Six sex offenders found non-compliant on Halloween

The Poplar Bluff Police Department conducted its annual Halloween sex offender compliance check Saturday night and found several offenders were not in compliance. One also was arrested on a warrant for child pornography.

“Six offenders were found out of compliance,” police Capt. David Sutton said in a news release. “Two felony charges and four misdemeanor charges will be referred to the Butler County prosecuting attorney.

“This is a 600% increase over our yearly average.”

In addition, Sutton said, Conrad Brin, 79, of the 500 block of Lester Street was arrested on a Butler County warrant for possession of child pornography. Brin was booked at the Butler County jail, where he is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond.

“Over the past 10 years, our officers have conducted 59 sex offender compliance checks, including 10 annual Halloween compliance checks, and have investigated 198 felony violations of state and federal sex offender registration statutes,” Sutton said.

In 2020, Sutton said, officers have investigated 30 separate felony violations, which is a 50% increase over prior years.

“Eighty of the 208 sex offenders registered in Butler County live inside Poplar Bluff city limits,” Sutton said.

Chief Danny Whiteley expressed his thanks to his officers, as well as those with the Butler County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Marshals Service, who participate in the Halloween sex offender compliance checks each and every year, to “keep our children safe from dangerous perverts who prey on innocent children.”