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Old 09-08-2005, 09:31 AM  
spongemonkey
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Stodghill, Sex Offender

Tipster "Concerned In Carlisle" writes in, perhaps to shed some light on the the charges and convictions against Dave Stodghill:

This was a long time ago, so my facts are fuzzy, and I may be relying on hearsay. I believe Stodghill was in jail twice. Once for driving a getaway car from a robbery of a house. Stodghill's story is that he was in the car and did not know his buddy was robbing the house. Second time Stodghill was harboring a 14 year old girl in his apartment when was 18 or older. The girl was missing from her home and her parents pressed kidnapping charges against him. The story I remember is that police came to his apartment and searched for the girl. Dave had her climb out a window onto the roof. When the police left, they looked up and there she was. Again, I'm not sure about the details here, but this is pretty much what transpired.

Could this be tied to his conviction of indecent assault mentioned earlier? Related to the dropped "corruption of minors" charge? If so, this makes Stodghill a full grown adult of 22 years when he was acting inappropriately with a 14 year old. In some states, this would require Dave Stodghill to register as a sex offender, but not in Pennsylvania. If the indecent assault charge was against a minor under the age of 13, it would. Or if he was convicted of a kidnapping charge.

However, in North Carolina, where Stodghill currently resides, he he may be required to register as a sex offender, which he hasn't done.

According to the NC Megans Law requirements:

The registration provisions of North Carolina's law are applicable to persons convicted on or after January 1, 1996 of a reportable offense or who have been released from a penal institution on or after January 1, 1996 for a reportable offense (see Section II A)... A final conviction in another state or federal court of an offense, which if committed in this state, would have been a reportable offense would also require registration if the individual fell within the reportable time frames set forth in Section II above (see Section IV).

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