Police looking for sex offender last seen in Lynnwood

Published 2:08 pm Thursday, April 24, 2008

LYNNWOOD – Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a sex offender who apparently cut off his electronic tracking bracelet Wednesday night, officials said.

Police are looking for David J. Torrence, 43, a level 3 offender who was released from prison Sunday after serving a one-year sentence for failing to register as a sex offender, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.

Torrence is on active supervision with state Department of Corrections. He cut off his tracking bracelet and tossed it and an associated global position system box near a Lynnwood-area apartment complex. Police searched the area but have been unable to locate Torrence.

Torrence pled guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court in 1995 to second-degree rape. He was accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl he grabbed off the street, according to court records.

Anyone with information about Torrence’s whereabouts is asked to call 911.