OMG! A sex offender in the neighborhood!

It was my usual daily trip to the mailbox outside our house, to see if there's any mail for us, and automatically, I would also check the newspaper box which sits beside the mail box. There was a piece of paper there which I thought must be some junk mail. I became curious as soon as I saw a picture of a guy and the heading in bold showing 'INDIANA SEX & VIOLENT OFFENDER REGISTRY'. I walked back to the house and scan through the details of that piece of paper. Oh my God, I mumbled to myself, this guy is staying just 3 doors away from us! How could that be, I thought! I have never seen him before, I've always been out in the yard, weeding, watering and gardening, and how come I've never seen this guy before? It's a small sub-division and mostly friendly family oriented residents with young childrens and a few retirees.

Upon looking through this flyer, it shows that this guy entered guilty pleas to rape and 2 counts of robbery stemming from 2 unrelated cases. He was out on bond for robbing a former girlfriend, when he raped a 24 year old woman at knife point. In return for his guilty pleas, prosecutors have agreed to dismiss habitual offender and battery charges in the cases. Prosecutors have also agreed not to file child molesting charges, currently under investigation against him. He also pleaded guilty to a purse snatching where he punched a woman.

The scary news is that, this guy has been released from a correctional facility on 11/3/07 and he is living in my neighborhood and is just 3 doors away from my house.......OMG!! I no longer have a life outside my front door nor in my backyard!! What am I going to do now??

Now I am more concern about family safety, being observant, vigilant and aware of my surroundings. I am not sure who put that notification, but who ever did that is a concern citizen, and makes me more aware of what is going on in the area.