FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2026

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Inspectors, agents and analysts with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) joined the Columbia County Sheriff’s (CCSO), the Lake City Police Department (LCPD), the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and the State Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial Circuit in the arrests of 17 sexual offenders and sexual predators for violations of Florida law.

The four-day operation targeted registrants residing within Columbia County to confirm compliance with Florida’s registration laws.

During the operation, contact was made with 264 suspects in Columbia County.  Members of FDLE’s Enforcement and Investigative Support Bureau (EIS) and the FDLE Live Oak Field Office, together with the CCSO and LCPD, conducted verification interviews for each registrant.

The investigation led to 17 suspects being apprehended, including 13 sexual offenders and four sexual predators.

Arrests: 

Burley Kirkland, 50, sexual predator

Kenneth Brian Curry, 56, sexual predator

Geoffrey Paul Olin, 42, sexual predator

Jason Gregory Oliver, 46, sexual predator

Clinton Lee Bond, 41, sexual offender

David Lopez Rios, 53, sexual offender

Alvin Deshon Davis, 53, sexual offender

Eugene Scott Viola, 55, sexual offender

James Eric Cauthon, 53, sexual offender

Lawrence Hassebroek, 66, sexual offender

William James Rouse, 41, sexual offender

Kenneth Aubrey Hunter, 48, sexual offender

Richard Johnathan Simmons, 43, sexual offender

Vincent Sperando Jr., 73, sexual offender

Steve Ellis Sawyer, 62, sexual offender

Randy Rober Stokes, 46, sexual offender

Paul Calvin Gunter, 42, sexual offender

Seventeen suspects face various charges including failure to report changes in residence, vehicles, e-mail addresses, employment and Internet Identifiers. Additionally, David Alan Schwab, sexual offender, 63, was arrested on an Outagamie County, Wisconsin arrest warrant.

Additionally, investigators identified eight subjects who absconded from their registered address.

All suspects were booked into the Columbia County Jail. Schwab will be extradited to Wisconsin.

The cases are being prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial Circuit. 

FDLE’s Missing Persons and Offender Enforcement Division, including analysts from the Offender Registry Services 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