A convicted sex offender tried to fake his own death to avoid registering, an Arizona sheriff said this week. Benjamin Hollins, 50, was arrested Tuesday, around seven months after he allegedly had a woman falsely say he jumped to his death from the Roosevelt Bridge,

Benjamin Hollins allegedly staged his own death at an Arizona bridge and had been living under a fake name with a family with children.

Hollins was first convicted as a sex offender in California more than 20 years ago, according to the sheriff’s office. He eventually moved to Arizona City – where by 2018 he w