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First to the stand is Reginald Holden , in the solid blue shirt and khaki pants. Holden was convicted in 2004 for lewd or lascivious battery on a minor in Pinellas , FL @WGXAnewspic.twitter.com/p34szCgfgZ
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HAPPENING NOW: Butts County Sheriff Gary Long has arrived in Federal Court. Long is being sued by sex offenders over ‘No Trick or Treat’ Halloween signs placed in their yards @WGXAnewspic.twitter.com/deRm0sIrWC
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Holden has lived in Butts county for 2 years and works as a warehouse coordinator. He was coming home from work when he saw the sign on his lawn. He says he did not authorize them putting the sign on his lawn and feared for his safety and safety of his property
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Holden says he also found a leaflet on his door stating “If he removes the sign it will be obstruction of county property and he will be arrested”
@WGXAnews but the defense shows a copy of the leaflet and it does not say he will be arrested. Holden agrees.pic.twitter.com/XxcKaX5ME2
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Next to the stand is Corey McClendon. McClendon was convicted of statutory rape in 2001. McClendon lives with his parents and 6 year old child. He was home when they placed the signs. He was also under the impression he would be arrested if he removed it
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McClendon says he nor his family participates in Halloween activities and would not have wanted children Trick or Treating at their home. He says there are multiple no trespassing signs up around the home
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Next up is Sheriff Gary Long , he says the idea of the signs came from when the chamber of commerce canceled the ‘Halloween on the Square’ event in Jackson , and he knew kids would now go door to door on Halloween
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It was originally supposed to be a sign on the door , but Deputy Janet Riley presented the idea of the signs on the lawn. Sheriff Long then asked her to contact the Georgia Sheriffs Association and the Prosecuting Attorney’s council who she says ok’d the signs
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The grounds of having the signs is that they were in a public right of way , did NOT have sex offender written on it and served as a public service announcement
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