Level 3 sex offender: Dennis Knight

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - The Yuma County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) has issued a notification regarding a Level 3 sex offender in the Yuma community.

YCSO says 55-year-old Dennis Knight told them he is living in the area of E. 46th Street near S. Sheila Avenue, in Yuma.

Knight is described by YCSO says five-feet, seven-inches tall, weighing 153 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes, and is not wanted by YCSO at this time.

In November of 2010, Knight pled no contest to three counts of sexual abuse in the third degree in the Douglas County Circuit Court in Roseburg, Oregon, YCSO says.

He was sentenced to 23 days in the Douglas County Jail, and the victims were three young girls who knew him.

Knight is considered by YCSO as a Level 3 sex offender with a high risk to reoffend.