Lake Charles –
On September 29 at approximately 8:00 p.m., a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy initiated a stop on a car near the intersection of Highway 14 and Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles for a traffic violation.
When the deputy made contact with the driver, registered sex offender Jason D. Bryant, 20, 2530 Dewey Street, Lake Charles, it was learned he was driving a vehicle that had not been registered with law enforcement, making him in violation of his sex offender registration requirements.
Bryant was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with failure to register as a sex offender; along with a traffic citation. Judge Robert Wyatt set his bond at $2,600.
Bryant was convicted of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in February 2020 in Calcasieu Parish.
CPSO Sr. Cpl. Thomas Poore was the arresting deputy on this case.