Missing Sex Offender Last Seen Tuesday Morning: Sheriff

BRADENTON, FL — A 67-year-old registered sex offender has been missing since Tuesday morning, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Dale Reichert, who is homeless, was last seen at the MCSO’s Child Protection Investigations Division Office at 3526 9th Street West in Bradenton at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

As a registered sex offender, he’s required to check in with detectives and came to the CPI office to do so, the sheriff’s office said. When Reichert couldn’t recall the address where he is staying, he left to get the address, but never returned.

Reichert suffers from dementia and has a history of becoming lost, MCSO said.

He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, blue shorts, brown sandals and a black Fedora-style hat with a black flower on it, the sheriff’s office said. He is known to frequent the area near 2600 Cortez Road West.

Anyone with information about Reichert is asked to contact the MCSO at 941-647-3011.