NEW: Warwick’s de Weldon Arrested for Failing to Register as Sex Offender
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Byron de Weldon, 45, of Warwick, has been detained in federal custody on a criminal complaint charging him with failing to register as a sex offender, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
De Weldon's arrest and detention was announced by United States Attorney Peter Neronha, U.S. Marshal Jamie Hainsworth and Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen McCartney.
The Arrest
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DeWeldon was arrested upon returning to Rhode Island last week by members of the U.S. Marshal's SORNA Task Force, the U.S. Marshals and the Warwick Police Department.
DeWeldon's History
According to court records, de Weldon was convicted in May of 1995, in Rhode Island Superior Court, on three counts of second degree molestation, in May of 1995, in Massachusetts, of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, in Rhode Island state court in April 2004, of third degree sexual assault, and in 2008, DeWeldon was civilly committed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a danger to the public.
De Weldon was released on December 18, 2014 and moved into a family member's home in Warwick.
De Weldon told GoLocal back in May that he was innocent, saying "I wish people knew the real story,” de Weldon told GoLocal. “I guess they will when I have the investigator release the taped interviews and I publish my book."
Related Slideshow: Rhode Island Communities with the Most Sex Offenders
The State of Rhode Island Parole Board and Sex Offender Community Notification Unit provides a searchable online database of Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders, which are "moderate risk" offender and "high risk" offenders, searchable by city and town, zip code, or offender level. Not all towns in the state have registered sex offenders in the database.
In addition, categories include "whereabouts unknown", "moved out of state", "incarcerated out of state", "deported", and "deceased."
Below are the sex offenders registered on the site as of November 2013, ranked accoring to offenders per capita in each community -- which can change daily. The population numbers are taken from Rhode Island DLT 2011 estimates.
Search the site for names, and addresses, here.
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