David Thomson

     The Sheriff's Office is notifying the public that a new sex offender has registered with the Sheriff's Office after moving here from the State of Oregon.

NAME:                       DAVID THOMSON

DATE OF BIRTH:   05/30/1972

HOME ADDRESS:   3882 Hwy 101 N, Space #6

                                    Gamaliel, Arkansas 72537

     The offender was arrested in Redding, California on 10-01-1996 on felony crimes of Sexual Battery and Lewd or Lascivious Acts with a child under 14 years of age.  He was formally charged with the latter offense and was convicted of that offense by the court.  No specific details of that offense are available.  The offender was later charged and convicted in California in 1997 for Failing to Register as a sex offender.

     (This offender has not yet been assigned a Risk Level by SOCNA (Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment).

     This person is not wanted by law enforcement at this time.  This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public.  This information cannot be used to threaten, intimidate, or harass Registered Sex Offenders.  Citizen abuse will not be tolerated.  Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement's ability to do community notification.   

     /s/ John F. Montgomery,
    Baxter County Sheriff