SALISBURY — A man was arrested for a sex offender registry violation on Wednesday after police said he returned to a home close to a daycare that he had previously been charged with living at.

Deputies initially began to investigate 30-year-old Matthew James Haberkamp after they were notified that he had been sleeping some nights in a home in the 100 block of Park Street in China Grove, according to a spokesperson for the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office. He was convicted of a residence violation in 2023 related to the same address, as it is within 1,000 feet of the South Rowan Academy of Child Development located on North Main Street. 

Haberkamp’s listed address was still listed as the Rowan County Detention Center even though he had been released from jail on Dec. 7, 2023, after being arrested for a probation violation, the spokesperson said. An offender has three business days to update his address after being released from jail, according to N.C. statutes.

Haberkamp was convicted in 2011 of four counts of indecent liberties of a child as well as one count of obscene literature.

Haberkamp was arrested on Wednesday and charged with failure to notify of a change of address and a sex offender residency violation. He was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center and given a $50,000 bond.

In Salisbury Police Department reports:

• An assault with hands, feet or fist occurred in the 1600 block of South Jake Alexander Boulevard at 1:45 p.m. on Feb. 22.
• A larceny of automobile accessories occurred in the 700 block of Lincolnton Road between 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 and 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 22. The total estimated loss was $500.
• A larceny occurred in the 600 block of Brenner Avenue between 1:29 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Feb. 22. The total estimated loss was $39.
• Discharging a firearm occurred in the 700 block of Ryan Street at 4:11 p.m. on Feb. 22.

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:

• Illegal trash dumping occurred at East Ritchie Road at 11:09 a.m. on Feb. 21.
• Fraud by false pretenses occurred at Ridge Creek Court between 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 24 and 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 31. It was reported on Feb. 21.
• A sex offender registry violation occurred at North Main Street at 3:22 p.m. on Feb. 21.
• A larceny occurred at Third Creek Church Road between 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 and 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 21.
• Fraud by false pretenses occurred at Augusta Drive between 7:35 p.m. on Feb. 19 and 4 a.m. on Feb. 21.
  Darius Malik Mitchell, 19, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia on Feb. 21.
• Darryl Sylvester Price Jr., 33, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious injury and trafficking heroin or opium on Feb. 21.
• Jermiah Thomas Montgomery, 20, was charged with financial card theft and obtaining property by false pretenses on Feb. 21.