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Sex Offender Parolee Arrested

Merced Area State Parole Agent Berber was monitoring high risk parolee sex offenders, when he was alerted that one of the parolees had cut off their ankle monitor bracelet. Parole Agent Rochester contacted the Merced Police Department asking for assistance in locating him.

According to Parole , Jason McPherson has a conviction involving child molestation and is considered a sexual predator. Merced Police Officers as well as Parole Agents were able to locate McPherson near West Olive and Austin Avenues and took him into custody without incident. McPherson was arrested for a violation of his parole and booked into the Merced County Correctional Facility...

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