Sex Offenders

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department is releasing the following information pursuant to Section 13 of Act 989 of 1997. The sex and child offender registration and community notification guidelines promulgated by the commission of child abuse, rape and domestic violence, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender’s release when the release of such information will enhance the public safety and protection.
The individuals who appear on this web site have been convicted of a sex offense that requires registration with the Arkansas Crime Information Center. Further, their criminal history places them at a classification level that reflects the potential to be a repeat offender.

There are approximately 175 registered sex offenders living Crawford County (excluding the cities of Van Buren which has 68 and Alma which has 13) which makes the entire county having 256 at any one time. The offenders listed on this web site are only level 2, 3 or level 4 offenders which require public notification. Offenders living in Van Buren and Alma, are not listed on this site. You may want to contact those departments for more information about registered sex offenders living inside their city limits. Sex offenders listed as level 1 and some level 2 and not accessed are not on this site.

These offenders have advised the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department that they will be living at the locations listed in their individual information package. He/She is not wanted by the Police at this time.

This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather, it is our belief that and informed public is a safer public.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department has no legal authority to direct where a sex offender lives. Unless court orders exist, these offenders are constitutionally free to live wherever he/she chooses.

To view Registered Sex Offenders in Crawford County please click the link below.

Sex offenders are required to register in Arkansas.
Details on the sex Offender Registration Act of 1997 can be found in Arkansas Code §12-12-901 — 12-12-920.

Arkansas Code Annotated § 12-12-901 et seq., known as the Arkansas Sex Offender
Registration Act, also known as “Megan’s Law”, is the community notification law that
allows law enforcement to communicate with the public when a sexual offender is in
their area. The Sex Offender Assessment Committee will assess the offender using a
ratings instrument to determine the risk that the offender may pose to the community.
The assessment allows local law enforcement to determine who needs to be notified in
the community and to tailor the notification according to the offender’s level of risk.
Four levels of risk have been developed for assessment purposes:

• Level I: Usually these are individuals with no prior history of sexual acting out
and no strong antisocial tendencies or sexual compulsions or other psychological
factors impairing judgment.

• Level II: Usually these are individuals with limited or circumscribed prior history
of sexual acting out and/or only mild antisocial or predatory tendencies that
increase the general level of risk they pose.

• Level III: These are individuals with histories of repeat sexual offending and/or
strong antisocial, violent or predatory personality characteristics. Sexual
compulsions are likely to be present but may be kept under control when relapse.
prevention plans are followed, and treatment is continued.

• Level IV: These are individuals with impaired judgment or control who have
sexual or violent compulsions that they lack the ability to control. This may be
due to pedophilia or other disorder of sexual attraction, mental illness or
personality disorder that distorts thinking or otherwise interferes with behavioral
control.