Sex offender registers with Sheriff’s Office


The public is being notified of a newly convicted sex offender, 26-year-old Jonathan Michael Ybarra, registering with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff John Montgomery says Ybarra’s home address is 1872 Highway 178, Apt. #2, in Midway.

Ybarra was convicted in Baxter County Circuit Court earlier this month of the offenses of sexual indecency with a child and indecent exposure. These crimes involved the offender exposing himself in a lewd manner to an 11-year-old female inside a retail establishment in Mountain Home in January, 2016.

Ybarra has not yet been assigned a risk level by the Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment.

He is not wanted by law enforcement at this time. This notification is not intended to increase fear, rather it is the sheriff’s belief that 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 do community notification.

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