A registered sex offender arrested last week by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department on suspicion of failing to update his registration within five days of changing his address, was arrested again Thursday by South Lake Tahoe police on a federal warrant, the police department reported.
On May 16, South Lake Tahoe police responded to a report of a suspicious person at the city-owned Ice Arena, next to the City Recreation Center on Rufus Allen Boulevard. During their investigation, officers identified Joseph Scanio, a registered offender on federal probation for possession of child pornography, according to a police department release.
Scanio, above, was not arrested at the time, but an ensuing investigation determined he was in violation of his mandatory obligation to register his correct physical address with law enforcement, according to the release. On May 18, police arrested Scanio on suspicion of failing to comply with that obligation, a felony violation, the release states.
South Lake Tahoe police, believing Scanio's presence at the Ice Arena on May 16 was likely a violation of his federal probation, delivered a report of the circumstance to the United States Probation Office, the release states. They also reported their May 18 arrest of Scanio to the USPO.
On Thursday, police reported, the USPO advised South Lake Tahoe police that a federal arrest warrant had been issued for Scanio, alleging he had violated the terms of his supervised release. Scanio, the Probation Office advised, had violated his probation by being present at the Ice Arena without USPO authorization and by living within an area restricted from convicted sex offenders by the city of South Lake Tahoe, according to the release.
Officers arrested Scanio on the federal warrant at about 3 p.m. Thursday, at his Wyoming Avenue address, the release states.
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