FORT SMITH - The Fort Smith Police Department reports that after searching for an unregistered sex offender, he has been located and arrested.
Investigators with the Fort Smith Police Department Special Investigations Unit obtained a warrant earlier in the week for the arrest of 24 year old James Paul Cody Smith, for the charge of Failure to comply with the Sex Offender Registration Act. Smith is a Level 2 Sex Offender and failed to make contact with Investigators to advise them of his permanent residence.
Thursday, investigators with the Fort Smith Police Department Special Investigations Unit located James Paul Cody Smith. Mr. Smith was interviewed by investigators and charged with Failure to Comply with the SEX Offender Registration Act.