PLYMOUTH — Captain Snyder with the Marshall County Police, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service, conducted a Sex and Violent Offender compliance operation throughout Marshall County from Monday, August 31st through Wednesday, September 2nd.
Those on the Sex and Violent Offender registry are required to report information including their primary residence, employment, vehicles, telephone numbers, and social media accounts being used. Any change of information must be reported in person to the managing agency within 72 hours of making a change.
The primary objective of the operation was to ensure that all offenders currently registered as residing in Marshall County were checked for accuracy in their reporting details.
Officers with various police agencies checked the registered physical residences and employment locations of 74 active registered offenders in Marshall County. The enforcement of violations resulted in the arrests of four individuals:
Randy Tener, age 61, of Bremen — arrested by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department for failure to register as a sex offender.
Kenneth Mattern, age 52, of Plymouth — arrested by the Plymouth Police Department for failure to register as a sex offender.
Robert Rumback, age 36, of Plymouth — arrested by Parole officers for parole violations.
Tyler Southwell, age 33, of Plymouth — arrested by Parole officers for parole violations.
Criminal cases were drawn for violations on an additional five registered offenders, with the information forwarded to the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office for review pending criminal charges. The offenses included:
Failure to register as a sex offender and failure of a sex offender to possess identification, investigated by the Plymouth Police.
Two additional investigations for failure to register as a sex offender, investigated by the Marshall County Police.
One for possession of marijuana, investigated by the Indiana State Police.
