Bethesda-Chevy Chase 2017 Halloween Sex Offender Safety Map

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE, MD — As little ghosts and goblins prepare for their big night of trick-or-treating, parents may want to arm themselves with information on which houses to avoid while going door-to-door in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area.

To make it simple for parents across the state to protect their kids from dangers that may lurk in their neighborhoods or nearby, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services offers a handy, searchable database on its website. That database contains the names, offenses and last known addresses of the state’s registered sexual offenders and predators.

There are three tiers of sexual offenders: one, two and three. Tier one offenders, least serious of the three, are on the list for 15 years and must register in person with a local law enforcement agency every six months. Tier one offenses include possession of child pornography, travel with intent to engage in illicit conduct, visual surveillance with prurient intent and more.

Tier two offenders are on the sex offender registry for 25 years and must register in person with a local law enforcement agency every six months. Tier two offenses include distribution of child pornography, sexual solicitation of a minor, third degree sex offenses and more.

Tier three offenders are on the sex offender registry for life and must register in person with a local law enforcement agency every three months. Tier three offenses include false imprisonment of a minor, rape or attempted rape, sexual abuse of a minor, child kidnapping and more.

Here's the map below:

Bethesda is home to 41 registered sex offenders, according to the state. Below are the number of sex offenders broken down by zip code.

20810

There are two registered sex offenders living or working in 20810. They've both complied with their requirement to register on a regular basis. Most of them are complying with local authorities’ requirements of them, but 11 are considered non-compliant, meaning they haven't registered when required to.

20814

There are 17 registered sex offenders living or working in 20814. They are all compliant with local authorities, registering on a regular basis.

20815

There are 10 registered sex offenders living or working in 20815. They are all compliant with local authorities, registering on a regular basis.

20816

There are three registered sex offenders living or working in 20816. Two are compliant, but one is considered an absconder, which means he is no longer at his last address and authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest.

20817

There are six registered sex offenders living or working in 20817, all of whom are compliant with their requirement to register regularly.

20889

There are two registered sex offenders living or working in 20889, both of whom are compliant.

20892

There is one registered sex offender living or working in 20892 and he is compliant.

How to Search for Yourself

Parents who want to check out the map for themselves can visit the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services website. There, you can search for sex offenders by: distance from an address, county, zip code, name and school, if they are employed by or enrolled in any institutions.

The tool allows users to start their searches in an area as small as a ¼ mile radius of the listed address and goes up to the 5-mile mark. Results can be displayed in list or map form.

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