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Federal Way mayor says state released convicted offender to city; council presses for notifications and legislative change
Summary
Mayor Farrell told the Federal Way City Council on Oct. 21 that Kevin Coe, a Level-3 sex offender, has registered an address in Federal Way near elementary schools and that the city will notify neighbors within a quarter mile and work with the King County Sheriff’s Office.
Mayor Farrell told the Federal Way City Council on Oct. 21 that the state has unconditionally released Kevin Coe and that Coe has registered an address in Federal Way near local elementary schools.
The mayor said the city does not have authority to block where Coe lives but will work with the King County Sheriff’s Office “to send notifications to all neighbors within a quarter mile radius of his listed address,” and that the notification will include “details about Mr. Coe, his current location and a current photo.”
The mayor called the release “deeply troubling” and said the city will press the state Legislature to re-examine laws that permit a Level-3 registrant to live near an elementary school. “We do not have a say in this matter,” the mayor said, “and … our legal options in this…
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