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Here's a little extra fact about Alfredo Dempkey that arrived this morning from the state Department of Corrections. Unfortunately, it didn't come yesterday in time for the story about Dempkey's arrest in Hawthorne.  According to police, he found a lost dog, called the teenage owner and told her he wanted sex in exchange for the dog.

She agreed to meet him. Police did instead and arrested him.

I reported that Dempkey is listed on the Megan's Law Web site as a sex offender. He's violated his term for failing to register. The site lists him as a transient. Police said he resides in Lancaster.

I couldn't get his criminal history yesterday in time for the story, but it arrived via email today. Dempkey was convicted in San Bernardino County on Aug. 5, 2003 of oral copulation by force or violence, and causing great bodily injury.

He was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released on parole on March 23, 2008. He violated his parole on June 11, 2008 and was returned to prison.

He was again released on parole on Feb. 4, 2009.

Now he's back in jail. We'll see if he gets charged today and with what.

Just when you think there's nothing left in the criminal justice system to shock your senses... a case like this comes along.

Wynford Murray, 35, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for failing to register as a sex offender. The conviction was his third strike, following two 1997 convictions in New York for sexually molesting two girls, ages 3 and 5.

In handing down the sentence, Torrance Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold noted the "fantasy" stories of sex with babies that Murray had in his possession. Arnold began to read them, he said, explaining that he couldn't get past the first page.

The stories were submitted as exhibits to the prosecutor's sentencing papers, so I decided to take a look, too.

Un. Be. Lievable.

I couldn't get past the first paragraph.

Someone sat down to write a story about their 1-year-old blonde niece, with her soft skin and long eyelashes. Then, it got unreadable. I walked out of the courtroom in a bit of a daze.

I don't know if the stories are true or fantasy, but just the fact that some people find this arousing and entertaining is chilling to the core.

This is a good time to remind people that the Megan's Law Database is available with the area's sex offenders. Get to know your neighbors.

The Los Angeles Times reports on yesterday's 9th Circuit decision that found a 28-years-to-life sentence for a San Fernando Valley man who failed to register as a sex offender was cruel and unusual punishment.