Lake Charles, LA –
On June 14 Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested convicted sex offender Joshua S. Thibodeaux, 39, Lake Charles, after an investigation revealed he was in violation of his sex offender registration requirements on two separate occasions.
In April, Thibodeaux failed to pay his sex offender registration community notification fees, making him in violation of his sex offender registration requirements. During further investigation it was also learned Thibodeaux had moved from his registered address and failed to report a new address with law enforcement within three days, making him once again in violation of his sex offender registration requirements.
Detectives with the CPSO Sex Offender Unit attempted to locate Thibodeaux but were unsuccessful and on June 7 Judge Tony Fazzio signed a warrant in the amount of $50,000 for his arrest.
On June 14 Thibodeaux was located and arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with failure to register as a sex offender 2nd offense; and failure to register as a sex offender.
Thibodeaux was convicted of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in Calcasieu Parish in 2012. He was also convicted of failure to register as a sex offender in 2018.
Earlier this month Calcasieu Parish Sex Offender Unit detectives received information in reference to convicted sex offender, Pete Valencia, Jr., 54, 3703 Common Street #3, Lake Charles, being in violation of his sex offender registration requirements.
During the investigation detectives learned on three separate occasions Valencia had driven a vehicle that was not registered with law enforcement; making him in violation of his sex offender registration requirements.
On June 14 Valencia, who was convicted of forcible rape in 1993 in Desoto Parish, was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with 3 counts of failure to register as a sex offender. Judge Tony Fazzio set his bond at $45,000 and he also has a detainer that was issued by Louisiana State Probation and Parole.
CPSO Detective Cory Myers is the lead investigator on both cases.