In connection with “Operation Whose House,” Yvette Scott Patterson has pled guilty to federal charges.   Sentencing is scheduled for October 13, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. before U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas at the Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse.

One count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme she operated in Broward County, Florida—Patterson pled guilty to all these.  She faces a maximum of up to 5 years in jail on the conspiracy count and a consecutive term of 2 years in prison on the aggravated identity theft count.

Yvette Scott Patterson was arrested on…

Laws that are written quickly tend to lead open the Pandora’s Box of the Law of Unintended Consequences.  In Florida, this is exactly what’s happening now, and this trend might start even in other parts of the country with sex offenders.  Strict laws keeping sex offenders living near churches, schools, and places where children can congregate, have been enacted by states and municipalities across the country.  The fatality of this lurks behind the intelligent surface that makes the politicians look great.

Sex offenders are now clustering together as a result of unyielding restrictions when it comes to their whereabouts.  There are only small pockets in the communities where they can live.…