Click here to subscribe today or Login.
HARVEYS LAKE — Police in Harveys Lake charged Billy Joe Ribble, 42, on allegations he failed to comply with registration requirements as a registered convicted sex offender.
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday charging Ribble with failure to register with the Pennsylvania State Police and failure to verify address with authorities.
Ribble was arraigned Thursday by District Judge James Dixon of Hazle Township and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $20,000 bail.
Harveys Lake police received an investigation request from the Pennsylvania State Police Megan’s Law Unit to verify Ribble’s address on Carnation Lane on Monday, according to the criminal complaint.
Ribble listed the Carnation Lane address in April 2023, when he last complied with registration requirements, the complaint says.
Police in the complaint say Ribble vacated the Carnation Lane property in October as the property has since changed ownership.
According to the state police Megan’s Law website, Ribble is listed as an absconder. He was convicted in another state of sexual conduct against a child in April 2003.