Oregon sex offender arrested near Anderson Teen Center

August 11, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

ANDERSON — A deputy who stopped to talk to an Oregon transient loitering in the area of the Anderson Teen Center Sunday, Aug. 5, later arrested the man after learning he was a registered sex offender who had failed to register in California after leaving the Hillsboro, Oregon area.

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Registered sex offender William Nash was arrested last Sunday after a deputy spotted him loitering near Anderson Teen Center. Anderson PD photo

A deputy assigned to the Anderson Police Department was on patrol last Sunday when he spotted William Avery Nash, 63, of Oregon, near the youth center.

While speaking with Nash, the deputy conducted a records check that revealed the man was a registered sex offender who last registered in the Hillsboro area as a transient.

The deputy questioned Nash about what brought him to California and Nash stated he had traveled to the area “in search of a woman to make his wife,” an Anderson PD official later explained.

The deputy also learned Nash had been contacted by local law enforcement officials the previous month, but had failed to register as a sex offender within five days of coming into California, as required based on his sex offender status.

Nash was arrested and booked into Shasta County Jail on suspicion of failing to update his sex offender registration record.

An Aug. 10 jail record search indicated Nash already pleaded guilty and was sentenced. He remains in custody and is being held without bail.

Located at 2889 East Center St. in Anderson, the center – which was established in 2001 and is managed by Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council (CAPCC) – is open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and offers a “safe and productive environment for area youth,” according to their website.

The center is open to youth ages 9 to 18 and features various daily and regular, recurring leadership, recreation, artistic, and educational programs for both boys and girls, as well as mixed, co-ed groups.

In addition to cooking classes, arts and crafts, sports, board games, basketball courts, foosball, air hockey, and pool tables, the center also features computers, homework help, and free snacks for the teens.

For more information about ATC’s different programs, call: (530) 241-5816.

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” boasts 13 children and 14 – soon to be 16 – grandchildren.