Matthew Madden (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office)
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public a sex offender has moved from Georgia to a residence near Gassville. Sheriff John Montgomery says 39-year-old Matthew Madden has moved to 6093 U.S. Highway 62 West.
Madden has not yet been assigned a risk level by the sex offender community notification assessment. Sheriff Montgomery says he was arrested on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children in November 2008 in Cherokee County, Georgia, and was later convicted on two counts in August 2011. Madden was sentenced to five years confinement followed by 15 years probation. Details of the offenses are currently not available.
Madden is not wanted by law enforcement at this time. This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather it is the sheriff’s belief an informed public is a safer public. This information cannot be used to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders. Citizen abuse will not be tolerated. Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to provide community notification.
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