"He's a predator and my personal thought is he needs locked up and he needs to stay locked up again, what kind of remorse when he comes in a registers and then goes and does the same thing that he just registered for. He has no conscience,"
Investigators say a Tri-State sex offender went right from updating his sex offender registry information, to allegedly committing another sex crime.
Detectives say this case shows how offenders so often re-offend.
According to the Warren County Sheriff's Office, Christopher Sefakis came to the sheriff's office Tuesday to re-register as a sex offender.
Sefakis was ordered to check in at this spot annually after he was convicted of using the internet to try to meet a teenager for sex last year.
"He's came in here, registered and goes right down the street and does something he's already been convicted of," said Warren County Sheriff Tom Ariss.
Investigators say just 30 minutes after Sefakis was registering... he was back on the internet, setting up a sexual encounter with who he thought was 15 year old boy.
Turns out, it was Hamilton Township detectives on the other end of the chat.
When the officers showed up to meet Sefakis at a shopping center on State Route 48 in Hamilton Township, they did not know they were dealing with someone they'd arrested before in same spot.
"We realized it was him when he pulled in. It was quite shocking to us it was the same guy that would not only come to the same area but to came to the same exact location two times for the same crime," said Hamilton Township Police Lt. Jeff Braley.
When Sefakis was arrested during Christmas week last year.
He served five days in jail after he was convicted.
Now, he's charged again with importuning and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
He's registered as a sexual offender he's immediately going online to solicit sex again. I don't know what the answer is. It shows there is an addiction, there is a sickness but it shows for all of us that we have a huge problem."He's a predator and my personal thought is he needs locked up and he needs to stay locked up again, what kind of remorse when he comes in a registers and then goes and does the same thing that he just registered for. He has no conscience," Braley added.
Sefakis is currently behind bars at the Warren County Jail.
If found guilty, since it would be his second conviction, he'll spend at least six months in jail.
"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte
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