Irrigon truck driver arrested in Baker County for failure to report as sex offender

By Joe Hathaway on Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News

BAKER COUNTY — A semi-truck driver out of Morrow County faces charges after it was revealed he failed to report as a sex offender after being pulled over.

45-year-old Andrew Michael Bennett was pulled over by Oregon State Police on March 2 near the Baker Valley rest Stop for a commercial motor vehicle violation.

When he provided his driver’s license, the state database showed he had been out of compliance for failure to register as a sex offender since 2022.

The Oregon Sex Offender registry shows Bennett has to file as a sex offender for a previous conviction of public indecency.

OSP arrested Bennett, charged with Failure to Report, then was booked and released from the Baker County Jail.