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(ICYMI) Buford 2015 Halloween Sex Offender Safety Map

In case you missed it: Find out where local sex offenders live and what they must do on Halloween night.


Before kids go out trick or treating on Halloween, fall is a good time to take inventory of who is living in your neighborhood.

Buford has more than 30 registered sex offenders listed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry, according to an online search. Offenders in the area are marked on the above map.

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Registered sex offenders are placed under house arrest or required to report to their parole officers during the hours which children typically go trick-or-treating. Those under house arrest cannot decorate their homes, have outside lights on, or participate in Halloween activities, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles says.

Pins on the map represent addresses of offenders convicted

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