WARE, Mass. (WWLP) - A man who was convicted of rape in 1989 was arrested in Ware on harassment charges Thursday. In a statement from the Ware Police Department, 66-year-old Ronald Ballard was arrested and charged with stalking and two counts of criminal harassment. He is being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown. Dangerousness hearing for Ware man charged with rape, kidnapping, sexual contact with animals According to the Sex Offender Registry Board, Ballard is classified as a Level 3, someone who is most likely to re-offend. He resides at 183 Church Street in Ware and has 7 convictions of rape. Out of State Aggravated Rape Convicted: 5/22/1989 (2) Aggravated Rape Convicted: 12/16/1981 (2) Rape Convicted: 12/16/1981 (3) 22News contacted the court for additional information and is waiting to hear back. To search for sex offenders near you visit SORB.chs.state.ma.us. Local News Headlines Railroad Hobby Show returns to West Springfield Driver struck building on Sumner Ave in Springfield Massachusetts officers served as security during Trump’s inauguration Convicted rapist arrested 35 years later in Ware WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.