for immediate release
December 5, 2003

SEXUAL  PREDATOR  NOTIFICATION

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is conducting a community Sexual Predator Notification in accordance with the "Public Safety Information Act of 1997."

Allen Richard Krupkin has registered with a new home address of 632 Fourth Street, Destin.

This is a change of address for Krupkin; he previously registered a different home address in Destin on January 14, 2003, as a Sex Offender. His legal status was upgraded to Sexual Predator in July.

Krupkin is a white male, 33 years old (4-11-1970), five feet, eleven inches tall, 255 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is a registered Sexual Predator with a conviction on June 29, 2000 in Washington State (Whatcom County) on a charge of "Attempted Indecent Liberties with Forcible Compulsion."

More information about registered sexual predators and sexual offenders, including photographs, can be found on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement web site at www.fdle.state.fl.us. A link to that site is available through the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office web site at www.sheriff-okaloosa.org. The state's Sexual Offender/Predator Unit can also be reached toll-free at 1-888-357-7332. The FDLE currently lists 228 registered Sexual Offenders in Okaloosa County, of whom 15 have been designated by the courts under the more serious category of "Sexual Predator."

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for more information contact Rick Hord, Public Information Officer

(850) 651-7420

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