Level 3 sex offender registers to live in Thurston County

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is making a general public notification that level 3 sex offender John Thomas Vandervort will be living in Bucoda.

On March 12, 2009, Vandervort pleaded guilty in Thurston County Superior Court to one count of third-degree rape of a child and one count of third-degree rape. He was sentenced to 60 months confinement. The conviction stems from Vandervort, at 31, having sexual contact with two females, 14 and 15 years old.

Vandervort has registered with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, indicating he will live in the 400 block of Wright Street South, Bucoda.

Vandervort is described as a white man, 5 feet 8 inches and 190 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.

If you have any questions or concerns in regard to Vandervort or any other registered sex offender living in Thurston County, see co.thurston.wa.us/sheriff/ and click on “Sex Offender Watch,” or call detectives at 360-754-2894 or 360-786-5527.

This story was originally published May 11, 2016 at 11:19 AM with the headline "Level 3 sex offender registers to live in Thurston County."