ENUMCLAW – A violent, Level III sex offender who cut off his GPS-tracking monitor and went missing was Oct. 5 was arrested Thursday morning in Enumclaw.
One official said Ronald Clayton was arrested thanks to “good old-fashioned police work” by the Department of Corrections, U.S. marshals and Enumclaw police.
Clayton had meth on him at the time of his arrest and is being held on a drug charge and escape warrant.
In 1995, Clayton was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree assault after he forced his way into a stranger’s home at gunpoint, tied her up and raped her. He ransacked the victim’s home and strangled her with a cord before she was able to escape.
He also has two felony convictions for failing to register as a sex offender in 2014 and 2016.