Larry Donnell Cannon - Repeat Sex Offender - Strikes Again

Mesa police arrested a homeless sexual offender who is accused of raping a woman and threatening to kill her and her boyfriend.

Documents filed Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court charge Larry Donnell Cannon, 43, with four felonies, including two counts of sexual assault and two counts of kidnapping.

The incident began before 2 a.m. Sunday at a residence on the 2100 block of W. Main Street, where the woman's boyfriend told police Cannon, a registered sex offender, snuck up on him with a large knife.

"He was playing a game on his computer when Larry Cannon came behind him and placed his left hand over his mouth and a knife to his throat," court documents state. "Larry Cannon told him not to say anything or he would kill him."

Cannon then used a cut cord from the vacuum cleaner and tied the boyfriend to a chair. He then went into the bedroom where the man's live-in girlfriend was asleep on the floor.

The woman told investigators Cannon woke her up, ordered her to take her clothes off and to do what he said or he would kill her and her boyfriend, documents state.

A few minutes later, the boyfriend told police, Cannon and his girlfriend came out of the room naked.

Cannon allegedly went back into the bedroom and proceeded to rape the woman, court documents state. Meanwhile, the boyfriend managed to free himself and called 911.

The boyfriend told "dispatch the officers would have to break down the door because it had two deadbolt locks." Once inside, police found both victims, with the woman sitting in a fetal position.

Police located Cannon as he attempted to hide under the bed, court documents show.

Records show Cannon has an extensive criminal history stretching back to 1982, when he was convicted for kidnapping, and in 1983 was jailed on charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.

Between 1992 and February, he received other convictions for burglary, drug possession, failing to register as a sex offender, resisting arrest and aggressive solicitation.

Mesa police arrested him on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court, and charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.

"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte