A registered sex offender on probation for previously trying to purchase a child has been arrested for allegedly attempting to buy another youngster.
85-year-old Hellmuth Kolb lives northeast of Orlando in Port Orange, Florida. In 2018, he was convicted for offering to buy a child for $200,000. He is still on probation, and he is required to register as a sex offender as well as stay away from children.
On August 16, Kolb reportedly went into a local Winn-Dixie grocery store.
26-year-old Victoria Hampton lives in Hanover Township, Ohio.
On the evening of August 5, Hampton was reportedly at a local Marathon Snack Shack store with a 6-year-old boy. The relationship between Hampton and the child has not been confirmed at this time, but it is believed that she is his father’s friend.
46-year-old Lauren Tracy lives in Mammoth Lakes. She has a 5-year-old child.
It was reported that at some point over the weekend, Tracy stepped out and left her child by themselves.
Around 7:00 pm, a babysitter hired through a service showed up at the vacation home and figured she would meet with the mother of the child who would be left in her care.
A toddler who tested positive for cocaine was reportedly horribly burned by his babysitter, who allegedly denied him medical care for days after the incident occurred.
38-year-old Natoyia Danelle Barbee lives in Durham, North Carolina.
At the beginning of July, Barbee had a 2-year-old boy and his two siblings staying at her home. Their mother had gone out of town and left Barbee in charge of the youngsters.
A woman allegedly drove a commercial truck into her boyfriend’s mobile home after a domestic dispute while three people, including a child, were inside.
56-year-old Rhonda D. Young lives in Piedmont, Alabama, where her boyfriend also resides.
On Memorial Day, Young was with her boyfriend at his home. His stepdaughter and her child were also inside the mobile home.
A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly put the child she was babysitting inside of a clothes dryer and turned the machine on, causing the boy to get injured.
It is reported that 35-year-old Amber Christine Chapman babysits for a 4-year-old boy on a regular basis.
On February 2, after Chapman reportedly provided childcare for the toddler, he was eating dinner with his mom when he told her that he was feeling pain.
A Florida man allegedly sped over a traffic-filled bridge at over 130 MPH while a child was a passenger in the vehicle.
19-year-old Eric Killins is from St. Petersburg.
Early in the morning on November 11, Killins was reportedly driving around in a 2015 Infinity G37 with four people in the vehicle. It was reported that one of them was underage.
Late in the afternoon on December 11, 29-year-old Christopher Hernandez, a resident of Joliet, Illinois, was driving around town with his 10-year-old son.
Hernandez reportedly slammed into the back of the car in front of him, and it caused the vehicle to skid erratically on the road. Hernandez’s car also began to skid from the impact.
32-year-old Damon J. Cervantes resides in Portland.
On September 25, Cervantes was reportedly babysitting a 3-year-old child. Two additional children, whose relationship to Cervantes was not disclosed, were also at his home.
A man with a prior sex conviction allegedly opened his door for trick-or-treaters while in the nude, and reportedly invited the youngsters to come inside.
48-year-old Steven Kelley Little lives in Provo, Utah. He is a sex offender who pleaded guilty in 2019 to charges of lewdness involving a child.
On Halloween, children were roaming around the neighborhood where Little resides going door to door as they trick-or-treated. Over the course of the evening, some of the children reportedly approached Little’s home.
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