A citizen tip to law enforcement resulted in a registered sex offender being arrested and jailed because he had moved to a new address and had not notified officials of the change as required.
Forty-nine-year-old Robert Eugene Goertler appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court July 7 and pled not guilty to the charges against him. He was ordered to reappear in court July 21.
He had been living at a residence along State Highway 126 in Midway for about five months at the time the citizen tip came into law enforcement, according to the Baxter County Sheriff’s office.
In 2012, Goertler was convicted in St. Joseph County, Michigan of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct and served prison time.
According to the sheriff’s office, Goertler has not been assigned a risk level in Arkansas at this time.
He is being held in the Baxter County jail with bond set at $15,000.
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