Two St. Bernard Parish sex offenders wanted for failure to register new addresses; Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501

Lawrence Winstead Jr., wanted for failure to register a new address as a convicted sex offender

John Zoller lll, wanted in St. Bernard for failure to register address as a convicted sexy offender. Goes with press release about him and Lawrence Winstead Jr.

Two convicted sex offenders in St. Bernard Parish are wanted for failure to register new addresses with the Sheriff’s Office after leaving residences, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The two are Lawrence Winstead Jr., 26, who had been living in Chalmette, and John Zoller III, 35, of Violet. Anyone with information about either’s whereabouts should call the Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501.

“By law, such registered sex offenders are required to notify law enforcement when they have a change of address so we can keep track of them,’’ and these two have not done so, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Winstead, who in 2009 pleaded guilty to attempted forcible rape, separated from his wife in November and said he would be living with his mother and step-father in Meraux, but didn’t go there, the sheriff said.

Winstead last contacted the Sex Offender registry in St. Bernard on Nov. 26 and spoke with Lt. Jeff Roderfeld, who heads that division at the Sheriff’s Office. During a conversation, Winstead stated he was staying with a friend in Chalmette but wouldn’t give the location, the sheriff said.

He is suspected of prescription medication abuse but isn’t considered armed and dangerous.

Zoller, convicted in 2008 of indecent behavior with juveniles, has been missing since Oct. 7 when a compliance check was made at his given address and the home owner stated he had left approximately two weeks earlier, the sheriff said.

His whereabouts remain unknown.

A warrant of arrest has been issued by a judge for Zoller’s arrest. He also isn’t considered armed and dangerous.