{"id":678479,"date":"2026-06-01T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678479\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:26:12","slug":"registered-sex-offender-arrested-at-desoto-sheriffs-office-on-warrant-he-didnt-know-was-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678479\/","title":{"rendered":"Registered sex offender arrested at DeSoto sheriff’s office on warrant he didn’t know was active"},"content":{"rendered":"

Registered sex offender arrested at DeSoto sheriff’s office on warrant he didn’t know was active<\/p>\n

\"TylerDESOTO COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Deputies say a registered sexual offender unknowingly saved them a search when he arrived at the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office while a warrant for his arrest was active.<\/p>\n

On May 29, at approximately 3:44 a.m., Michael Lee Burnsed, 39, was sitting in the sheriff’s office lobby and refused to identify himself to dispatchers, according to DCSO<\/a>. <\/p>\n

When deputies spoke with Burnsed, he reportedly asked, “Why are y’all looking for me?” DCSO said Burnsed mentioned that he was a registered sex offender and wondered if that had something to do with it.<\/p>\n

Burnsed was convicted in 2019 in Florida for lewd\/lascivious conduct with a victim under 16 years old by an offender 18 years or older.<\/p>\n

DCSO’s Criminal Investigative Division recently obtained a felony arrest warrant for Burnsed for failure to comply with sexual offender registration requirements, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

Dispatchers then confirmed the warrant was active and had not been served yet. According to DCSO, a deputy told Burnsed to stand up so he could be placed under arrest, but Burnsed reached into his pocket instead.<\/p>\n

Burnsed surrendered after seeing deputies draw their Tasers and dropped a sharp metal file from his hand, DCSO said.<\/p>\n

Burnsed is facing two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer without violence, and a felony warrant for failure to comply with sexual offender registration requirements (failing to report a transient address). <\/p>\n

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