{"id":909374,"date":"2021-10-22T09:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=909374"},"modified":"2021-10-22T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:29:32","slug":"dem-mayor-hires-convicted-sex-offender-who-raped-teenage-girls-to-inspect-homes-residents-ill-be-terrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-mayor-hires-convicted-sex-offender-who-raped-teenage-girls-to-inspect-homes-residents-ill-be-terrified\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Mayor Hires Convicted Sex Offender Who Raped Teenage Girls To Inspect Homes. Residents: \u2018I\u2019ll Be Terrified\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-mayor-hires-convicted-sex-offender-who-raped-teenage-girls-to-inspect-homes-residents-ill-be-terrified%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=909374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democrat mayor of a town just south of Chicago hired a man who spent 24 years in prison for kidnapping two young teenage girls as a code enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Sept. 20, village records show Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard hired 46-year-old Lavelle Redmond as a code enforcement officer \u2014 a job in which he goes into Dolton homes and businesses to inspect them and make sure they are up to code,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/dolton-mayor-under-fire-for-hiring-registered-child-sex-offender-to-inspect-homes\">Fox 32<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Redmond, a registered child sex offender, is listed on the Illinois State Police child sex offender registry. In 1991, he participated in a gang rape and beating in the Roseland area. \u201cHe and three other people kidnapped and sexually assaulted two girls, ages 13 and 14,\u201d Fox 32 noted.<\/p>\n<p>Henyard, a single mom who grew up in Dolton, was elected mayor overwhelmingly in April with 82% of the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/tiffany-henyard-dolton-mayor-first-woman-female\/10599797\/\">ABC 7<\/a> reported. After being sworn in, she stated, \u201cDolton residents, I am reporting for duty. \u2026 I grew up with safe streets and I did not have any problems. It was a suburb. I want to bring that back to Dolton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tiffany Henyard To Be Sworn In As Dolton&#8217;s First Woman Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qJr2RfwCxJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/qJr2RfwCxJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LTVoMTGBg9\">pic.twitter.com\/LTVoMTGBg9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbschicago\/status\/1391045277285498880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outraged female residents responded to the news of Redmond\u2019s hiring with quotes such as these, according to Fox 32: \u201cCrazy. I don\u2019t know. He won\u2019t get in my house though,\u201d said one woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be terrified to know now if he had come to my house to do a code inspection. I\u2019ll be terrified,\u201d said another woman.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another woman told the outlet: \u201cOh my god. Don\u2019t they supposed to do background checks before they allow these people to in these kind of positions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox 32 said that Henyard\u2019s spokesperson \u201ccould not tell us if Redmond was still on the payroll or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Dolton trustees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/some-dolton-trustees-concerned-about-dorothy-brown-hired-as-village-administrator\">aired concerns<\/a> regarding Henyard because former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\">Cook County<\/a> Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, who had been in charge of the nation\u2019s largest court system, and some of whose employees had been charged with various crimes, stepped down from her position and then was hired by Henyard last May. Despite assurances that she was only hired for a transition period, some are concerned that she will end up staying in her new position.<\/p>\n<p>Although their protests came in October and Henyard had said Brown would be gone by November, the trustees were worried; Dolton Trustee Jason House stated, \u201cWe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrat mayor of a town just south of Chicago hired a man who spent 24 years in prison for kidnapping two young teenage girls as a code enforcement officer.\u201cOn Sept. 20, village records show Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard hired 46-year-old Lavelle Redmond as a code enforcement officer \u2014 a job in which he goes into Dolton homes and businesses to inspect them and make sure they are up to code,\u201d Fox 32 reported.Redmond, a registered child sex offender, is listed on the Illinois State Police child sex offender registry. In 1991, he participated in a gang rape and beating in the Roseland area. \u201cHe and three other people kidnapped and sexually assaulted two girls, ages 13 and 14,\u201d Fox 32 noted.Henyard, a single mom who grew up in Dolton, was elected mayor overwhelmingly in April with 82% of the vote, ABC 7 reported. After being sworn in, she stated, \u201cDolton residents, I am reporting for duty. \u2026 I grew up with safe streets and I did not have any problems. It was a suburb. I want to bring that back to Dolton.\u201dTiffany Henyard To Be Sworn In As Dolton&#8217;s First Woman Mayor https:\/\/t.co\/qJr2RfwCxJ pic.twitter.com\/LTVoMTGBg9\u2014 CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) May 8, 2021Outraged female residents responded to the news of Redmond\u2019s hiring with quotes such as these, according to Fox 32: \u201cCrazy. I don\u2019t know. He won\u2019t get in my house though,\u201d said one woman.\u201cI will be terrified to know now if he had come to my house to do a code inspection. I\u2019ll be terrified,\u201d said another woman.Yet another woman told the outlet: \u201cOh my god. Don\u2019t they supposed to do background checks before they allow these people to in these kind of positions?\u201dFox 32 said that Henyard\u2019s spokesperson \u201ccould not tell us if Redmond was still on the payroll or not.\u201dLast week, Dolton trustees aired concerns regarding Henyard because former\u00a0Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, who had been in charge of the nation\u2019s largest court system, and some of whose employees had been charged with various crimes, stepped down from her position and then was hired by Henyard last May. Despite assurances that she was only hired for a transition period, some are concerned that she will end up staying in her new position.Although their protests came in October and Henyard had said Brown would be gone by November, the trustees were worried; Dolton Trustee Jason House stated, \u201cWe are five months into this administration, the position still has not been posted, no applications have been taken. I\u00a0feel like I\u2019ve been lied to about the transition of Dorothy Brown.\u201dDolton Trustee Brittney Norwood said that when the trustees asked Brown, whom Henyard had appointed as Village Administrator, for information,\u00a0Brown \u201cstated this is the mayor. She makes the decisions. And you all need to follow her lead and do what\u2019s asked of you and not ask any questions.\u201dThe town of Dolton lies immediately south of Chicago; the 2010 census recorded 23,153 people living there. The census also found that 32.2% of homes had a female householder with no husband present.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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