Sign up for sex offender email alerts

The Wicomico county sheriff’s office is reminding residents to sign up to receive emails updates about any sex offenders in your neighborhood.

The Sheriff’s Office currently has 189 active registered sex offenders. And right now, they’re using a national program called “Offender Watch.”

A sergeant with the office tells 47 ABC, Wicomico was the first county in Maryland to receive the program a few years ago, and since then, three other law enforcement agencies have picked it up. Officials say it’s been successful, but it never hurts to remind residents of the free online service.    

Sergeant Anthony Glenn with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office says, “If you move into an area and you want to track any sex offender that moves in your area, you sign up for the email program and it will alert you by email. You can see the person’s name, address, and what they did.”

Anyone can go to WicomicoSheriff.com, click the link for Sex Offenders and register to receive the email alerts.