STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) – The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department says 34-year-old Milton Wayne Hope II of Ashley, Indiana was located and arrested without incident in the 200 block of West Garfield St in the town of Ashley for allegedly failing to register as a sex or violent offender.
During the investigation detectives learned Hope was living at another residence on Sandman Drive in rural Steuben Township and that he was also allegedly in violation of the sex offender residency restrictions due to his offender classification, and the Garfield address he was living at being with in 1,000 feet of a public park.
Hope also allegedly failed to possess an updated Indiana drivers license or identification card as required for registered sex offenders by Indiana law.
Hope was booked into the Steuben County Jail on charges of Failure to Register as a Sex or Violent Offender, level 6 felony, Registered Sex Offender Residency Restriction Violation, a level 6 felony and Failure to Possess Indiana Drivers License or ID Card, class A misdemeanor.
Hope remains in the Steuben County Jail on a $3,000 bond.
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