Cecil Creek Jr. - Repeat Sex Offender - Grooming Pedophile

A convicted sex offender has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting three Beatrice girls.

Cecil Creek Jr. of Beatrice is suspected of 3 counts of third-degree sexual assault of a child. He was arrested on Wednesday.

Beatrice police say the 72-year-old man gave cigarettes to three girls, ages 11 to 13, in exchange for hugs. That led to the inappropriate contact, which reportedly happened between Dec. 1 and Feb. 13.

Creek was convicted of sexual assault of a child in 1999. He's registered as a Level 3 sex offender, meaning he's considered a high risk to re-offend.

If convicted, he faces a mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison.

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

.........Sarah Tofte