After failing to register

A convicted sex offender’s bond was revoked and he was taken into custody after failing to comply with his sex offender registration earlier this month.

Anthony Lockhart, 48, of Muldrow, was charged on May 8 in Sequoyah County District Court with a felony charge of failure to comply with sex offender registration and a warrant was issued for his arrest the same day. He received a $5,000 bond but it was revoked on May 17, according to court records, and he is now set to appear before Associate District Judge Kyle Waters for a 9 a.m. May 24 felony disposition docket.

Sgt. Riley Brooks with the Muldrow Police Department reported on May 5 he was conducting an offender compliance check on Lockhart, who had an upcoming court date scheduled.

Brooks reported Lockhart as homeless but registering with the town of Muldrow as a sex offender. According to the probable cause affidavit, Lockhart was arrested in March on a warrant and released on probation. Lockhart had reportedly tried to register in Fort Smith, Ark. where he has family living but there was an issue and he had stayed under a travel pass until the city no longer allowed him to do so.

Since Lockhart was homeless, he then attempted to register with the city of Roland but he was too close to a daycare. He then went to register as a transient offender while temporarily staying at a local motel, which requires offenders to register every seven days, according to the affidavit.

Brooks said on April 26 Lockhart appeared to report his status and was issued paperwork on the following day to register again on May 3. He reportedly failed to register at that time and Brooks and another officer attempted to locate him at the motel where he was temporarily staying.

The affidavit states Lockhart also failed to register or check in with his probation officer on May 4, and a warrant request was submitted to the District Attorney for Lockhart’s arrest for failing to register as a sex offender.

District Attorney Jack Thorp said if found guilty of the charge, Lockhart could face incarceration in a correctional facility for not more than five years and a fine not to exceed $5,000, or both fine and imprisonment.