While laws regarding sex offender registration differ from state to state, all convicted sex offenders must register with their local law enforcement agencies. However, if a sex offender falls into one of three categories (depending on the crime and the conviction), he or she is required to register part or all of his or her home address information with the National Sex Offender Registry. The general public can then go to www.familywatchdog.us to browse through the list of registered sex offenders and see if any are located near where they live. This registry was created for the safety of the public.
It turns out, however, that the three other men were also convicted sex offenders who Rodreick had been living with for around five years. In an interview with The Associated Press, police said that Rodreick became acquainted with two of the three men after he was released from jail in 2002 where he was locked up for a total of seven years for making inappropriate comments to a pair of young boys.
There are currently three states looking into Rodreick because of the fact that he never registered as a sex offender. In addition, he has also been found with a large quantity of child pornography in the past.
While there is no evidence that Rodreick harmed any children during the time he was posing as a 12-year-old, many parents in the city are uneasy, and this has led many charter schools to examine their enrollment process.
