Crime & Safety
Police Monitoring Some Baltimore Co. Sex Offenders On Halloween
About 10 percent of registered sex offenders in the county are prohibited from handing out candy on Halloween.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — This Halloween, Baltimore County Police said they will monitor registered sex offenders who are not allowed to have contact with children.
About 10 percent of registered sex offenders in the county are prohibited from having contact with children, meaning they cannot hand out candy on Halloween, police said.
"Officers in marked vehicles and undercover officers in unmarked vehicles will be monitoring the homes of registered sex offenders who have been identified by the Division of Parole and Probation as having no-contact restrictions with children, in conjunction with Parole and Probation agents," the Baltimore County Police Department said in a news release.
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Registered offenders who do not have a no-contact order are allowed to pass out candy.
The Maryland sex offender registry is available online here.
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