Ohio gets grant to help monitor sex offender info

COLUMBUS (AP) — The state has received federal grant money for a system to alert sheriff’s officials about possible errors in phone numbers and e-mail addresses provided by sex offenders required to register the information with local authorities.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said today that the grant of about $156,000 will create a system to automatically alert offenders and sheriff’s offices five days before offenders are required to re-register.

It also will track provided phone numbers and e-mails that are no longer valid and incorrect.

Cordray says the grant also will pay to extradite to Ohio up to 50 of the most serious sex offenders who moved out of state without notifying local authorities as required.