Amador County – A former Amador County resident was arrested recently for theft from Sunset View Cemetery and failing to register as a sex offender.

The Amador County Sheriff’s Department released details Thursday saying Jimmy Ray Goodall, 59, of Linden (formerly of Amador County) was arrested for committing malicious acts of theft at a cemetery, possession of stolen property, and failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

On February 6, the Amador Sheriff’s Department received a report that an unknown subject was stealing miscellaneous mementos and flowers from grave sites and from the mausoleum at Sunset View Cemetery.

Goodall “had previously been contacted by an employee when observed ‘hanging around’ the cemetery,” and “was told not to return to the cemetery.” The employee noted his vehicle license plate. The Sheriff’s Department also received surveillance photographs of the subject taken at the cemetery.

With the information, Sheriff's “Detectives identified the subject as a registered sex offender” living in San Joaquin County. “Detectives responded to the subject’s residence at which time they located items of stolen property in plain view.”

When contacting residents living near Goodall “Detectives found stolen property that had been given to neighbors as gifts.” Goodall was contacted and arrested by Amador County Sheriff’s Detectives at his mother’s residence in Valley Springs. Goodall is currently in custody in the Amador County Jail with bail set at $40,000.

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