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UPDATE: Level 3 predatory offender Rico Ronondo Rodriguez has been apprehended in Belleville, Ill.
A national warrant was issued on Oct. 26, and today, Rodriguez’s car was located at an apartment building by Belleville police. He was taken into custody without incident, and will be held in the St. Clair County Jail.
The DOC thanks law enforcement, the media and the public for their assistance in this search.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking a level 3 predatory offender who is no longer complying with the conditions of his release from prison.
Rico Ronondo Rodriguez was released from prison on Aug. 8, 2015, to Intensive Supervised Release in Hennepin County. He has been on fugitive status since Oct. 26, 2015, when he cut off his GPS device and absconded from a halfway house in Minneapolis.
Rodriguez is 34 years old. He is African American, has black hair and brown eyes, and is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 227 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, torn blue jeans, a striped winter hat and dark shoes.
Rodriguez has an extensive criminal history including convictions for criminal sexual conduct. He was sentenced to prison in 2003 for criminal sexual conduct against a known juvenile female. He was also sentenced to prison for failure to register as a predatory offender in 2012.
Citizens should not attempt to confront Rodriguez. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the DOC's 24-hour tipline at 651-603-0026.
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