Some changes are being made to state sex offender registration laws, including a requirement that homeless offenders register every three months, Department of Public Safety officials announced Tuesday.

Sex offenders will have to pay about $100 a year to register with the state under a new funding plan some officials worry might lead to less compliance with the law.

A sex offender with past convictions for public sexual indecency and indecent exposure was arrested again Sunday on suspicion of fondling his genitals while standing near a pay phone in front of a Mesa store.

A legislative mandate to make Arizona’s registered sex offenders pay a $100 yearly fee is proving unpopular with both the convicts and some public safety officials.

A child advocacy group found that states across the country have lost track of tens of thousands of rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders who are supposed to be registered in Megan’s Law databases.

A child advocacy group found that states across the country have lost track of tens of thousands of rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders who are supposed to be registered in Megan’s Law databases.

Chad Tow avoided neighbors for a few weeks earlier this year, and to this day he's still a bit embarrassed. Children no longer visit his south Chandler home to see which of his toys - golf carts, go-carts, street cars - he's tinkering with in his driveway.

Loopholes in the law. Stagnant funding. Police agencies that don’t work together. Hundreds of criminals unaccounted for.

Five bills aimed at toughening requirements for sex offenders will be reviewed today by a state legislative panel.

Thousands of convicted sex offenders are evading state and federal authorities, congregating in regions thought to have lax enforcement, slipping back and forth to Mexico or disregarding laws on reporting their whereabouts.

Two state legislative committees will tackle four more bills Thursday to ease laws on young sex offenders, following the narrow defeat of two measures because of an absent panel member.

A group of proposed laws is deepening the debate over the best way to deal with thousands of freed rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders in Arizona.

Teen sex offenders would have their photos posted online under a new federal law that threatens to undo reforms state lawmakers pushed through last session.

A man convicted of child molestation two years ago and placed on lifetime probation, is accused of trying to hold an 11-year-old boy against his will in the restroom of a Red Robin Restaurant on Monday.

There are more than 14,500 people listed on Arizona's registry of sex offenders, and a tool released by the state can help keep you up-to-date on their whereabouts.

Just in time for Halloween, the Tempe Police Department is trying to make the city safer through a more detailed sex offender database program with real-time information now accessible to the public.

Two legislative panels on Thursday passed four bills to give judges more authority over juvenile cases and ease laws on young sex offenders.

Home sellers and their real estate agents have no obligation to tell buyers there’s a registered sex offender living next door, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday regarding whether a Mesa priest is entitled to a jury trial on misdemeanor charges that could require him to register as a sex offender.

They have raging hormones, backward social skills and, at best, poor judgment. Most have confessed their sexual crimes to family members, clergy or school counselors. Many of the teenagers — who are often younger than 15 — are prosecuted as adults.

We frequently make fun of the ill-conceived and sometimes zany measures cooked up at the Arizona Legislature. But there are times when these same state lawmakers take a serious look at an emotionally charged but critically important issue and withstand verbal slingshots and arrows to propose the right changes.

Monsignor Dale Fushek won an appeal Tuesday that will grant him a jury trial on seven misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct.

Monsignor Dale Fushek won an appeal Tuesday that will grant him a jury trial on seven misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct.

A judge has granted a Mesa monsignor the right to a jury trial on seven sexually related misdemeanor offenses, overruling a lower court's decision.