Waterville, Maine – Leroy Fuller, 66, is a registered sex offender with a record dating back to 1959.  But since it’s pretty much a walking offense to feel up a kid in Maine, he’s done remarkably little time.  In fact, for his last offense in 2004, Fuller got just 364 days – suspended.  He walked on a charge of sexual misconduct with a child under the age of 14.  Which is probably why he felt perfectly comfortable feeling up a six-year-old girl in a thrift store on Monday – twice.

Yep, you heard me.  Twice.  Fuller frequents the Ken-A-Set thrift shop in Waterville, and on Monday afternoon he saw a little girl he liked.  She was in the store with her older sister and her father.  She was looking at the toys a few aisles away from her dad when Fuller approached her.  He showed the child a stuffed animal, began to engage her in conversation, then grabbed her and felt her privates.  In the store.

Fuller walked away for a minute, but then went back to the child and felt her up again, at which point the little girl ran and told her sister what Fuller had done.  The sister told their father, who chased Fuller out of the store and down the street.  The child’s father caught Fuller and detained him until police arrived, which in my opinion shows remarkable restraint on the dad’s part.  Fuller’s lucky not to be hospitalized.

Police Sgt, Jeffrey Bearce arrested Fuller at the store and then interviewed him.  “(Fuller) was not very honest or forthcoming with information. He is a registered sex offender,” Bearce said.  The victim and her father were also taken in to be interviewed, where the child’s story did not change.

Fuller was convicted of gross sexual assault in 1981.  He also was convicted of sexual misconduct with a child and visual sexual aggression against a child in 2004 – both those sentences were suspended.

Leroy Fuller is now in the Kennebec County Jail in Augusta on $50,000 cash-only bond.  He is being charged unlawful sexual contact, a Class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.  Let’s hope they give it to him this time.

Thanks, Lizard!

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