for immediate release
September 15, 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."
Archie Nelson Adkins has registered with a new address of 1 SE Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, Unit #6. This notification is a change of address.
Adkins is a white male, 50 years old (06-14-53), six feet, one inch tall, 195 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is a registered Sexual Predator with a conviction in Okaloosa County for Sexual Battery on a Victim under 12 and Lewd or Lascivious Act upon a Child under 16.
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 223 registered Sexual Offenders in Okaloosa County, of whom 16 have been designated by the courts under the more serious category of "Sexual Predator."
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for more information contact Nicole Wagner, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
(850) 609-30028