Wanted Sex Offender arrested at South Beach, along with his suspected “accomplice”
Joseph LaCroix
Convicted Sex Offender
Wanted by police
Chased down by NPD and SO Deputies
Newport Police Officers and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies responded Thursday to assist Parole and Probation (P&P) Officers in South Beach who were pursuing a wanted sex offender. A P&P officer had observed Joseph Douglas LaCroix, age 28 of Newport, on Hwy 101 near SE 40th St. in South Beach.
LaCroix had a felony Parole Board warrant for his arrest. As the P&P officers attempted to contact him, he fled on foot. NPD Officers and LCSO Deputies established a perimeter and began to search the area. During the search, officers contacted Elizabeth Holmes, age 32 of Newport, in a motor home parked in a vacant lot where she and LaCroix were living. A valid misdemeanor warrant was found for Holmes; she was taken into custody.
A short while later a Deputy spotted LaCroix hiding in a storage area adjacent to the Central Lincoln PUD warehouse and shop facility. Although surrounded, LaCroix still tried to flee on foot. The officers were faster and subdued LaCroix a few minutes later.
Holmes was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on a Marion County no-bail warrant that charged her with Obstruction of a Criminal Investigation, and Providing False Information to a Police Officer. LaCroix was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on a no-bail Oregon State Parole Board warrant, and a new charge of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
