Crime & Courts

Rowan County authorities search for registered sex offender

Rowan County sheriff’s investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding a 35-year-old registered sex offender who’s not at his listed address.

Phillip Albert Brown III has been added to the Sheriff Office’s most wanted list for felony failing to notify of an address change by a registered sex offender.

Deputies conducting random checks of registered sex offenders in February found that Brown had moved. Brown also has an arrest warrant outstanding for assault on a female, authorities said.

Brown is white, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 165 pounds. His last known address was in Salisbury.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call sheriff’s Lt. Chad Moose at 704-216-8687 or sheriff’s Detective Janet Wietbrock at 704-216-8704.

Marusak: 704-358-5067;

Twitter: @jmarusak

This story was originally published March 5, 2015 at 9:28 AM with the headline "Rowan County authorities search for registered sex offender."

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