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The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office apprehended two alleged non-compliant registered sex offenders following two separate unrelated investigations. On 06/30/2017, arrest warrants were executed on 36 year old Crystal Ann Littlefield of Waterloo, IN and 46 year old Bobby Edward Lehner Jr of rural Fremont, IN. Littlefield was located and taken into custody at the Sheriff’s Office just after 3.30 pm and Lehner was located and taken into custody in the 1200 block of W Maumee St in Angola just before 5:30 pm. Both arrests follow Sheriff’s Office investigations into allegations that Littlefield and Lehner failed to report required information to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Sex or Violent Offender Registry with in the lawful time period. Additionally, Lehner allegedly failed to appear in-person at the Sheriff’s Office by the required date to register as required by law. Littlefield and Lehner remain held in the Steuben County Jail in lieu of a $3,000.00 bond. Littlefield faces one count of level 6 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender and Lehner faces two counts of level 6 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender.

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