A sex offender in San Luis Obispo County was arrested, released and arrested again within a week and some people are wondering why.
Richard Eugene Parson, convicted in 2002 of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, was arrested by Grover Beach police last week for peeping into homes. Less than a week later, San Luis Obispo police arrested him again for failing to update his sex offender registry.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office says they weren’t able to check the status of Parson’s registry until after he was released from jail last week, which is why they issued a felony warrant for his arrest after he was released from custody.
Parson, 43, was arrested Wednesday night after an alert citizen saw him at a Starbucks in San Luis Obispo, recognized him from a
segment on the news and reported the sighting to police.
Ilan Funke-Bilu, a local defense attorney who is not representing Parson,…
