Level 3 sex offender notification: Jason Sims
Dillon Fuhrman
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) has issued a notification regarding a Level 3 sex offender in the Yuma community.
YCSO says Jason Sims, 54, told them he was living in the area of South Walnut Avenue and East 10th Street.
Sims is described by YCSO as five-feet, nine-inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes, and is not wanted by YCSO at this time.
In December of 1990, Sims pled guilty to one count of sexual battery in the San Diego County Superior Court. He was sentenced to 73 days in the San Diego County Jail as well as sentenced to three years of probation upon release.
However, Sims pled guilty to one count to failure to register as a sex offender in the San Diego County Superior Court at three different times:
October 20, 2001: Sentenced to over a year in the California Department of Corrections RJ Donovan Facility.
September 6, 2017: Sentenced to three years in the California Institution for Men.
September 17, 2019: Sentenced to over a year in the California Institution for Men.
Sims, according to YCSO, is considered a Level 3 sex offender with a high risk to reoffend.