Police arrest 2 sex offenders accused of parole violations

Two registered sex offenders who are accused of violating their parole are back behind bars, police said.

Warrants were issued Friday for Alexander Taylor, 28, and Michael Henchell 21, and both were in custody within hours, police said.

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Allegheny County Sheriff's deputies arrested Taylor after deputies set up surveillance at his McKees Rocks apartment.

Taylor pleaded guilty in 2010 to indecent assault on a 3-year-old.  He is facing charges of violating his lifetime registration requirement, police said.

Officers arrested Henchell within five hours of the warrant being issued, police said.

He has a 25-year registration for a 2015 conviction of indecent assault.

Deputies tracked him to a home in the Allentown section of Pittsburgh. They surrounded the home. and Henchell surrendered, police said.

Both men are being held without bond in the Allegheny County Jail.

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