Public invited to discuss Lynnwood sex offender

Published 9:18 pm Wednesday, April 8, 2015

LYNNWOOD — A community meeting is planned next week for neighbors to learn about a convicted sex offender who has moved to Lynnwood.

David Russell Mesford, 53, is a Level 3 offender, the level deemed most likely to reoffend. He is living in the 5500 block of 176th Street SW. He has convictions from the 1990s for attempted residential burglary with sexual motivation, public indecency and lewd conduct. He also has a history of exposing himself in Snohomish and King counties, most recently documented in 2013.

In 2014, he was convicted of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.

The meeting is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lynnwood Municipal Court on the second floor at 19321 44th Ave. W.

Mesford is described as white, about 6-foot and 210 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The meeting is organized by the Lynnwood Police Department.