Crime & Safety
Norfolk Fugitive Sex Offender Arrested In San Francisco
A sex offender wanted in Norfolk, who has a previous conviction in Connecticut, was arrested at a San Francisco homeless shelter.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A fugitive wanted in Virginia since 2014 for aggravated sexual battery, indecent liberties with a minor and failure to register as a sex offender was arrested in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Tuesday night.
Investigators received a tip that Daniel Arnold Nickerson, 59, was hiding out among the city's homeless population. He was arrested outside of a homeless shelter at Fifth and Bryant streets, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Nickerson is being held in San Francisco County Jail while awaiting extradition back to Virginia.
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He was arrested in Norfolk, Virginia, in September 2013 and released on bail in March 2014. A warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear for related hearings that June.
He was also convicted of risk of injury to a minor child in 2005 in Connecticut for an offense that occurred in 1989, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch
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