Donald Raney - Level 4 - Violent Sex. Predator - ARLevel 4 sex offender registers
From staff reports
A newly-assessed level 4 sex offender lives in Baxter County in the Promise Land area, according to a Baxter County Sheriff's Office news release.
Donald Raney, 46, was assessed by the Arkansas Department of Correction in October and was classified as a Level 4 sex offender, which is defined as a violent sexual predator.
In April 2002, Raney was convicted of sexual battery in connection with pulling a knife, threatening and raping a 38-year-old woman. His criminal history includes multiple violent sexual offenses against female acquaintances, which includes assaulting a 34-year-old woman in her home, according to the Baxter County Sheriff's Office.
He has prior arrests for terroristic threatening, carrying a knife, burglary, trespass, sexual misconduct, driving a vehicle while intoxicated and assault on a law enforcement officer.
Raney lives at 186 Baxter County Road 87 in the Promise Land area. He is a day worker through Arkansas Workforce and is self-employed, and also is known to hitchhike for fun, according to the release.
He is white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. He has blue eyes and brown hair.
Raney is not wanted by law enforcement.
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