Ernest Frobese, 79, of 109 Concord St., Nashua

NASHUA – Police last week added a third Nashua arrest to the long criminal history of Ernest Frobese, who in the past 25 years has allegedly shirked his duty on many occasions to update his sex-offender registry information.

Frobese, who turns 80 next month, is a convicted Tier III sex offender out of Massachusetts who has allegedly declined most, if not all, of courts’ orders that he update his information four times a year on at least two state sex-offender registries.

His conviction in 1995 on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child sent Frobese to prison for 2 1/2 years. The sentence included the order that he register for life as a Tier III sex offender.

But Frobese took umbrage with that order, standing firm in his alleged belief that being forced to comply with the registration requirements violates his constitutional rights and wrongly places “restraints on my life, liberty and property,” according to previous court documents.

That requirement followed Frobese when he moved to Nashua roughly a year ago and took up residence at 109 Concord St., where he reportedly lived with a family member.

His alleged pattern of failing to update his sex-offender information with the state registry also followed Frobese to Nashua, and when Nashua police received information about his case they conducted an investigation that led to his first New Hampshire arrest in February.

Come June, detectives were back at Frobese’s residence regarding allegations of additional failure-to-report offenses. They took him into custody, this time on two counts of duty to report.

Police said at the time that detectives explained the registration requirement to Frobese to make sure he was aware of what it entailed, and the consequences if he didn’t comply.

Still, he allegedly told detectives he “was not going to cooperate” and “would not sign any paperwork regarding his sex-offender status,” police stated in their reports at the time.

As for last week’s arrest, Frobese was booked on the single Class B felony count of duty to report and later released on personal recognizance bail.

Police said he will be arraigned in Superior Court on a date that has yet to be determined.

Police ask anyone with any additional information on the case to contact the department’s Crime Line at 589-1655.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.