The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public that a Registered Sex Offender who recently moved to the rural area of Oakland from Florida has now moved to Yellville.  

Name:  Steven James Schwartz

Date of Birth:  03/08/1980

Home Address:  30 Briar Rose Lane, Yellville, AR 72687

Documentation indicates this offender was convicted in the state of Florida in 2001 for Sexual Battery involving a 5 year old female. Further information is pending from the state of Florida.

This offender has not yet been assigned a Risk Level by SOSRA (Sex Offender Screening and Risk Management).

This person is not wanted by law enforcement at this time.  This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public.  This information cannot be used to threaten, intimidate, or harass Registered Sex Offenders.  Citizen abuse will not be tolerated.  Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community notification.