The case of a West Side sex offender reveals potentially significant loopholes in Ohio’s law requiring such felons to register the address of their residence. State law says that a sex offender can’t live within 1,000 feet of a school, but Timothy Phillips says he does not sleep at the house he owns near Westgate Alternative Elementary School.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};