A convicted sex offender from Nevada County has been now been arrested in Santa Cruz. 25-year-old Daniel VanDoren, considered a transient, has been arrested for walking into the Santa Cruz High School gym. No students were contacted, according to police. VanDoren was convicted in Nevada County two years ago for having sex with a minor under 14 years old. Then, in March of that year, he was arrested again for a similar offense, as well as for breaking into a Nevada City restaurant. District Attorney Cliff Newell says VanDoren pleaded guilty a few months later, was sentenced to a year in jail, and then released on probation. VanDoren violated probation last November and served some more time, before being placed on probation again. Newell says bench warrants were issued, after VanDoren failed to appear in court…

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Newell says probation requires an offender to stay in the same county where he was convicted. He doesn’t feel the terms were lenient for VanDoren…

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Newell says it may be a while before VanDoren returns to Nevada County, if he is now facing potential prison time because of yet another arrest.