Crime & Safety
Sex Offender Charged with Being Near Bolingbrook Park: Police
A Bolingbrook sex offender was charged with being too close to a "prohibited zone," according to police.
A sex offender from Bolingbrook was arrested March 8 after police say he was found to be in a "prohibited zone."
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Marc Pepitone, 44, 101 Parklawn Ct., was charged for being near a park on the 900 block of W. Boughton Road. He was arrested at 4:59 p.m.
Pepitone could not be found in the Illinois Sex Offender registry, which lists information on convictions. Bolingbrook Police Lt. Michael Rompa said Pepitone is no longer required to register but is still prohibited from certain areas.
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According to the Illinois State Police website, "it is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly be present in any public park building or on the real property comprising any public park."
It is also illegal for sex offenders "to reside within 500 feet of a school, playground, or any facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward people under age 18, unless they owned the property prior to July 7, 2000."
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