WA- Woman Claims Fiance Falsely Arrested

Interesting here is how the arresting officers try to double-talk their way to innocence. It is clear that, someone where this man did properly register, either, intentionally or inadvertantly, failed to do what the law required of them. That failure led to the losses suffered by this man and his family.

9-25-2008 Washington:

Police Say Warrant Was Valid

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A woman said her fiance was arrested unjustly as a part of Tuesday night's Operation Crackdown.

Operation Crackdown was a weeklong mission in Clark County where police were rounding up wanted sex offenders.

But Mickeal Stafford's fiancee said she has proof that he does not fit into that category.

Stafford was one of the men caught on FOX 12 cameras being arrested by police.

They picked him up on a warrant for failing to register as a sex offender.

But on Thursday, his fiancee, Rebecca Robinson, provided paperwork that showed he did register his current address with the county one month ago. Officials said he is still out of luck.

"This is the copy of the registration we got on the 25th of last month," Robinson said.

Robinson was alone in her apartment Thursday waiting for her fiance to get out of jail.

He was caught up in the sweep designed to bring in offenders who haven't been following the rules of their probation or have failed to register new addresses.

That's the reason they said they came after Stafford, but Robinson said it was a mistake.

"Really, I'm just shocked that this would happen -- that they would be this unorganized, because that's not something that you just do," Robinson said.

Rebecca had a carbon copy of paperwork from the Sex Offender Registration Office dated Aug. 25, 2008.

That's the day Robinson and Stafford registered their new address.

Since the story aired, Robinson said she's gotten threats from neighbors and Stafford got fired from his job.

"Parents have called and said I don't want my daughter working with a sex offender. And people are scared of him. He can't work there anymore," Robinson said.

County officials said Stafford was arrested on a charge of assault in July and gave police an address in Hazel Dell that was never registered.

That's when they issued a warrant for his arrest.

They said that even though Stafford registered another new address last month, the warrant was still valid and he was still a wanted man.

After all the work they've done, Robinson said they may have to start all over.

"Who knows, we just might have to move completely. I don't want trouble. We're very private people," Robinson said. ..News Source.. by FOX 12