MILPITAS (CBS SF) — Milpitas police arrested a registered sex offender who was wanted for a parole violation Thursday night, police said.

Officers responded to the Save Mart Shopping Center in the 200 block of West Calaveras Boulevard on reports of a man who was panhandling and harassing customers, according to police.

Responding officers identified 39-year-old transient Marcos Moralez and after a record check they determined that he was wanted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a parole violation, police said.

Moralez was booked into Santa Clara County Jail.

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