January 19- 35 employees from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office conducted a countywide roundup operation and other special duties on Friday night in attempts to serve warrants on people that have been difficult to find and to check on convicted sex offenders at their homes. They also supplied additional help at a local high school basketball game after hearing of a disturbance that occurred last week.
Arrest teams were put together and sent out to find defendants wanted for various criminal violations. These violators are sometimes difficult to locate in a timely manner and the Sheriff’s Office uses various techniques to locate them.
25 convicted sex offenders were checked on by 2 different teams. State law mandates that sex offenders check into the Sheriff’s Office twice a year to insure all information is collected and updated. Sheriff Webster instituted a policy 3 years ago that requires deputies to do a face to face check with convicted sex offenders at their homes at least twice a year and two telephone contacts a year above the state requirements.
The following people were arrested by arrest teams during the operation:
Frank Richard Goodnight, 56, of 93 Smith Hudson Rd, Siler City was arrested by Sergeant Mike Szpunar and Sergeant Chris Cooper for DV Protective Order Violation. He was jailed under a $250.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro.
Eugene Simmons, 52, of 1418 Mt Vernon Springs Rd, Siler City was charged with 2 counts of Worthless Checks from Wake county. He was released under a $250.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Wake County District Court in Raleigh.
Genaro Garcia Escobar, 34, of 3855 Mechanic Rd, Asheboro was arrested by Deputy William Mazurek and Deputy Cory Zellar for First Degree Rape, AWDW and False Imprisonment. Escobar was located by authorities in Durham County and turned over to the Sheriff’s Office. He was jailed under a $150,000.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro.
Robin Howe, 26, of 208 Doc Gaines Rd, Bear Creek was arrested by for Failing to Appear in Court. He was released under a $250.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro.
Timothy A Burnsfield, 24, of Sanford was arrested for two counts of Child Support Violations. He was jailed under a $2,000.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro.
Brian Moore, 30, of Goldston was arrested for Assault on Female, Assault by Pointing a Gun and Communicating Threats. He was jailed under a $10,000.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro.