The Safford Police Department is releasing the following information pursuant to ARS 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law. Notification must be made when certain sex offenders are released from the Arizona State Prison, accepted under an interstate compact agreement or released from a county jail back into the community. It is responsibility of the Chief Law Enforcement Officer having jurisdiction where the offender intends to reside to inform the community.
The person who appears in the notification has been convicted of a sex offense which allows the Safford Police Department to make community notification. The Graham County Sheriff’s Office has advised the Safford Police Department that he/she will be living at the listed location. This person is not wanted by the Safford Police or any other law enforcement agency at this time.
This notification is not intended to increase public fear: rather it is to inform the community of a sex offender living in the city and to comply with ARS 13-3825. Community Notification is a Sex Offender Law designed to make our community an informed and safer community. Citizen(s) who use of this information to threaten, intimidate, harass or cause any harm to this person will not be tolerated and are subject to charges being filed against anyone violating the law.
If you have any questions regarding current criminal activity on this or any other offender, please call (928)432-4100 or if an emergency dial 9-1-1.
Richard L. Long
816 W. 12th St.
SAFFORD, ARIZONA
AGE: 67
HEIGHT: 6’00
WEIGHT: 190
HAIR COLOR: Brown
EYE COLOR: Brown
On July 22, 1993, Mr. Long was convicted out of Pima County Superior Court on 1 count of Child Molestation and 1 count of Sexual Abuse of a child under the age of 15.
