Navy Doctor Arrested as Sex Offender

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Navy Doctor Arrested as Sex Offender
August 07, 2010
Knight Ridder

Aug. 06--PORT ORCHARD -- A doctor who is being expelled from the Navy was charged by Kitsap County prosecutors Thursday with failing to register as a sex offender, according to attorneys familiar with the case.

Anthony L. Velasquez, 48, was arrested Monday at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor by Kitsap County Sheriff's Office detectives and booked into the Kitsap County jail on $25,000 bail. He posted bond early Tuesday morning and was released, said Scott Wilson, Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman.

The sheriff's office investigated after being contacted by Naval Criminal Investigative Service about the possible violation, Wilson said.

State law requires people convicted of certain sex crimes to register as sex offenders within three days of arriving in a new state.

But Velasquez, who arrived in Kitsap County in early July, was convicted in a court martial at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan and it was unclear at first if his conviction required registration, lawyers involved in the case say.

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1. Perhaps his victims will finally get some justice