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Local homeless vet arrested

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PANAMA CITY -- David H. Smith, a 77-year-old homeless veteran with cancer who has been critical of Veterans Affairs health care in recent local media reports, was arrested Friday and charged with failure to register as a sexual offender.

A local oncologist volunteered to treat Smith after Smith complained about waiting several months for an appointment at a VA clinic before information on Smith’s convictions for child molestation surfaced.

Smith served eight years in prison and was released in 2001. As a sex offender, he is required to keep law enforcement apprised of his current address.

He appeared before a judge who set his bond at $12,500. He’s charged with two counts of failing to register as a sexual offender, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and with violating a city sex offender ordinance.


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