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The authorities have charged two evacuees at Camp Dawson in the alleged sexual assault of a 13 year old girl. That has raised questions about how many of the more than 300 evacuees there, may have criminal pasts.

One West Virginia State trooper said "many" of the displaced citiznes have criminal backgrounds. He couldn't say exactly how many of them have records or what kinds of charges they've faced.

The Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety officer Joe Thornton says less than one percent of the evacuees had any type of identification on them when they arrived in West Virginia. He says some of them were finger-printed but it was a voluntary process.

Thornton says those with criminal backgrounds who have served their time have a right to move to any state they want. And evacuees with outstanding warrants wil not be able to get around the system. They will be processed in a court of law.

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