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Sex Offender Living In Davisville Busted For Failing To Update Address
February 23, 2010
A convicted sex offender that was living in the Davisville area is in jail for failing to report his current address to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Michael J. Lassiter, 58, was convicted of molesting a juvenile in November, 1998, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He was released from a Louisiana prison and reported his address to be 4699 Highway 168, Walnut Hill and had used 5701 Highway 168, Century.
When the FDLE was unable to make contact by mail with Lassiter at either address in January and April of 2009, they sent Escambia County deputies to look for him. Deputies discovered the 5701 Highway 168 address does not exist; there are no address numbers that high on Highway 168.
Authorities then met with the property owner at the address at 4699 Highway 168. The property owner said Lassiter had been given permission to stay in a shed at the address. They found an empty refrigerator and bed rails in the shed, but no obvious indications that anyone was still living there.
In September, 2009, the FDLE met with a female that said she had allowed Lassiter to stay at her address at 9981 Highway 97 in Davisville. Lassiter, according to the FDLE, never registered the address as required by law.
A few days later, Lassiter was spotted at the 4699 Highway 168 address.
FDLE obtained a warrant for Lassiter’s arrest. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on the warrant and remains in jail on $2,500 awaiting his first court appearance on Thursday.
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6 Responses to “Sex Offender Living In Davisville Busted For Failing To Update Address”
You can’t fix this kind of sick… We should not warehouse them either… Wow I guess that only leaves one solution Right?
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP UP WITH THIS NASTY SICK IN THE HEAD PPL IS TO NOT LET THEM OUT OF JAIL ARE IF IT WAS UP TO ME I WOULD JUST REALLY PUT THEM AWAY SO NO KIDS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM HAVING TO DO IT TO THEM THEN.
I FEEL THAT THE STATE NEED T0 FIND A BETTER WAY OF TRACKING THESE SEX OFFENDERS. LIKE WEARING TRACKING DEVICE OR VERIFY ADDRESS OF THESE PEOPLE.
Sorry folks, I know people can change, but sex offerder needs to branded on his forehead…Like I said, people can change…but I don’t think sex offenders are someone we need running around freely in the community.
I guess they know his address now! At least until/unless he makes bail.
Sounds like this man really didn’t have a stable place to live, but yes they do have to register no matter where they are, even if it is at alot of different locations of staying…