Fair employment news and resources

11-3-16 National:

The National Employment Law Project (NELP) recently published its November 2016 On the Record: Fair Employment newsletter which provides links and information on a number of interesting developments related to collateral consequences and criminal record mitigation. The full newsletter is available at link below: ..Continued.. by National Employment Law Project

Foresthill teacher, 45, arrested on suspicion of unlawful sex with male, 17

Interesting point, the Age of Consent in CA is 18. But more here, on punishments!

10-8-16 California:

A 45-year-old Foresthill woman who recently taught school at a Nevada County charter school was arrested Thursday on suspicion of unlawful sex with a minor, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.

Placer County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Friday on the case, saying that Placer County sheriff’s detectives started an unlawful sexual relations investigation Sept. 30 between Gina Therese Holbrook, 45, from Foresthill and a 17-year-old male.

The Sheriff’s Office is alleging that the investigation revealed evidence Holbrook engaged in an unlawful sexual relationship with the minor starting in late 2015 that continued for about eight months into 2016.

Detectives arrested Holbrook on suspicion of a variety of allegations, including suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. All incidents related to the case are suspected to have taken place in Placer County, a report from the Sheriff’s Office said.

300 Pokemon Go Players Targeted By Robbers And Child Molesters In One Month

8-30-16 National:

In the past one month there have been cases of thieves and child molesters taking unfair advantage of Pokemon Go players who are out on the streets.

A Pokemon Go crimewave seems to have engulfed most of the developed world. Robbers, thieves and child abusers have increased their predatory behavior in regard to over 300 vulnerable gamers.

The past month saw this rise in the crime rate and it is a worrisome trend. The police are on high alert as more and more gamers complain about thefts and unwanted physicality shown by strangers.

The really sad part is where criminal minds that belong to pedophiles tend to make these Pokemon Go gamers their target. Over 300 offences have happened over the past 30 days or so, according to DailyMail.

The popular smartphone game may be a healthy phenomenon since it is very interesting and lends a dopamine rush. Also it allows gamers to go on long rambling walks in the Great Outdoors which is salubrious for burning off excess calories.

Yet the potential danger of being hoodwinked and shortchanged by the dregs of society remains.

South Carolina Lawmakers Pitch Invasive Response To Refugee Resettlement

Registries are dangerous, and Lawmakers are fully aware of that fact. Then WHY do they treat sex offenders differently than any other criminal offense type?

1-30-16 South Carolina:

Some want people to know exactly where refugees live.

South Carolina lawmakers are contemplating a step that would be drastic even amid the string of extreme responses to Syrian refugee resettlement: a bill that would create a public online registry of all refugees and require police to track them.

A state Senate committee approved a bill to do so on Wednesday, although a Democratic lawmaker's objection has blocked it from going to the floor for now.

An online registry that contains refugees' addresses would be a dangerous proposition, critics say. Lawmakers have repeatedly told the public that admitting refugees would put communities at risk, and some South Carolina residents have joked about shooting them.

Even one Republican senator who supports the bill said creating a registry went too far, although she still believes Syrian refugee resettlement should be stopped. The bill applies to refugees from all countries, not just Syrians.