Fugitive sex offender, Dennis Michael McKenzie, was captured today in Palm Springs.
Dennis Michael McKenzie
(aka: Dennis MacKenzie)
55 years old / 5’11” / 170 / Brown / Blue
Due to the extensive media coverage, a citizen observed Dennis McKenzie in the City of Palm Springs and contacted Detectives at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station. On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. McKenzie was located by a Sheriff’s Specialized Enforcement Team in the 500 block of South Palm Canyon Dr. in Palm Springs.
McKenzie was taken into custody without incident.
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In October 2013, McKenzie, a PC290 Sex Registrant, made more than 50 threatening and obscene phone calls to the family of an 80 year old victim whom he brutally raped in 2004.
Upon release from state prison, McKenzie was paroled to a halfway house in Long Beach. Recently, he cut off his GPS monitoring device and his current whereabouts are unknown. McKenzie has a history of frequenting the Lake Arrowhead area of the San Bernardino County, Long Beach, Banning, Los Angeles County and Palm Springs.
A Felony No-Bail warrant has been issued for McKenzie.
Anyone with additional information about McKenzie is encouraged to call Deputy M. Chavez or Detective S. Thies at (909)336-0600 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (909)387-8313.
Address/Location
SBSD - Headquarters
655 E 3rd St
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700