On Sept. 13, 2010, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a sex offender registered in Beaufort County who failed to notify the sheriff’s office of an address change.

On May 2, Lt. Jamie Cahoon obtained a warrant charging Clarence Kevin Thigpen, 45, of Tranter’s Creek Drive, Washington, with one count of failure to register a change of address as a sex offender.

On Saturday, Thigpen turned himself in and was released under a $1,000 secured bond.