WILLIAMSON COUNTY — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office concluded a 10-day sex offender compliance operation Thursday which included full accountability of all registered sex offenders.

As a result, arrest warrants were issued for 28 individuals charged with violating the Sex Offender Registration Act, a class 3 Felony.

Sheriff Jeff Diederich explained that convicted sex offenders, required by law to register, must do so at the Sheriff’s Office or their local police department depending on where they reside.

According to the sheriff, his department took similar action in July of last year and charged 36 individuals with this same violation.

Registration makes a person’s previous violations and residential address public information allowing citizens of our community to remain informed and manage any interaction their children or families might have with an offender.

Over the past several weeks WCSO deployed nearly two dozen Deputies and Investigators charged with making site visits to the registered addresses of both offender’s homes and work to verify timely and accurate registration compliance.

As of Thursday, 17 of the 28 registered offenders wanted on warrants had been arrested, while 11 are still being sought.