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Tips sought on unregistered sex offenders

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help arrest two transient sex offenders who haven't registered with authorities. 

Anthony Daniel Wayne Miles (left), 24, was convicted of first-degree child molestation Benton County in 2000.

Miles, 5-foot-9 and 140 pounds, is a transient with a three-year arrest history but now new convictions, according to Crime Stoppers.

Miles has been wanted since November 2008 for failure to register as a sex offender, according to court records.

Also wanted is James Michael Wells, 36 (right). 

Wells was convicted of third-degree assault with sexual motivation in Spokane County in 2002. 

Wells, 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, is on probation after pleading guilty to failure to register as a sex offender last October.

His 19-year local criminal history also includes a conviction for drug possession, according to Crime Stoppers.

A warrant was issued on the new charge June 23.

Both Miles and Wells are level 1 sex offenders, the classification considered least likely to reoffend.

Anyone with information on their locations asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters don't have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.



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