Mallory was convicted of second degree rape in Kingfisher County in 1996, and upon his release after nearly two years in jail, he was required to register as a Level 3 Oklahoma sex offender.  Level 3 status generally designates aggravated sex offenders or those deemed at the highest risk of re-offending.  According to the Oklahoma Sex and Violent Crime Registry website, Mallory first registered as an Oklahoma sex offender on November 20, 1997, and, as a Level 3 sex offender, he is required to register for life.

In addition to his Oklahoma second degree rape conviction, Mallory has a felony conviction for intimidating a witness in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, as well as Oklahoma County convictions for failing to comply with Oklahoma Sex Offender Registration requirements and for resisting arrest.

Currently, a warrant is out for Mallory's arrest on a complaint of child abandonment.

Authorities say Matthew Mallory is believed to be driving a maroon-colored 2003 Ford Taurus with the Oklahoma license plate tag number 948-GPL.  Mallory is described as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighing 165 pounds.  He is said to have multiple tattoos and piercings.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website, 14-year-old Ariel Daphnee Ann Mallory has blonde hair and green eyes, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighs 130 pounds.  Because she is traveling with a convicted Oklahoma sex offender, she is considered an endangered runaway.

In addition to the possibility that the pair are headed for Missouri, authorities say they may also be headed to Amarillo, Texas, or Greensburg, Indiana.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Matthew Mallory or his niece Ariel is asked to call 911.

Hawkins's arrest came as police were responding to a Crime Stoppers tip to check on him at a home in northwest Oklahoma City.  As officers were en route to the home, dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a child rape at the same residence.  Police noticed a car leaving the area and pulled it over, finding Hawkins inside.  After interviewing the registered sex offender, police arrested him on a complaint of Oklahoma rape of a child under 16.  At the end of last week, Hawkins was being held in the Oklahoma County Jail on $100,000 bond.

According to police, the initial tip to which they were responding was not related to the rape of the child.

Lucifer Hawkins was required to register as an Oklahoma sex offender after being convicted of a 1997 rape of a 5-year-old girl in Delaware County.  In that case, he was charged with two counts of lewd acts with a minor and two counts of first degree rape.  His Oklahoma sex crimes lawyer was able to negotiate a plea agreement in which all charges were dismissed or suspended except for one count of first degree rape.  Hawkins was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his child rape conviction, but was released in May 2006.

In 2008 and again in 2009, Hawkins was convicted of two counts of failure to comply with the Oklahoma sex offender registry.  His sentences for the 2008 counts and the 2009 counts were to be served concurrently.  He spent two months in jail for failing to register and began probation for a four year suspended sentence in January 2010.

According to one local news report, under the "zone of safety" requirements of Oklahoma sex offender laws, eighty-five percent of Oklahoma City is off-limits to registered sex offenders.  Because of these restrictions, finding affordable housing and gaining a fresh start is virtually impossible for registered Oklahoma sex offenders who have completed their jail sentences.  However, the housing dilemma for Oklahoma sex offenders is not the only problem created by expanding the zone of safety.  Many police officers report that enforcement of the law is difficult, and that such residency limitations actually make it more challenging to protect the innocent.  According to some officers, once the safety zone was expanded, sex offenders facing the daunting--if not impossible--task of finding housing simply failed to register.  Once they "disappear" from the radar, police say, the task of protecting the public from Oklahoma sex offenders becomes much more complicated.

One Oklahoma City news station reported on the failure of Oklahoma sex offender safety zones:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbWPlRzMCHM

Because these severe restrictions impact all individuals convicted of sex crimes who are forced to register as an Oklahoma sex offender, it is vital that those charged with such crimes seek immediate counsel from a skilled Oklahoma sex crimes lawyer who can help protect the rights and maintain the freedoms of the accused.

The second was an application to revoke our client's probation.  We were able to present enough evidence in Oklahoma court to convince the judge that our client had not violated his probation and subsequently, the application to revoke his probation was dismissed.