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High Risk Sex Offender Registers Yavapai County Address

Arizona registered sex offender James Warren Ritzer

Sedona AZ (September 7, 2012) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is required to release the following information pursuant to ARS 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law.The offender, James Warren Ritzer, has indicated that he will be living in an unincorporated area of Yavapai County.

It is the responsibility of the Chief Law Enforcement Office having jurisdiction where the offender resides to make notification to the community. Notification must be made when certain sex offenders are released from Arizona State prison, accepted under an interstate compact, or released from the county jail back into the community.

Offenders are categorized into three levels: Level One (low risk to the community), Level Two (intermediate risk to the community) and Level Three (high risk to the community).

The individual who appears on this notification, 44-year-old James Warren Ritzer, has been convicted of a sex offense which allows for community notification.

James Warren Ritzer has advised the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office that he will be living at 8060 South Bristol Bl, Kirkland, Arizona 86332.

This individual is not wanted by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office at this time.

Offender Ritzer has a history of exposing his genitals to females under the age of 12 years. Convictions occurred in 1994 and 2001. Offender Ritzer is considered a Level 3 (high) risk to the community and is currently on probation.

This notification is not intended to increase fear, rather it is the Sheriff’s Office belief that an informed community is a safer community. Citizen abuse of this information to THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR HARASS SEX OFFENDERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

The YCSO would like to remind the public of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification program. This registry will allow anyone to enter a local address which will result in a list of sex offenders registered in Yavapai County living within a one mile radius of an entered address. The registry will also provide information about particular sex offenders registered in Yavapai County. A free email notification program is available which will alert citizens to any sex offender registered in Yavapai County that resides within one mile of the address entered on a subscription.

For more details about this important public service tool, please view the online presentation available by clicking the Sex Offender Registry link at the top of the YCSO home page, www.ycsoaz.gov.

The YCSO Crime Prevention Unit may be reached at 928- 771-7441 and is available to help you join or start a neighborhood watch program as well as provide you with useful information on personal safety.

If you have information regarding current criminal activity on this or any other offender, call Yavapai Silent Witness at 800- 932-3232.

Citizens can contact the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office with information or questions at 928-771-3260.

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