Sex offender moves to Warden

WARDEN — A convicted sexual predator considered a moderate risk to re-offend is moving into a Warden home, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

Gil R. Velazquez, 27, will be living in the 400 block of South Jackson Avenue in Warden, according to law enforcement. He is a level II sex offender and is considered to pose a moderate risk to re-offend within the community at large.

Velazquez was convicted in 2014 for third-degree rape of a child, a class C felony, according to a sex offender registry, and has served his sentence related to that crime.

Velazquez has been convicted of no other offenses since 2014, according to the registry.

“The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has no legal authority to direct where a sex offender may or may not live,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a press release.

“Citizens should refrain from threatening, intimidating or harassing registered sex offenders. Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to notify the community.”

— From staff reports