Lake Montezuma AZ (November 26, 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 in this publication, Bret Allen Stehouwer, has indicated that he will be living in the 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 sex offender who appears in this notification, 54-year-old Bret Allen Stehouwer, has been convicted of a sex offense which allows for community notification.
Stehouwer has advised the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office that he is living at 4140 Cliffside Trail, A, Lake Montezuma, Arizona 86342. This individual is not wanted by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office at this time.
Offender Stehouwer was arrested on March 3, 1983 by the Redding California Police Department for a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure, and was convicted of the charge on January 14, 1985 out of the Redding Municipal Court.
Offender Stehouwer was arrested on May 24, 1996 by the Redwood California Police Department for a felony charge of indecent exposure and was convicted of that charge out of the San Mateo County Court.
Sex Offender Stehouwer is classified as a Level 2 (intermediate) risk.
This notification is not intended to increase fear but rather it is the Sheriff’s Office belief that an informed community is a safer community. CITIZEN ABUSES 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 available at www.ycsoaz.gov. 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 the entered address.
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. If you have information regarding current criminal activity on this or any other offender, please 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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