CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 With Halloween coming up this Friday, parents should be aware of registered sex offenders in their neighborhoods before sending children out trick-or-treating in Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
We did a search of neighboring sex offenders near the KRIS 6 studio, and you may be surprised at what we found.<\/p>\n
Take a look at the map pictured below of sex offenders near KRIS Communications:<\/p>\n
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Family Watchdog <\/p>\n
A screenshot from Family Watchdog of a map of where registered sex offenders live near the KRIS 6 studios. <\/p>\n
Click the link below to search for sex offenders living near or in the neighborhood you live in:<\/p>\n
SEARCH: Check your neighborhood by address to learn if there are registered sex offenders living near you.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Halloween safety tips for trick-or-treating:<\/p>\n Ensure costumes are\u00a0bright and reflective\u00a0or add reflective tape to darker costumes as this helps drivers see trick-or-treaters at night.Use face paint instead of masks\u00a0that could obstruct a child\u2019s vision.Walk on sidewalks\u00a0and\u00a0utilize crosswalks.Carry\u00a0glow sticks,\u00a0flashlights\u00a0or\u00a0wearable lights\u00a0to increase overall visibility.Use soft and flexible accessories\u00a0such as pirate swords or wands that are not sharp.In the event you get separated,\u00a0have a prearranged meet-up location.Travel with adult supervision\u00a0and stay in familiar neighborhoods.Discuss the importance of\u00a0only visiting well-lit houses\u00a0and never entering a stranger\u2019s home or car for candy.Make sure children\u00a0know the phone number of an adult\u00a0and how to call 911 in case they become lost.After trick-or-treating, take all goodies home for an adult to inspect before eating, and\u00a0never consume any items that don\u2019t have a wrapper.Know the neighborhood, visit the\u00a0Texas Public Sex Offender Registry<\/a>,\u00a0which includes a map of where the registered sex offenders reside in a given area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 With Halloween coming up this Friday, parents should be aware of registered sex offenders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-24890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}