TX- Sex offender banned from school, met (HIS) child for lunch

5-28-2008 Texas:

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A registered sex offender remained in jail Tuesday night and has been banned from Corpus Christi public school property after meeting his child for lunch in an elementary school cafeteria last week.

Prosecutors on Tuesday said they have filed a motion to revoke the 34-year-old man's probation. He was sentenced to 10 years probation in 2004 for the aggravated sexual assault of a child. One of the terms of his probation was that he had to stay away from schools, prosecutor Sandra Eastwood said.

Officials said the man met his child for lunch at Allen Elementary School. Another parent in the cafeteria noticed him and immediately reported his presence to administrators. School officials called police, but the man left by the time authorities arrived.

The man subsequently was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass and remained in the Nueces County Jail on Tuesday, a jail officer said. He was ineligible for bond.

"There is no evidence any students were in danger when he was in the cafeteria, but certainly we do not want registered sex offenders on our campuses," Corpus Christi Independent School District Superintendent Scott Elliff said in a story in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "The staff did exactly what they have to do in this situation, which is notify the police." ..News Source.. by Chron.com