Police: 'Extremely Dangerous' Sex Offender Ditched GPS
VAN NUYS (CBS) — Police sought the public's help Wednesday in locating a 49-year-old registered child sex offender who managed to ditch the tracking device he is required to wear on parole.
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John Howard Marble, who frequents Van Nuys Boulevard and is considered "extremely dangerous," has been unaccounted for since about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Parole agents went to the 10900 block of Sutter Avenue in Pacoima and found Marble's GPS device, which had been cut off and was under his bed, the LAPD reported.
Marble has blond hair and blue eyes, is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He has a close-shaved goatee.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts was asked to call LAPD Foothill Area Detective Monica McPartland at (818) 834-3115.
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