U.S. Marshals are asking the public’s help in finding a convicted sex offender who fell off law enforcement’s radar last month.
David Barry Warfield, 44, is wanted by Montgomery County police in connection with failure to register as a sex offender. Warfield was registered and living in Rockville but he apparently has moved without notifying the police, said Matthew Burke, supervisory inspector with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.
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“We wanted to catch up with him for the holidays so Montgomery County can get on track with him again,” Burke said.
U.S. Marshals are investigating potential violations of the Adam Walsh Act, a federal law signed in 2006 that makes it a federal offense to fail to register as a sex offender if the person crosses state lines or if the person originally was convicted of a felony, Burke said. Under the Adam Walsh Act, the Marshals Service is called in to help local agencies find missing sex offenders.
Warfield is listed as 5 feet 11 inches and 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. He has a tattoo of the trucking logo Peterbilt on the right side of his neck.
Warfield makes his living as a tractor trailer mechanic and used to work in Prince George’s County at a Ford truck dealership on Ardwick Ardmore Road in Landover. He has family in Charles and Howard counties.
Anyone with information on Warfield is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 301-489-1717 or 800-336-0102. Law enforcement authorities are offering a reward for information leading to his arrest.
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 28 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 19,000 fugitives since its creation in 2004.
