A mistake on the Indiana Sex Offenders Registry caused problems for a New Albany family, including harassing phone calls at home and their kids being shunned at school. All for something they didn't do.
The problems started not long after Cornell checked Indiana's Sex Offender Registry website a few months ago and found his address listed as the residence of a convicted sex offender.
Anyone checking the online registry would be led to believe a convicted felon named Joseph Epperson lives at Richard's home.
WAVE 3 put the family in touch with Mike Eslinger, the executive director of the Indiana Sheriff's Association, the organization that posted the website.
He promised to take care of the mistake by removing Cornell's address from the registry until the Floyd County Sheriff's department can locate Epperson.
>>> Click Here To Search The Kentucky Sex Offender Registry
On a lighter note...
As a result of WAVE 3's investigation we are now encouraging all visitors that use our website to search the Kentucky Sex Offender Registry to not only look for offenders in your neigborhood, but to also ensure that your name or address is not mistakenly on the list...