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 Zachariah Lucas |
Zachariah J. Lucas, 21, formerly from Clay County, currently from Linton, was wanted on a preliminary charge of failure to register as a sex or violent offender, a class D felony.
Officer Debbie McDonald of the Linton Police Department located Lucas at a residence on NW 10th Street where he was taken into custody without incident.
LPD Officer Brock Garrison provided assistance.
Lucas was first transported to the Greene County Jail then transferred into the custody of Clay County officers to be transported to the Clay County Jail.
According to jail booking records and the Sexual and Violent Offenders Registry's online information, Lucas's home address is 358 NE A Street in Linton. According to these records, he is unemployed.
Denise Andrew, Greene County's Registrar for the Sexual and Violent Offenders Registry, said Lucas came in to the Greene County Sheriff's Department and registered as living in Greene County at the NE A Street address on July 22.
Prior to this day, Lucas was registered in Clay County. However, Lucas apparently failed to notify the Clay County registrar that he had moved.
Andrew said when Lucas was questioned about how long it had been since he lived at the Clay County address, he indicated it had been about 30 days.
After Andrew notified the Clay County registrar of the situation, Clay County authorities filed the preliminary charge against Lucas.
The arrest warrant was issued Thursday and the LPD took him into custody later the same day.
The warrant specifies that Lucas will be held in lieu of $7,000 bond with ten percent allowed.
Lucas is required to register on the offenders registry due to a conviction for criminal confinement, a felony which involved a victim less than 18 years of age.
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Appears to me this young man was trying to do the right thing. His honesty about when he changed residency got him in trouble. Maybe he should have lied.
Don't our courts, police officers, and county employees have enough to do without dragging this person through the mud?
Read Nick's editorial after the above post.
Richard Dale Kramer
I agree, this is a travesty! Why attempt to ruin this young mans life? Just to clarify, this is in no way a negative comment by the way!
What are you people saying?? Are you hearing the words coming out??? That is crazy.
1. He is a SEX OFFENDER, he abused a minor under the age of 18, dont make this guy the victim, he BROKE the civil and MORAL law.
2. He KNEW he had to let Clay Co. know where he was at all times, moving being one of them, that is not anything new for people convicted.
Wake up bleeding hearts, must not have been your child he abused, huh???
1.First off, he IS NOT a sex offender. He was convicted of criminal confinement at the young age of 19. He was sentenced in May of 2008 and released just two months later in July of 2008. This fact should indicate the actual seriousness of the crime committed.
2.As to whether he knew of the guidelines for registering or not I have no way of knowing however, obviously, he should have been. I do believe his intentions were good.
This kid could a real predator...or he could have had a relationship with a promiscuous young woman. Without knowing more about the initial charges, its impossible to tell. This story does read like maybe he assumed registering in Greene Co. was the only requirement.
Regardless the initial situation, I agree with DorindaJ and think his intentions were good. To the best of his knowledge anyway.
Hello..... Do any of you people think before you speak,or is the air you breathe tainted? Why was he supposed to register as sex offender?
Are we really going to justify this by saying he was trying his best? Whatever hes guilty. why because he was proven guilty in court so that makes him guilty. Guilty guilty guilty. How comforting to know hes registering in greene county. Did i mention that hes guilty (proven in court). im sure his criminal confinement was really just a reduced sentence for pleading guilty. he should have registered. claiming ignorance of the law is no excuse.
I agree that he has been proven guilty. I realize he is a convicted criminal. My question is wouldn't you think that when he registered in Greene County the first question they would ask at that time would be: "Have you informed Clay County?" I mean I hate to make sense here but that would be my first question.
Violent offender, 19 is old enough to know right from wrong. Confining a minor is still bad.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.... i didnt make that up, it is tried and true.
I so agree with redbird. idle hands are the devils workshop. i noticed he is unemployed perhaps if he had a job he would be a little more in tune with the real world. Perhaps he should sit in jail long enough to complete a course on how to register.
If nothing else comes from this at least people in the community are aware of his presence now. It will be easier to identify potential harm that may come from predators.
hmm lets see he was 19 and do we know how old this girl was, for all we know this girl could have been 17. Cases like that it's carried overboard. This list is used for good reasons but not everyone on that list goes after small childern. This system should be linked all together, when he registered in Greene Co then that should send an alert to Clay Co. At least he wasn't trying to hide anything, he registered.
hmmm lets see thats still ilegal. He was late in registering he was hiding.
Sorry but he broke the law was found guilty and then didn't go about registering correctly. So make excuses for him. It sounds like you are saying if victims are not children its not "as serious" ; blommom. If a crime is against a 17 yr old, we feel sorry for the criminal??? For all you or I know the girl was 12!!! I dont know, it doesnt matter her age. Sorry, NO! a criminal is a criminal. I dont make excuses for any of them.
If I forget to do something such as stop at a stop sign, or buckle up, or pay my taxes, I am still in the wrong and punished thoroughly. Breaking the law is breaking the law whether he meant to or not. RDK you are wrong, if I can be punished for those things then this REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER should be punished for not notifying Clay Co, just like I would be punished for not stopping, buckling up, or paying. Just because he has already been in some trouble doesn't give him a get out of jail free card the next time he messes up.
And I believe things pertaining to sex offenders should be near the top of the list of things for our courts, police officers, and county employees as it pertains to the safety of our citizens.
Once more I would like to reiterate, this person is not a sex offender! He was convicted of criminal confinement.
I kinda see how all the citizens of Salem went after the supposed witches way back when...
Oh my, I hear you loud and clear Richard!
laker34 stated: "If I forget to do something such as stop at a stop sign, or buckle up, or pay my taxes, I am still in the wrong and punished thoroughly"
Possibly ... however you may just get the warning ticket as this man most likely deserves.
...and for running that stop sign, it probably doesn't carry a life sentence of registration and public ridicule. Apples and oranges
I always thought incarceration was for rehabilitation. Last 10 years or so it has evolved into pure punishment.
hes probably in linton doing this again he sure didnt move here for work. help me out redbird
O.K. boo123 you are saying we are wrong to say he was in the wrong. huh, I dont think you understand what laws are about!!! Sorry the battle is over and the war is won by the LAW!! So if this " young man " as you like to call him, is here and he has been " SO WRONGLY " persecuted, why doesnt he try being a productive american and get a job! he has to be living somehow. Are we the taxpayers of Greene county paying for him to live here too? No job = no money.... do the math. I hope he does learn from his mistakes and be productive in life. We all have made mistakes, however; most of our mistakes dont land us in jail or hurt other people, BIG difference!!!
I dont understand the hangup on the girls age? a minor is a minor and needs protected.
To say this man has no money, is not a productive American, insinuating that the tax payers are supporting him and the like are nothing short of prejudice assumptions.
Also, I would like to know where ~any~ girl was even mentioned in this article? Please do fill me in!
dear dorindaj i am certain he was not confining an exotic bird. it had to be a female minor. hense the whole sex registry issue. Also its not a predjudice assumption by redbird rather a statement of the facts. Here on earth rights right wrongs wrong and facts are facts
With all the comments; the facts speak for themselves.
Sorry if they hurt you but reality isnt pleasant sometimes.
People do wrong things, they get punished as severe as our court system feels they need to be. That's why there are levels of crimes and levels of punishment.
Stop trying to baby people who do bad things. That makes a bunch of cry baby self serving, egotistical, self rightious uncaring, people that will be adults running our companies, cities, states, government.
Since when has teaching people to follow the rules, moral and legal, a bad thing???
Since you seem to be one on this issue Tin/bird, you have stated zero facts.
Tin/bird stated about this man:
"Sex offender"
"Predator"
"i am certain he was not confining an exotic bird. it had to be a female minor. hense the whole sex registry issue"
"hes probably in linton doing this again he sure didnt move here for work"
"No job = no money"
Plus insinuations that he is not a productive American.
Unless you know this person the statements you made above most certainly are nothing more than assumptions.
Also please tell me where in the Indiana **criminal confinement statute where there is mention of anything of sexual nature. Now this ~is~ a "fact" you can't!
Just because **criminal confinement is inclusive on the list of persons who must register on the Indiana Sexual and Violent Offenders Registry it in no way makes it constitute anything of sexual nature whatsoever. See below ...
Persons who must register on the Indiana Sexual and Violent Offenders Registry:
Any individual who has been convicted of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any of the offenses listed below must maintain registry on the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender registry.
Indiana law defines a sex and violent offender as:
1. An individual who has been convicted of any of the following offenses :
Rape (IC 35-42-4-1)
Criminal Deviate Conduct (IC 35-42-4-2)
Child Molesting (IC 35-42-4-3)
Child Exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4b)
Vicarious Sexual Gratification (IC 35-42-4-5)
Child Solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6)
Child Seduction (IC 35-42-4-7)
Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a Class A, B, or C felony (IC 35-42-4-9)
Incest (IC 35-46-1-3)
Sexual Battery (IC 35-42-4-8)
Kidnapping, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-2) or
**Criminal Confinement, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-3)
Indiana Law defines this mans conviction of **criminal confinement as the following under IC 35-42-3-3:
**Criminal confinement
Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) confines another person without the other person's consent; or
(2) removes another person, by fraud, enticement, force, or threat of force, from one (1) place to another.
"Since when has teaching people to follow the rules, moral and legal, a bad thing???"
This is not a bad thing nor is it the issue and yes, you are right, the facts do speak for themselves.
i hope you copied and pasted that because thats a lot of law. okay Question: why didnt he maintain his registry. it says in your post that criminal confinement is grounds for registry and he didnt.
Answer:Hes hiding somthing. So what you are saying is that the judge whom spent many years in college, Mrs andrews gc's regisry lady, and every officer involved is wrong. oh ya clay county had some man hours in this too. dont think so. redbird is right quit babying this situation and admit hes wrong. you posted that he was supposed to register. he didnt. he needs more time
Ignorance is no exception to the law. Maybe if the justice system started handing out a little more punishment then a slap on the wrist, some of this crap would stop. I agree, I feel sorry for this guy, sorry he's made the decisions that he's made. But I didn't make those decisions, he did, now he should PAY the consequences for HIS ACTIONS.
"Question: why didnt he maintain his registry. it says in your post that criminal confinement is grounds for registry and he didnt"
I truly could not answer that question and neither can you. Your attempts at doing so is merely assumption which has been my point all along.
"Answer:Hes hiding somthing. So what you are saying is that the judge whom spent many years in college, Mrs andrews gc's regisry lady, and every officer involved is wrong. oh ya clay county had some man hours in this too. dont think so. redbird is right quit babying this situation and admit hes wrong. you posted that he was supposed to register. he didnt. he needs more time"
And yet more assumptions. You are missing the point, what I am saying is that you are wrong for assuming such things about this person as the following:
"Sex offender"
"Predator"
"i am certain he was not confining an exotic bird. it had to be a female minor. hense the whole sex registry issue"
"hes probably in linton doing this again he sure didnt move here for work"
"No job = no money"
"Hes hiding somthing"
Plus insinuations that he is not a productive American.
I have never stated that this man was right however I did state that it is my _opinion_ that his intentions were good. I place strong emphasis on the word opinion, I do not state it as fact. Your assumptions cannot and will not be accepted as facts regardless how much you spew it is merely your opinion.
I'm done with this conversation ... good day!
stay Anchored In your Faith dorindaj i admire it however i do not believe he was trying ... good day to you as well
First let me say that the original charges were from a relationship of over a year that went sour. Second the reason for no job was due to lay off at Sony. Third, he went and registered when he moved to Greene Co. Now whether he knew to advise Clay Co. of his move may have been the fault of the law officials not properly informing anyone that is in this situation. The fact is, that he registered when he moved. The fact is, that the party of the confinement decided they wanted to cry wolf. The fact is, that the way the economy is,was the reason he was laid off. It is not your or my place to Judge. That is unless each of you know the truth. I just happen to know what has happened in this person's life.
So why is he in linton? snid
when did sony do lay offs a year ago