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A convicted sex offender who allegedly failed to update his registration information was able to make bail and return to his Ralston home while his case was pending.
However, 35-year-old Curtis …
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A convicted sex offender who allegedly failed to update his registration information was able to make bail and return to his Ralston home while his case was pending.
However, 35-year-old Curtis A. Brown was re-arrested within a matter of days, after he was allegedly caught accessing pornography with prohibited electronic devices.
Brown is now back in the Park County Detention Center.
Court records say Brown remains under supervision for three felony sex crimes he committed against a 14- or 15-year-old child in Kansas in 2012, back when he was 22. After being released from prison, Brown transferred his probation to Wyoming and moved to a residence in Ralston.
However, during a May 11 probation check, the Park County Sheriff’s Office learned that Brown had quit his job at a Powell restaurant, but he allegedly failed to formally notify the office of the change in employment. That prompted the Park County Attorney’s Office to charge Brown with a felony count of failure to update sex offender registration information.
Brown was arrested on May 26 and Deputy Park County Prosecuting Attorney Ericka Smith argued for his bail to be at $50,000 cash only. The prosecutor said in court that Brown had been caught with several electronic devices he wasn’t supposed to have and had left the state without permission; Smith said she planned to ask for Kansas to take Brown back once his Park County case was over.
For his part, Brown said he’d been doing well and asked to be released. He has since pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Park County Circuit Court Judge Joey Darrah adopted Smith’s $50,000 bail recommendation, but on June 4, the prosecution and defense agreed to lower the figure to $2,500 cash or surety; at the same time, Brown agreed to waive his right to a preliminary hearing and to have his felony case sent to Park County District Court.
Brown was apparently able to hire a bondsman for $250 on June 4 and was released from jail. On June 8, however, authorities say Brown’s probation agent caught him with two internet-capable devices that he’d used to view pornography. Charging documents allege those actions violated his bond and probation conditions.
Following Brown’s June 8 arrest, District Court Judge Bill Simpson put the defendant’s bond back at $50,000 cash only pending an October trial date.
