The following convicted sex offenders have recently registered to live in Pierce County.
Each is categorized as a Level 3 sex offender — those considered most likely to commit similar crimes. None is wanted by law enforcement officers at this time.
All convicted sex offenders registered to live in Tacoma and Pierce County are listed on the Sheriff’s Department’s website at piercesheriff.org.
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Age: 20.
Description: 5 feet 4 and 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Where registered to live: 1800 block of East 72th Street, Tacoma.
Criminal history: Convicted in 2015 of third-degree assault with sexual motivation and fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation in Pierce County for peering under the stalls in a women’s restroom at a local college and grabbing one woman’s leg. Also grabbed a pregnant woman in a department store and tried to sexually assault her.
Sex offender treatment: Did not participate in a treatment program while incarcerated.
For more information: Call Tacoma police detectives Douglas Fuller at 253-591-5989 or Christie Yglesias at 253-591-5869.
Albert E. Vanburen
Age: 35.
Description: 5 feet 10 and 195 pounds, black hair and brown eyes.
Where registered to live: 3500 block of McKinley Avenue, Tacoma.
Criminal history: Convicted in 2002 on two counts of third-degree child rape and one count of third-degree rape in Kitsap County for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl he met at a skating rink, sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in an apartment and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
Sex offender treatment: Did not participate in a treatment program while incarcerated.
For more information: Call detectives Fuller at 253-591-5989 or Yglesias at 253-591-5869.
Arthur G. Parry
Age: 58.
Description: 5 feet 11 and 180 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.
Where registered to live: 1900 block of South Sheridan, Tacoma.
Criminal history: Convicted in 1997 of first-degree child rape in Pierce County for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy. Has five convictions in Pierce County since 2007 for failing to register as a sex offender.
Sex offender treatment: Did not complete a treatment program while incarcerated.
For more information: Call detectives Fuller at 253-591-5989 or Yglesias at 253-591-5869.
Stacia Glenn: 253-597-8653
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