Bristol, Va man arrested in Mexico for violating sex offender registration law

The United States Marshals Service announced on Tuesday that a Bristol, Virginia man accused of violating the sex offender registry was arrested in Mexico. 36 year old Corey Parton allegedly boarded a cruise ship in Galveston, Texas and gotten off in Cancun, Mexico. Parton never returned to the ship and never notified authorities that he was traveling. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2024 for allegedly violating the sex offender registry. Parton was deported to the U.S. on Monday and taken into the Marshals Service’s custody. Parton is charged with Failure to register as a sex offender or update a registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and other charges.