How to Use repeat offender in a Sentence

repeat offender

noun
  • The third body was found last Thursday, sparking fears of a repeat offender.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • Sparapani said animals will be seized only if the owner is a repeat offender.
    — Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Police officers did their jobs, but the system let a repeat offender walk free, and Iryna paid the price.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
  • As a repeat offender, Falor is facing the possibility of life in prison if convicted on those drug charges.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And instead of just giving a person a misdemeanor ticket at the scene, police can book a repeat offender who meets the criteria into jail.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Chaney, as a repeat offender, also faces a sentencing enhancement of level-two armed career criminal.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities say Bird, a felon and repeat offender, fatally shot Ramirez, prompting a manhunt that ended in a shootout.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Baltimore City leaders shared their frustration after a 14-year-old boy, a repeat offender, was arrested and released this week.
    — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In one instance, Jones described a repeat offender who amassed five citations since the new regulations took effect in NoDa last year.
    — Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The revelation surrounding Bradford’s past left Hodnik questioning how the repeat offender was allowed to walk the streets freely.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The bill would also allow for towing or impoundment regardless of whether the driver has a prior record of reckless driving, instead of being a repeat offender, like the current law requires.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Martin revealed the repeat offender's disturbing search history.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The case has reignited debate over judicial discretion and repeat offender policies, with critics pointing to systemic failures that allowed Brown to remain free.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On Tuesday, the repeat offender was deemed incompetent to stand trial in his federal case following a mental evaluation.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • Although he was not considered a repeat offender under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, which counts supplemental discipline over the past two years, Gudas has a long rap sheet from earlier in his career.
    — CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The suspect, Decarlos Brown, 34, is also a repeat offender who had been arrested 14 times and reportedly had severe mental health issues.
    — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors say Zarutska was stabbed to death aboard a Charlotte light-rail train by Brown, a repeat offender with an extensive criminal history who was under state supervision at the time of the attack.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Another repeat offender is the Work & Leisure Subcategory in the Working Abroad Index.
    — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect in a mass shooting in Alabama was handed a $60,000 bond, while the recent arrest of a repeat offender in the attack of an elderly woman was ordered to stay behind bars until trial.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Effective last December, anyone who gets accused of a DUI within 10 years of completing a diversionary program will now be treated as a repeat offender.
    — Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara condemned the rampage and said the repeat offender endangered the public.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In February, Florida authorities arrested a repeat offender whose federal prison sentence had been commuted in the final days of Biden’s presidency.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The ruling determined that ARD was not a conviction, meaning someone who completed the program and was later charged again with DUI could no longer automatically be treated as a repeat offender.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Authorities have reportedly identified the man as Alex Gonzalez, a repeat offender who also rushed the field during the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
  • One of those prisoners who will remain incarcerated because of Landry’s policies is Tyrone Charles, who was 20 years old when he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced in 1995 to 50 years in prison as a repeat offender.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Federal prosecutors countered in February, calling him a repeat offender who used threats and violence, according to court documents previously obtained by PEOPLE.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, prosecutors argued that Combs was a repeat offender and said the trial judge properly considered evidence presented during the proceedings when determining his sentence.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

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