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SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER

OCSO Press Release

Mar 20, 2015

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On 11/24/14 Warren Eugene McCrea, 27 of Nespelem, was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant for failure to register as a sex offender by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Oliver, British Columbia. The Oroville Police Department met the RCMP at the Port of Entry and arrested McCrea who was then booked into the Okanogan County Jail on the outstanding felony warrant.

McCrea is a level two sex offender and is required to register with the Sheriff’s Office in the county he resides in.

In July 2014 McCrea was found not to be living at the Okanogan County address he had previously registered at. Investigation determined that McCrea had moved out from his registered address three months prior and may be living in Montana.

On 10/16/14 an Okanogan County felony arrest warrant was issued for McCrea.

On 03/11/15 McCrea was found guilty for failure to register as a sex offender. This is McCrea’s third felony conviction for failure to register as a sex offender.

On 03/18/15 McCrea was sentenced to 45 months in prison for failure to register as a sex offender. McCrea will also be on 36 months of community custody supervision by the Department of Corrections once he is released from prison and shall also register as a sex offender with the Sheriff’s Office in the county he resides.