Registry violation leads to arrest

Michael Sellers

A former Spencer man on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry was taken into custody at 9 a.m. Wednesday after deputies say he moved without notifying authorities.

Michael James Sellers is on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry after a 2002 Plymouth County conviction of third-degree sexual abuse involving a female age 14-17.

He was previously listed at 101 East 25th Street in Spencer and did not tell the Clay County Sheriff's Office he was moving out of the jurisdiction.

The 30-year-old was arrested in Dickinson County on Dickinson County warrants, was held there, then was transported to the Clay County jail for failure to comply with registry guidelines.

Sellers was held to appear before a magistrate.