than 12
Marion County conviction, 9/20/13
Victim was a 9-year-old female

Van Gordon Kelley
2/11/1973
Male
3556 Old Nauvoo Road,
Russellville, AL 35653
Rape and Sexual Intercourse with Child Under 14 Years of Age, two counts
Sedgwick County, Kansas conviction, 5/9/2002
Victim was a 13-year-old female

Kimberly Sue Kinchen
4/23/1971
Female
1520 Highway 87,
Hodges, AL 35571
Sodomy 2nd
Winston County conviction, 11/17/1998
Victim was a 13-year-old male

Ryan Clay Krueger
12/26/1991
Male
70 Church St., Apt. 1,
Hodges, AL 35571
Attempted Sexual Abuse of Child Less Than 12
Colbert County conviction, 6/12/17
Victim was a female between the ages of 4-8 at the time of offense

Barry RC Lane
6/5/1990
Male
748 Walnut Gate Road,
Russellville, AL 35654
Sodomy 2nd
Franklin County conviction, 3/31/2004
Victim was a 7-year-old male

Emily Jane Mashburn
4/22/1977
Female
382 Hovater Mill Road,
Russellville, AL 35653
Indecent Liberties with a Child
Moore County, North Carolina conviction, 12/8/2009
Victim was a 15-year-old male

Daniel Wilkins McCarley
1/18/1985
Male
5476 Gravel Hill Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Rape 2nd
Franklin County conviction, 11/9/2010
Victim was a 15-year-old female

Joshua Ray McCarley
9/28/1988
Male
433 Bates Landing Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Rape 2nd
Franklin County conviction, 9/28/10
Victim was a 15-year-old female

Toney Ray McGee
7/20/1955
Male
199 Old Winstead Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sexual Abuse 2nd
Franklin County, conviction, 10/7/1996
Victim was a 14-year-old female

Timothy Wayne Minzey
1/4/1972
Male
1982 Highway 48,
Russellville, AL 35654
Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd,
Montcalm County, Michigan conviction, 3/24/2005
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Randy David Motes
9/26/1971
Male
1212 McCarley Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sexual Abuse 2nd
Franklin County conviction, 10/15/1991
Victim was a 13-year-old female

George Harvey Patterson
7/30/1955
Male
239 Massey Road,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual Abuse 1st, two counts
Franklin County conviction, 8/19/2013
Victims were an 8-year-old female and a 10-year-old female

John Frederick Pilati
3/3/1966
Male
296 James Road,
Russellville, AL 35653
Federal Conviction Deprivation of Civil Rights, 10/31/2007
Victim was a 17-year-old male

Christopher Eugene Poore
9/23/1978
Male
3365 County Road 83
Russellville, AL 35654
Rape 2nd
Colbert County conviction, 8/13/2001
Victim was a 14-year-old female

Paul Louis Porter
6/27/69
Male
123 Main Street,
Hodges, AL 35571
Sexual Abuse 2nd, two counts
Franklin County conviction, 12/11/2007
Victim was a 15-year-old female

Donald William Quade
4/24/1974
Male
415-B Park Blvd.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sodomy 1st
Marion County conviction, 11/7/2003
Victim was an 8-year-old male

Kenneth Edward Quillen
10/3/1950
Male
616 Madison St.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 12/5/2003
Victim was a 3-year-old female

Jackie Eugene Roberson
5/11/1963
Male
1395 McGuire Loop
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st
Lauderdale County conviction, 9/9/10
Victim was a 16-year-old female

Jeramey Mickael Sartin
9/1/1976
Male
1235 Happy Hollow Road,
Red Bay, AL 35582
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 5/31/2013
Victim was an 11-year-old female

Scotty Dewayne Simpson
5/6/1969
Male
2215 Highway 48
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st
Franklin County conviction, 1/10/2003,
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Jerry Melton Smith Jr.
7/12/1976
Male
17371 Highway 81
Russellville, AL 35654
Sexual Abuse 1st, two counts
Franklin County conviction, 4/30/1996
Victims were a 10-year-old female and 11-year-old female

Timothy Paul Strawmyer
9/28/1947
Male
1396 Rail Splitter Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Unlawful Sexual conduct with a minor,
Highland County, Ohio conviction, 2/12/2003
Corruption of a minor,
Highland County, Ohio conviction, 8/2/1993
Victims were a 15-year-old female and a 14-year-old female

Turner Joe Taylor
10/7/1952
Male
32 Edgar Chapel Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Rape 1st and Sodomy 1st, two counts each
Franklin County conviction, 2/8/1996
Victims were a 10-year-old female and 16-year-old male

Brandon Wayne Thomas
1/20/1992
Male
1571 Shady Grove Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Child molestation, two counts
Dougherty County, Georgia conviction, 1/26/2012
Victim was an 8-year-old male

Jeffrey Tee Thomas
9/30/1983
Male
1263 Highway 47,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Rape 3rd
Pike County, Kentucky conviction, 6/21/09
Victim was a 14-year-old female

Scotty Daryl Thompson
1/21/1977
Male
677 Bates Landing Road,
Phil Campbell, AL 35581
Sexual Abuse 2nd
Colbert County conviction, 11/25/2014
Victim was a 12-year-old female

Jimmy Ray Tompkins
4/12/1973
Male
530 Tompkins Road,
Russellville, AL 35653
Possession of Child Pornography and Receipt of Child Pornography
Federal conviction, 5/3/2005

Donald Gene Vandiver
7/11/1960
Male
1330 Hayes Ave.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Using Computer to Attempt to Entice a Minor to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity
Federal conviction, 8/24/2000

Raymond Lane Wallace
8/19/1975
Male
1889 Lawrence Street W.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Possession of Child Pornography and Receipt of Child Pornography;
Federal conviction, US District Court Northern District of Alabama, 7/30/2009

Amanda Duboise Watkins
7/9/1971
Female
12112 County Road 81,
Russellville, AL 35654
Rape 2nd and Sodomy 2nd
Colbert County conviction, 11/7/11
Victim was a 15-year-old male

Ricky Keith West
2/21/1958
Male
1323 Scott Ave.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Possession of Child Pornography
Franklin County conviction, 10/9/2001

Pennie Renee Whitehead
1/30/1974
Female
1756 Highway 52,
Russellville, AL 35653
Criminal Responsibility for Facilitation of Felony (Facilitation of Rape of a Child)
Tennessee conviction, 9/15/2004
Victim was a 10-year-old female

11/24/1975
Male
514 Van Buren St.,
Russellville, AL 35653
Sodomy 1st
Franklin County conviction, 6/7/2002
Victim was an 11-year-old female

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