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<a href="https://www.washoesheriff.com/outreach/press_releases/2021-130-RSONU-detectives-arrest-non-compliant-sex-offender.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Press release from Washoe County Sheriff:</a> Sarah Johns Sep 03, 2021 - 5:55AM PR #: 2021-130 Date Issued: Sep 03, 2021 - 5:55AM <h2>For Immediate Release</h2> RSONU detectives arrest non-compliant sex offender thanks to Secret Witness tip Please note: this is a regional press release Contact: Sarah Johns Washoe County Sheriff's Office Office: 775-785-6235 Cell: 775-391-0407 <img data-src="https://www.washoesheriff.com/../3-badges.jpg" data-sizes data-srcset /> James Timothy Mortensen, 58, was arrested by Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit (RSONU) detectives for being a non-compliant sex offender on September 1, 2021 thanks to a Secret Witness tip. Mortensen is a Tier III sex offender previously convicted in Vacaville, California for crimes against children.<hr />This press release was produced by <a href="https://www.washoesheriff.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Washoe County Sheriff</a>. The views expressed here are the author's own.

<a href="https://www.washoesheriff.com/outreach/press_releases/2021-130-RSONU-detectives-arrest-non-compliant-sex-offender.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Press release from Washoe County Sheriff:</a>

Sarah Johns Sep 03, 2021 - 5:55AM

Date Issued: Sep 03, 2021 - 5:55AM

<h2>For Immediate Release</h2> RSONU detectives arrest non-compliant sex offender thanks to Secret Witness tip Please note: this is a regional press release

Contact: Sarah Johns Washoe County Sheriff's Office Office: 775-785-6235 Cell: 775-391-0407 <img data-src="https://www.washoesheriff.com/../3-badges.jpg" data-sizes data-srcset />

James Timothy Mortensen, 58, was arrested by Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit (RSONU) detectives for being a non-compliant sex offender on September 1, 2021 thanks to a Secret Witness tip. Mortensen is a Tier III sex offender previously convicted in Vacaville, California for crimes against children.<hr />This press release was produced by <a href="https://www.washoesheriff.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Washoe County Sheriff</a>. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

Washoe County Sheriff:             RSONU...

James Timothy Mortensen, 58, was arrested by Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit (RSONU) detectives for being a non-compliant sex of ...

Washoe County Sheriff:             RSONU Detectives Arrest Non-Compliant Sex Offender Thanks To Secret Witness Tip    
    

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