SUPER-PREDATOR BLACK: >60 ARRESTS, 5 CONVICTIONS Man deemed violent predator caught after removing GPS monitor, escaping and prompting 3-day search

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Man deemed violent predator caught after removing GPS monitor, escaping and prompting 3-day search

Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state

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Man deemed violent predator caught after removing GPS monitor, escaping and prompting 3-day search​

Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state
ByThe Associated Press
October 4, 2024, 11:48 AM


SEATTLE -- Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state, prompting a multistate search until he was captured Thursday.
Damion Blevins, 33, was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon, convenience store after a three-day search and will be extradited back to Washington, the Seattle Times reported.
Blevins was convicted in 2017 of second-degree assault on a woman and was deemed a “sexually violent predator," according to the newspaper. He was civilly committed to a barbed wire-ensconced treatment facility on McNeil Island, about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of Tacoma, Washington. He had recently been granted court permission to live in less restrictive conditions in a Tukwila neighborhood.
The Department of Corrections and the Department of Social and Health Services will investigate what went wrong.
Department of Corrections spokesperson Christopher Wright said the agency is gathering details on what happened since he was last seen Monday at a Seattle station, where he likely took a train to Portland.
The incident is among the more severe lapses in supervision of community housing placements in recent years, the newspaper reported.
No attorney for Blevins was listed in court or jail records. He is scheduled for an arraignment hearing Monday in Portland.

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Dangerous sexual offender found in Portland after cutting off GPS monitor in Seattle

A repeat offender with over 60 arrests and five convictions to his name was found Thursday in Portland after cutting off his GPS ankle monitor earlier this week

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Dangerous sexual offender found in Portland after cutting off GPS monitor in Seattle

A repeat offender with over 60 arrests and five convictions to his name was found Thursday in Portland after cutting off his GPS ankle monitor earlier this week

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TUMWATER, Wash. — A repeat offender with over 60 arrests and five convictions to his name was found Thursday in Portland after cutting off his GPS ankle monitor earlier this week in Seattle.
Damion Blevins, 33, boarded a train to Portland Monday evening at King Street Station in Seattle after removing his GPS ankle monitor.The Department of Corrections said he will be booked into the Multnomah County jail and then extradited to Washington to face new charges.
The DOC said Blevins is a resident of aLess Restrictive Alternative located in Tukwila.


"LRAs are community residential facilities that offer court-ordered treatment for sexually violent predators in a setting less restrictive than the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island," wrote the DOC. "The program is run by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), but LRA residents are monitored for compliance of their supervision requirements by DOC."

Blevins' most recent run-in with the law came when he was recently convicted of second-degree assault in 2017 and civilly committed to the Special Commitment Center in 2023. He also has five felony convictions on his record.
"I believe it was something related to looking for a job, maybe a job fair or interview of some kind," Chris Wright, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections, said. "This appears to be the first time in recent memory that someone has cut off the monitor, so that is why we want to track him down as soon as possible."
According to court documents, Blevins was convicted after a sexual assault that happened near a Walmart parking lot in Federal Way. Documents allege he raped the victim "multiple ways" while holding a knife and threatened to slit her throat. He then stole bank checks and money from the victim.
"At one point, the victim screamed out in pain, and the defendant told her that no one could hear or help her," the documents stated.
The victim was able to break free and run for help at a convenience store.
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"The defendant was seen getting on a local bus near the store. The bus was stopped a short time later, and the defendant was arrested," court documents stated.