KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Sonoma County man was arrested over the weekend for failing to register as a sex offender after he moved to Kelseyville and began working there.
John David Heglin, 57, of Santa Rosa was taken into custody on Saturday by Det. Todd Dunia, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Last Wednesday, Dunia received information that a reported sex offender from Sonoma County was working at a grocery store in Kelseyville. The person providing the information identified the subject as Heglin, Brooks said.
Brooks said Dunia was able to confirm that Heglin was a registered sex offender and that he was on Post Release Community Supervision in Sonoma County with specific probation terms.
Dunia also confirmed that Heglin was employed as a cashier at the grocery store and had been working there for approximately one month, Brooks said.
On Friday, Dunia contacted the Sonoma County Probation Department, which was not aware that Heglin was working in Lake County, according to Brooks.
Brooks said the Sonoma County Probation Department advised that Heglin had violated the terms of his probation by failing to report his employment within three business days and for obtaining employment in Kelseyville, which is more than 50 miles from his residence and requires prior approval.
On Saturday, Dunia contacted Heglin during a traffic stop in the Lakeport area, informing Heglin that he was in violation of his probation by not reporting his employment to his probation officer and for not obtaining prior approval to be more than 50 miles from his residence, Brooks said.
Dunia conducted a search of Heglin’s vehicle based on the terms of his probation, and in the process he located and seized a smart phone in Heglin’s possession and an “application for delivery of mail through agent,” Brooks said.
Brooks said Dunia knew from reviewing Heglin’s probation terms that he was not allowed to use a post office box or be in possession of a smartphone.
Heglin was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender and for violating the terms of his probation, and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked, Brooks said.
On Tuesday, Heglin remained in custody on a no-bail hold, according to jail records.
Heglin was sentenced in 2011 to 19 years in prison after being convicted by a Sonoma County jury of 15 counts related to engaging in sexual acts with three teenage girls to whom he furnished drugs including marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, according to court records.
In March of 2013 an appeals court overturned two of the drug-related charges, which led to Heglin's shortened prison sentence, Brooks said.
Sonoma County man arrested for violating sex offender registration requirements
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