High-risk sex offender moves near city

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The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has issued a notification for a high-risk registered sex offender living just outside Maricopa.

Anthony Loren Gastelum, 43, is a level 3 sex offender, meaning he has been determined to be at high risk for recidivism based on the results of a 19-criteria risk-assessment profile.

Gastelum moved to 48730 W. Val Vista Road.

He was convicted June 27, 1995 for sexually motivated abusive sexual conduct.

The conviction charge was the result of a plea agreement after Gastelum originally was charged for child molestation. He molested a 4-year-old girl and a young boy he knew.

Gastelum weighs 180 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He is 6 feet tall and his right hand has a “G” tattoo.