NH- UNH bans Newmarket sex offender

9-28-2008 New Hampshire:

Police at the University of New Hampshire in Durham have banned a Newmarket sex offender from campus, accusing him of recruiting female students at the school to serve as "concubines."

In a letter dated Sept. 24, 2008, campus police informed Bert Allen III of Newmarket that the order was in effect until the same date next year.

The letter was sent to the same address listed for Allen in the New Hampshire State Police registry of sex offenders against children.

Campus police have asked anyone who sees Allen on campus to call 911, and issued a warning not to approach Allen, who according the state police registry is 6 feet 4 inches and 240 pounds.

According to UNH Deputy Police Chief Paul Dean, Allen was recruiting students in the area of Dimond Library and had posted a two-page flyer in the library.

The typewritten flyer, rife with spelling and grammatical errors, seeks women of ages 18 to 30 to become a "wife or bride" or "concubine," and promise "gifts . . . trips, free vacations, cars, help with school" in exchange for lifetime contracts.

The UNH police letter to Allen informs him he is subject to arrest for criminal trespass if he violates the order banning him "from all properties and buildings on the campus of the University of New Hampshire, Durham."

Dean said his department issued the letter to Allen after the university received several complaints about the flyer.

"We made it clear to him you can't do this," Dean said.

Allen denied posting the flyer, although it includes a Web site address that lists Allen's name on the homepage.

In a telephone interview yesterday, Allen said he visited UNH to use the library's computers for legal work, citing the library's access to the Lexis-Nexis legal database system.

Allen further claimed the flyer police say he posted was doctored. He also said he had asked, acting as his own attorney, for Strafford County Superior Court to issue an injunction reversing the department's action. Because the court was closed yesterday, the status of that request could not be confirmed.

"They're in for a bear on this," Allen said of the campus police. "I'm plumb mad."

Police said Allen could appeal the measure through university channels.

Along with purporting to arrange a "lease" for a wife, the Web site listed on the flyers offers services for adopting children from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

The offense listed against Allen in the state police registry was an instance of aggravated felonious sexual assault against a child under the age of 13. The crime was committed in Maine.

He was sentenced to five years prison, along with three of years of supervised release after that, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, according to federal court records. ..News Source.. by BENJAMIN KEPPLE, New Hampshire Union Leader Staff