The offender has failed to register 3 times in the past

A 30-year-old man is in the Benton County jail for again failing to register as a sex offender when he moved.

The man has been arrested three times for same crime

Tyler May was located and arrested over  the weekend after a tip led Grant County Deputies to a home in a rural area just  over 3 miles east of Royal City.

May is a Level 3 offender, considered likely to reoffend.  A community tip led to the investigation and his arrest.  Deputies say he was previously arrested in 2014, 2017 and 2019 following  his release from prison. Level 3 is the highest sex offender status in WA.  Level 1 is least likely, Level 2 is a moderate to medium while Level 3 are considered ‘dangerous.’

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He was convicted in Benton County of child sexual molestation in 2010 and served 4 years before his release.

By’ WA State law offenders must register with their parole officers before the plan to move, and some parolees have limitations on how far or where they can travel…

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