Dakota Valkyrie
January 13th, 2009, 12:16 PM
http://i43.tinypic.com/jf9is9.jpgA convicted sex offender was being held in the Wake County Jail after he tried to volunteer at a Raleigh high school. School officials credit a security system for stopping him before he could get close to students.
Registered sex offender Marcus Jermaine Johnson, 30, was on the campus of Athens Drive High School, police said.
Johnson, an alum, wanted to volunteer at the school. When he signed in by entering his name and date of birth, the school's LobbyGuard digital kiosk, however, flagged him as someone who was not supposed to be there.
As Johnson waited for his visitor’s badge to print, the kiosk notified school officials that he was a registered sex offender. LobbyGuard immediately checks the national sex offender registry, and any red-flag lists that the school has put in place,.
Once Johnson's information was identified as a match for a sex offender he was asked to leave the school.
On Friday, Raleigh police charged Johnson with being a sex offender unlawfully on the premises intended for the care of minors.
In 2005, Johnson was convicted of incest with a near relative, which is a second-degree sexual offense, and of statutory rape, in which he was at least 6 years older than the victim, in 1998.
He was given probation for both convictions but served three months for violating his probation from the incest conviction. He was released on Dec. 25.
Johnson also has convictions for common-law robbery, larceny and assault on a policeman.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4298780/
In this case, RSO also stands for "Really Stupid Offender".
Registered sex offender Marcus Jermaine Johnson, 30, was on the campus of Athens Drive High School, police said.
Johnson, an alum, wanted to volunteer at the school. When he signed in by entering his name and date of birth, the school's LobbyGuard digital kiosk, however, flagged him as someone who was not supposed to be there.
As Johnson waited for his visitor’s badge to print, the kiosk notified school officials that he was a registered sex offender. LobbyGuard immediately checks the national sex offender registry, and any red-flag lists that the school has put in place,.
Once Johnson's information was identified as a match for a sex offender he was asked to leave the school.
On Friday, Raleigh police charged Johnson with being a sex offender unlawfully on the premises intended for the care of minors.
In 2005, Johnson was convicted of incest with a near relative, which is a second-degree sexual offense, and of statutory rape, in which he was at least 6 years older than the victim, in 1998.
He was given probation for both convictions but served three months for violating his probation from the incest conviction. He was released on Dec. 25.
Johnson also has convictions for common-law robbery, larceny and assault on a policeman.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4298780/
In this case, RSO also stands for "Really Stupid Offender".