ROCHESTER, NH — A North Carolina man was arrested for failing to report his sexual offender status in New Hampshire.
On Friday, March 7, detectives from the New Hampshire State Police Sex Offender Registry obtained an arrest warrant for Gary Dean, 65, of High Point, North Carolina, after receiving information that Dean had absconded from Rochester in 2022.
Dean, a sexual offender, is required to register quarterly as a tier III offender in New Hampshire.
Dean began registering in 2017, after being released from the New Hampshire State Prison, where he served thirty years on a 1985 conviction of aggravated felonious sexual assault and robbery.
An investigation determined that Dean failed to register as a sex offender in New Hampshire since 2022 and relocated to High Point, North Carolina, without filling out paperwork advising that he was registering outside of New Hampshire, as required.
He also failed to register as a sex offender with authorities in North Carolina.
Dean was arrested and taken into custody in High Point, North Carolina, and held on a fugitive from justice warrant.
Dean was transported to New Hampshire after waiving extradition on Wednesday and charged with six felony counts of duty to report.
Dean will be arraigned in Rochester Circuit Court on Thursday.
Detectives were assisted in this arrest by the High Point, North Carolina, Police Department and the United States Marshal Service.
