FAIRMONT - Two men have been arrested in Fairmont following a predatory offender check on North North Avenue.

According to information from Martin County District Court:

Police received information that a predatory offender from Iowa, Nicolas Ron Trainor Jones, 29, was living at a residence on North North Avenue in Fairmont.

Police went to the residence around noon Friday and made contact with Jones, who said he was still living in Iowa, but had been in Fairmont off and on looking for a job. Another resident at the house stated Jones had been at the residence for nearly a month.

Jones admitted to police he knew he needed to register, but wanted to have a job before he did. He had been arrested on a Cottonwood County warrant the week before and at that time was to fill out the predatory offender information, but failed to do so.

A background check showed Jones was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in Jackson County in 1999.

Minnesota law states that a predatory offender has 10 days to notify officials of any change of address or registration information.

The charge of a convicted predatory offender failing to register carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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At the North North Avenue residence, a resident gave police consent to search the house when they smelled burnt marijuana.

During the search, police found a jacket with a baggie filled with pills in the pocket. The pills were Percocet and Oxycontin, both Schedule II controlled substances.

The jacket belonged to Gerald Raymond Karschnik, 21, who lived at the residence.

When questioned, Karschnik said the pills belonged to his sister and he was holding onto them for her. When tested at the Martin County Jail, Karschnik tested positive for marijuana, opiates and benzoids.

Police interviewed his sister, who said she did not give Karschnik any pills.

The two counts of controlled substance crime each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.