LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – During the past week the Lake County Sheriff’s Office – with the assistance of the U.S. Marshal’s Service and State Parole – was able to locate and arrest three sex offenders who were in violation of their sex registration requirements.
Sheriff's Lt. Steve Brooks said 43-year-old Aaron Abner Ludtke of Cobb, 42-year-old Flash Blanton of Lucerne and Monty Willis Timmons, 34, were taken into custody.
On May 1, the sheriff's office had requested assistance from the public locating Blanton and Timmons, as Lake County News has reported.
On Tuesday, detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit contacted Ludtke at his residence in Cobb, taking him into custody for failing to register as a sex offender, Brooks said.
Brooks said Ludtke was on parole for a 2012 conviction out of Lake County for violating his registration requirements.
On Friday Ludtke remained in custody at the Hill Road Correctional Facility on a no-bail parole hold and for failing to complete his annual registration, with bail for the second charge set at $25,000, Brooks said.
On Wednesday, Blanton turned himself in at the Hill Road Correctional Facility and was booked into custody. Brooks said Blanton currently is being held on a no bail warrant for violation of probation and failing to notify law enforcement of a move, with the second charge carrying a bail of $15,000.
On Thursday, sheriff’s deputies and detectives from the Major Crimes Unit along with several U.S. Marshals located Timmons at a residence on Collier Avenue in Nice, Brooks said. Timmons was taken into custody without incident.
Brooks said Timmons was booked into custody at the Hill Road Correctional Facility on a no bail parole hold and for failing to complete annual registration. Bail for the second charges is $115,000.