Police locate, cite sex offender for failure to register
- Lake County News reports
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Monday evening, the Lakeport Police Department said it located a transient who was wanted for a parole violation and failure to register as a sex offender.
The department reported that officers found and arrested Dean Thomas Ammons, 54.
Earlier in the day, the Lakeport Police Department had asked for the community’s help in locating Ammons, a high-risk sex offender who had failed to follow registration requirements.
Due to temporary bail restrictions imposed by the Judicial Council of California due to COVID-19, the Lakeport Police Department said it was unable to book Ammons into the Lake County Jail.
Instead, police said Ammons was affixed with a monitoring device by his parole agent. Officers then released Ammons on a citation for the felony violation of failing to register as a sex offender.
Ammons was released by the California Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections on March 31, Police Chief Brad Rasmussen reported.