Yuma — The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) has released the following information pursuant to Community Notice on the Sex Offenders Act, ARS 13-3825. The offenders in this publication live within Yuma County. It is the responsibility of the highest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the offender resides to notify the community. Notification must be made when certain sex offenders are released from Arizona State Penitentiary, accepted under an interstate agreement, or released back into the community from county prisons. Violators fall into her three levels: Level 1 (low risk to the community), Level 2 (medium risk to the community), and Level 3 (high risk to the community).
Sergio Mendoza, 29, featured in this notice has been convicted of a sex offense allowing community notice. Sergio Mendoza told YCSO that he lives at 12588 S. Drysdale Lane in Lot C, Yuma, Arizona. He is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 185 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He is not wanted by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at this time.
On January 9, 2013, Mendoza pleaded guilty in Yuma County Superior Court to the charge of soliciting a minor for exploitation. He was sentenced to his 10-year intensive probation with Yuma County Adult Probation. The victim was a young woman he knew. Mendoza is no longer on probation.
Sergio Mendoza is considered a Level 3 sex offender with a high risk of reoffending.
This notice is not intended to increase fear. Rather, it is our belief that an informed community is a safer community. YCSO has no legal authority to dictate where sex offenders may or may not live. Unless restricted by court order, the criminal is constitutionally free to live wherever he pleases. Citizens may not use this information to threaten, intimidate, or harass sex offenders. Sex offenders live in our community all the time. However, Megan’s law allows law enforcement to share this information with you.
YCSO would like to remind the public about registered sex offenders and community notification program OffenderWatch. To sign up for free email alerts or search for sex offenders in your area, visit the YCSO OffenderWatch page.
