3-17-2009 Florida:
Lakeland, Florida - Every night around 10 p.m. the caravan of SUV's and cars start pulling into a grassy field near Interstate 4 in an industrial area of North Lakeland. Some people sleep in their cars others sleep in the tents they've erected in the area.
They're all sexual predators who say they just can't find adequate housing anywhere else. Due to their probation requirements they must stay someplace between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
A probation officer from the Lakeland probation and parole office drops in to make sure that they are there.
One person sleeping in the field is a 21 year old sexual predator who was recently released from prison after serving a five year sentence for sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation.
His parents take turns spending the night out in the field with him because he is not allowed to stay at their home with them. His grandmother is upset about it saying animals are treated better than they are "Dogs get treated better."
State officials say they know about the problem and say throughout Florida there are about 60 homeless sexual offenders who are in the same situation. ..News Source.. by Tammie Fields
March 17, 2009
FL- Homeless sexual predators sleeping in Lakeland field
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It is an outrage.Where are these guys suppose to go.I agree with the grandmother,animals are treated better than these poor people.How would the government officals like it if they had no place to go?
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