Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Kenneth Wolfe - Repeat Sex Offender - Grabbing kids off their bikes


A registered sex offender in an SUV grabbed a 7-year-old girl by the collar as she was riding her bike, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

The suspect was pulling so hard on the victim's shirt that the collar was choking her, according to the sheriff's office. The girl managed to get away and hide in some bushes before running to a friend's house.

Deputies arrested Kenneth Wolfe, 59, and charged him with attempted second degree kidnapping and harassment charges.

Wolfe is a registered sex offender in Oregon due to a prior conviction for third degree sexual abuse, according to the sheriff's office. Third degree sexual abuse is a misdemeanor in Oregon.

The investigation began Monday evening when the 911 center received a call from a man reporting someone had attempted to abduct his 7-year-old step-daughter while she was riding her bicycle in the neighborhood.

Deputies responded and learned that the victim and a 10-year-old female friend were riding bicycles in the 900 block of Plateau Drive. A male subject in a green SUV dropped off a male subject at a residence in the 900 block of Plateau.

The girls told the sheriff that the driver of the SUV then drove up to the victim and grabbed her by the back of the shirt. The suspect was pulling so hard on the victim's shirt that the collar was choking her, according to the sheriff's office.

The victim resisted and was able to ride away and hide in some bushes. The victim then ran to a friend's house and told the friend's mother about the incident.

The victim and her friend were able to provide deputies with a detailed description of the vehicle and suspect. She was also able to point out the residence where the first male subject was dropped off by the suspect.

Deputies contacted the occupants of this residence in the 900 block of Plateau Drive. The male subject there told deputies that he had been dropped off by Wolfe.

Deputies contacted Wolfe at his residence on Joseph Street in Roseburg. There was a dark green Ford SUV in the driveway of Wolfe's Residence.

Deputies interviewed Wolfe and then took him into custody.

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

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