From Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office:
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is required to release the following information pursuant to ARS 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law. The
offender in this publication has indicated that he will be living in the unincorporated area of Yavapai County. It is the responsibility of the Chief Law Enforcement Office
having jurisdiction where the offender resides to make notification to the community. Notification must be made when certain sex offenders are released from Arizona State prison, accepted under an interstate compact, or released from the county jail back into the community.
Offenders are categorized into three levels: Level One (low risk to the community), Level Two (intermediate risk to the community) and Level Three (high risk to the community).
The individual who appears on this notification, 42-year-old Darrell Alan Belger, has been
convicted of a sex offense which allows for community notification. This sex offender has advised the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office that he will be living at 1319 S. Monte Tesoro Dr. Cottonwood, AZ 86326. This individual is not wanted by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office at this time.
In September 2001, In Archuleta County, Colorado the 21-year-old offender was convicted of Sexual Assault on a Child and sentenced to 2 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. The victim was a 12-year-old female unknown to the offender. He is considered a level 2, intermediate risk, offender.
This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather it is the Sheriff’s Office belief that an informed community is a safer community. CITIZEN ABUSES OF THIS INFORMATION TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE OR HARASS SEX OFFENDERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. The YCSO would like to remind the public of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification program
available at www.ycsoaz.gov. This registry will allow anyone to enter a local address which will result in a list of sex offenders registered in Yavapai County living within a one mile radius of the entered address. The registry will also provide information about particular sex offenders registered in. Yavapai County. Additionally, a free email notification program is available which will alert you to any sex offender registered in Yavapai County who resides within one mile of the address entered on your subscription.
