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FDLE arrests absconded registered Indian River County sex offender

 
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2025
 
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested absconded registered Indian River County sex offender Terry Glispy, 52, and registered Indian River County sex offender Nicolas Ospina-De La Hoz, 21, for failing to comply with Florida’s sexual offender registration laws. The arrests were made during a joint operation with the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office to confirm that registered sexual predators and offenders are complying with Florida’s registration laws.
 
Terry Antwine Glispy, 52, was arrested on May 13 on two counts of failure of a sexual offender to report a change in vehicles owned and six counts of knowingly providing false sexual offender registration information.
 
Nicolas Ospina-De La Hoz, 21, was arrested on May 9 on nine felony registration violations including failure to report after vacating a residence, failure to register within 48 hours of establishing a transient residence, failure to report a change of address to Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, failure to report changes to employment information and knowingly providing false sexual offender registration information.
 
Both men were booked into the Indian River County Jail. The cases will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 19th Judicial Circuit.
 
FDLE’s EIS Bureau partners with sheriff’s offices, police departments and federal law enforcement across Florida to verify compliance with Florida’s registration laws requiring sex offenders and predators to report to their local sheriff’s office and provide information including residential addresses, telephone numbers, vehicle information, internet identifiers, photograph, passport and conviction information.
 
Citizens can access Florida’s Sex Offender Registry by downloading the FDLE Mobile App and search the online Florida’s Sex Offender Registry at Sexual Offenders and Predators Search.
 
For Further Information Contact:
FDLE Office of Public Information
Info@fdle.state.fl.us
 

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