Florida town manager candidate who had sex with high schoolers arrested for violating offender registry requirements
A Florida town manager candidate who was convicted of having sexual relationships with three high school boys landed back behind bars this week for violating sex offender registry requirements.April Watson’s bid to become the Town of Jay’s manager – a step up from her most recent role as operations manager for the 525-person panhandle town – was left in limbo Monday after she was nabbed during a “sex offender registry violation roundup” by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. The 50-year-old former teacher – who reportedly served a year in prison after she was convicted of hooking up with three Jay High School students in 2007 – was cuffed again this week after failing to notify authorities that she was staying at an RV park about 45 minutes away from Jay City Hall, according to an arrest report obtained by WEAR News. “It was recently brought to my attention April Watson stayed at Splash RV Resort located at 8500 Welcome Church Road, Milton, Florida,” an investigator noted in the report – which said Watson resided at the park from May 29 to June 5. “Watson did not register this as a temporary address,” the document read.“This information was confirmed through Splash RV Resort.”Convicted predators in the Sunshine State can face felony charges for failing to tell their local sheriff’s office when they switch addresses, jobs, phone numbers or cars, according to CBS News 12. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office conducts “sweeps” to find such scofflaw sex offenders several times every year, the outlet reported, and said that the office declined to share how many people were caught during the latest operation or the specific charges brought against Watson. The Jay Town Council voted to suspend Watson with pay on Monday, but noted it had “limited information about the charges against Ms.
Watson or any of the facts and circumstances which led to this arrest.”“The Town is currently working to gather information and wil...