WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — A convicted child sex offender is accused of violating the rules of his probation by volunteering at a charity haunted house geared toward children in southeast Wisconsin. A criminal complaint says 36-year-old Andy Hawthorne of West Bend was working as a volunteer monster at the Dwelling of Despair in Slinger when he removed his mask to calm down two frightened children and their father, an off-duty law enforcement officer, recognized him as a convicted child sex offender. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Hawthorne told police he was volunteering to fulfill a service requirement and didn’t know he can’t work with children. Hawthorne was charged Thursday in Washington County with two counts of being a child sex offender working with children and one count of sex offender registry violation.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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