A Pella man was arrested on a warrant over the weekend for violating his status on the sex offender registry again. Benjamin Lee Curtis, 40, faces a count of registration violation, 2nd or subsequent offence, a Class D felony.

According to court records, Curtis was released on parole on July 24th, 2020, after pleading guilty to 3rd degree burglary in 2019, which carried a 15 year prison sentence. In November of 2020, law enforcement determined that Curtis was not living at the address he was registered at as a sex offender, violating the terms of that agreement. On November 2nd, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported he did not come to make required updates to his change in residency status.

Curtis was living at 112 Union Street at the time of the alleged violation, and his sex offender status is tied to a 2013 guilty plea to 3rd degree sexual abuse and domestic assault. Curtis was sentenced to 11 years, but was released in 2018. Curtis had been serving time in prison in Indiana after a December 2020 warrant arrest.