Deputies Snared Local Sex Offender while Investigating Squatting Complaint
The Josephine County Sheriff's Office arrested a man for being out of compliance with his sex offender registration while investigating a squatting complaint at a vacant house near Selma early yesterday.
The Sheriff's Office reports deputies arrested an unidentified male subject at a home in the 17,900-block of Redwood Highway on Wednesday at 10:21 a.m..
Deputies said a woman from the Oregon State Treasury called 9-1-1 to report the property had been assigned to her and she was bringing in a cleaning crew when she discovered that people were living in the house and cutting down trees on the land. She requested the trespassers be removed by law enforcement.
Upon arrival, deputies contacted the squatters including a man whom they knew was a convicted sex offender. He had been living under a bridge near Hogue Drive, but had his clothing, a backpack and bedding inside the vacant house.
The man was placed into custody, transported to Grants Pass and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Failure to Report as a Sex Offender because he had not notified his corrections officer that he had moved.
Posted on 9/19/24 11:27AM by Sam Marsh
