Southern Illinois News

The number of sex offenders living in Union County remained unchanged at 32 in the week ending Dec. 29 compared to the week before, according to the Illinois Police Sex Offender Registry.

According to a 2024 study by SafeHome.org, Illinois ranks fifth in the total number of registered sex offenders, with more than 34,000 living in the state.

Nationally, the study found over 795,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. as of August 2024 — an increase of approximately 8,000 compared to 2023.

Offender	Title	Status	Crime
Lars William Whiteside	Child Murderer/Murderer	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault, Attempt and Murder with intent to kill or injure
Michael L. Gambrill	Child Murderer/Murderer	Compliant	Murder with intent to kill or injure
Emily Ann Hammer	Non-verified Child Sex Offender	Compliant	Criminal sexual abuse/victim cant consent
Zachary Everett Justice	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated child pornography
Christopher Eugene Thorpe	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Attempt, Felony conviction after 7/1/2011 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
David W. Etherton	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Ronnie Dean Trexler	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Allan Gene Davis	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/retarded
Charles W. Peshoff	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Christopher Lee Peterman	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
James D. Duty	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Jeremy Nicholaus Tellor	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16 and Criminal sexual assault/force
Liberty K. Batson	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16
Robert D. Lence	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim 13-16, Child sex offender present in a school zone and Fail to report change of address/employment/2nd
Christopher J. Cassidy	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Daniel D. Willis	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Garrett Weaver	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Jerry Lee Lance	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13 and Predatory criminal sexual assault
Ricky E. Webster	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13, Aggravated criminal sexual assault and Violate sex offender registration
Robert J. Quin	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Shawn W. Roberts	Sexual Predator	Non-Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Tristan R. Wilhelm	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim <13
Stanley L. Wilson	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault
Cheyenne B. Pitts	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Aggravated criminal sexual assault/weapon
Kenneth W. Weible	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Child pornography/film/photos and Failure to report annually
Michael S. Richards	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Criminal sexual assault
Brian J. Schultz	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Indecent solicitation of a child over the internet and Traveling to meet a minor
Rachael Marie Phoenix	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Richard Scott Tucker	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Richard Stanley	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
Thomas W. Smith	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault
William D. Bracken	Sexual Predator	Compliant	Predatory criminal sexual assault