CSPD: SVP moves to different location in Colorado Springs

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is notifying the community that a man who has been labeled a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) has changed addresses in Colorado Springs.

According to CSPD, 61-year-old Larry Kaualeni Abenes will be on supervised release parole and is registered as living at the Community Correction facility “Embrave” in the 3600 block of Roberts Road after having been registered at another Embrave location in the 3950 North Nevada Avenue a few weeks before.

Abenes is described as an Asian/Pacific Islander man, 5’7″, 176lbs, with black hair and brown eyes.

Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police Department

According to CSPD, Abenes’s criminal history reveals that in El Paso County in 2006, he was convicted of Sexual Assault on a Child by One in a Position of Trust – Victim Under 15 and Aggravated Incest. In 1985, Abenes was convicted in Kohala County, Hawaii, of Second-Degree Sodomy and Second-Degree Sexual Abuse.

CSPD is making the “community notification” as required by law and has undertaken the following tasks:

Notified the Colorado Department of Public Safety’s Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) Notification Team.

Reviewed and confirmed Abenes’s residence, employment, access to vehicles, legal status, and past crimes.

Made notifications to neighbors and businesses deemed to be in the immediate area.

Briefed patrol personnel on Abenes’s status, history, appearance, residence, employment, and vehicles.

Notified surrounding law enforcement agencies.

Provided an online video that describes the SVP community notification process, SVP information, and additional resources for the community.

Online SVP Community Notification video at: www.coloradosprings.gov. Click on Public Safety, then click on Police.

CSPD said Abenes is one of 20 SVPs currently registered with CSPD who reside in the community. CSPD takes their presence in the community very seriously and is intent on ensuring they conduct themselves in a lawful manner and that the public remains safe and aware.

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