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05-30-2006, 07:32 PM
Convict busted at Chuck E. Cheese
By James Downing
LEOMINSTER-- Leominster police arrested a Level 3 sex offender at Chuck E. Cheese, where 40 children where celebrating birthday parties, at the Mall at Whitney Field on Friday night around 5:30, according Sgt. Michael Ciccolini.
Ciccolini said that Raymond Guimond had recently been released from prison and was on lifetime parole. The conditions of his parole were that he had to wear an ankle bracelet and could not be around children. He wore the ankle bracelet at the time of his arrest, according to police.
Guimond, 48, had been living at 366 Marshall St. in Fitchburg before his arrest. His information was not on the wall in the lobby of the Fitchburg police station where all the other offender's information is on Saturday. He was not listed on the state's sex offender registry's online database either.
Sgt. Ciccolini said an anonymous caller tipped off Leominster police about Guimond's presence because they recognized him as a sex offender.
The state's Web site defines Level 3 sex offenders as those who are the most dangerous and most likely to reoffend.
Guimond was eating dinner when police arrived on the scene, Ciccolini read from the arrest report. Guimond admitted to officers that he was a sex offender and had recently been released from jail, he said.
A witness on the scene claimed to have observed Guimond taking pictures of children as they played. Ciccolini said the police impounded the camera as evidence.
Leominster police contacted Guimond's parole officer, who identified Guimond as a Level 3 sex offender. The parole board immediately issued an arrest warrant, and Guimond was taken into custody, Ciccolini said.
Chuck E. Cheese's manager and mall management refused to comment on Saturday. When the Sentinel & Enterprise attempted to interview Chuck E. Cheese customers leaving the store, the manager and a mall security officer asked the reporter to leave the mall.
By James Downing
LEOMINSTER-- Leominster police arrested a Level 3 sex offender at Chuck E. Cheese, where 40 children where celebrating birthday parties, at the Mall at Whitney Field on Friday night around 5:30, according Sgt. Michael Ciccolini.
Ciccolini said that Raymond Guimond had recently been released from prison and was on lifetime parole. The conditions of his parole were that he had to wear an ankle bracelet and could not be around children. He wore the ankle bracelet at the time of his arrest, according to police.
Guimond, 48, had been living at 366 Marshall St. in Fitchburg before his arrest. His information was not on the wall in the lobby of the Fitchburg police station where all the other offender's information is on Saturday. He was not listed on the state's sex offender registry's online database either.
Sgt. Ciccolini said an anonymous caller tipped off Leominster police about Guimond's presence because they recognized him as a sex offender.
The state's Web site defines Level 3 sex offenders as those who are the most dangerous and most likely to reoffend.
Guimond was eating dinner when police arrived on the scene, Ciccolini read from the arrest report. Guimond admitted to officers that he was a sex offender and had recently been released from jail, he said.
A witness on the scene claimed to have observed Guimond taking pictures of children as they played. Ciccolini said the police impounded the camera as evidence.
Leominster police contacted Guimond's parole officer, who identified Guimond as a Level 3 sex offender. The parole board immediately issued an arrest warrant, and Guimond was taken into custody, Ciccolini said.
Chuck E. Cheese's manager and mall management refused to comment on Saturday. When the Sentinel & Enterprise attempted to interview Chuck E. Cheese customers leaving the store, the manager and a mall security officer asked the reporter to leave the mall.