{"id":53593,"date":"2025-01-21T19:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53593"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:28:53","slug":"florida-man-arrested-after-lurking-at-childrens-bus-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/01\/21\/florida-man-arrested-after-lurking-at-childrens-bus-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested after lurking at children’s bus stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deputies said they arrested a Florida man Friday after he was caught creeping at a children’s bus stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as 37-year-old Jonathan Louis, who is a registered sex offender.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Reports show Louis is being charged with violation of probation for failure to register and loitering by a sex offender within 300 feet of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louis currently is booked in the Polk County Jail, the sheriff stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Records show Louis has been a registered sex offender since a conviction in 2004 in Lake County for lewd and lascivious battery of a teenager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his release from jail in December 2024, deputies said Louis failed to notify his parole officer where he was residing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheriffs said a witness reported noticing a man standing among small children at a school bus stop around 8:25 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17. The witness told deputies they felt that there was “just something not quite right about him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office made contact with the man, who they then identified as Louis, reports show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputies said they learned Louis lived near the bus stop, but he had no children who went to school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louis was unable to provide deputies with a reason why he was hanging out at a school bus stop, officials stated. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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